1949–50 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1949–50 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Cincinnati Invitational Tournament
Conference Southern Conference
1949–50 record 23–9 (12–4 SoCon)
Head coach Barney Wilson (3rd year)
Captain Chet Giermak
Home arena Blow Gymnasium

The 1949–50 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1949–50 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the third year of head coach Barney Wilson, the team finished the season 23–9 and 12–4 in the Southern Conference. This was the 45th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe. William & Mary played its home games at Blow Gymnasium.[1]

The Indians finished in a tie for 2nd place in the conference and qualified as the #2 seed for the 1950 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, hosted by Duke University at the Duke Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, where the Indians defeated North Carolina in the quarterfinals before losing against Duke in the semifinals.

For the second straight year, William & Mary was invited to participate in the 1950 Cincinnati Invitational Tournament, where the Indians lost their first game against Cincinnati but defeated Morris Harvey in their second.

Program notes

Schedule

1949–50 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
NC State 12 2   .857     27 6   .818
William & Mary 12 4   .750     23 9   .719
George Washington 12 4   .750     17 8   .680
South Carolina 12 5   .706     13 9   .591
North Carolina 13 6   .684     17 12   .586
Virginia Tech 9 5   .643     16 9   .640
Wake Forest 11 8   .579     14 16   .467
Duke 9 7   .563     15 15   .500
Clemson 8 8   .500     10 10   .500
Davidson 6 12   .333     10 16   .385
Furman 4 8   .333     9 12   .429
Washington and Lee 4 9   .308     8 12   .400
Maryland 5 13   .278     7 18   .280
Richmond 4 13   .235     8 16   .333
The Citadel 2 10   .167     4 16   .200
VMI 2 11   .154     4 17   .190
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1950; Rankings from AP Poll
Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Regular season
12/6/1949*
at Colby W 69–53  1–0

Waterville, ME
*
Pensacola W 72–52  2–0
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
12/10/1949*
Quantico Marines W 72–51  3–0
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
*
Randolph–Macon W 73–46  4–0
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
12/16/1949*
at John Carroll L 54–64  4–1

University Heights, OH
*
at Akron W 53–49  5–1
Akron Armory
Akron, OH
*
at Bowling Green L 58–74  5–2

Bowling Green, OH
12/30/1949*
at Seton Hall W 65–47  6–2
Walsh Gymnasium
South Orange, NJ
*
at Siena L 50–57  6–3

Loudonville, NY

at Wake Forest W 48–34  7–3 (1–0)
Gore Gymnasium
Wake Forest, NC

Washington and Lee W 80–56  8–3 (2–0)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
1/10/1950
at Maryland W 56–52  9–3 (3–0)
Ritchie Coliseum
College Park, MD
1/12/1950
at #9 NC State L 58–72  9–4 (3–1)
Reynolds Coliseum
Raleigh, NC

Wake Forest L 49–61  9–5 (3–2)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA

at VMI W 68–43  10–5 (4–2)
Cormack Field House
Lexington, VA
*
Hampden–Sydney W 70–67 OT 11–5
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
1/21/1950*
Maryland W 64–56  12–5 (5–2)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA

George Washington W 58–50  13–5 (6–2)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
2/4/1950
at Richmond W 50–47  14–5 (7–2)
Blues Armory
Richmond, VA
2/7/1950
#8 NC State W 54–50  15–5 (8–2)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA

VPI W 64–50  16–5 (9–2)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA

North Carolina L 48–52  16–6 (9–3)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA

at Washington and Lee W 70–57  17–6 (10–3)
Doremus Gymnasium
Lexington, VA

VMI W 74–57  18–6 (11–3)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA

at VPI L 52–54  18–7 (11–4)
War Memorial Gymnasium
Blacksburg, VA
2/21/1950*
at Roanoke W 53–50  19–7

Roanoke, VA
2/25/1950
Richmond W 81–54  20–7 (12–4)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
*
Virginia W 76–58  21–7
Norfolk City Auditorium
Norfolk, VA
1950 Southern Conference Tournament
3/1/1950
vs. (5) North Carolina
Quarterfinals
W 50–43  22–7
Duke Indoor Stadium
Durham, NC
3/2/1950
vs. (8) Duke
Semifinals
L 50–60  22–8
Duke Indoor Stadium
Durham, NC
1950 Cincinnati Invitational Tournament
3/13/1950
vs. Cincinnati L 44–80  22–9
Cincinnati Gardens
Cincinnati, OH

vs. Morris Harvey W 68–59  23–9
Cincinnati Gardens
Cincinnati, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source[2]

References

  1. "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  2. "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
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