1952–53 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1952–53 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference Southern Conference
1952–53 record 10–13 (6–13 SoCon)
Head coach Boydson Baird (1st year)
Home arena Blow Gymnasium
1952–53 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North Carolina State 13 3   .813     26 6   .813
Wake Forest 12 3   .800     19 6   .760
Maryland 12 3   .800     15 8   .652
West Virginia 11 3   .786     19 17   .528
Furman 10 3   .769     21 6   .778
Duke 12 4   .750     17 8   .680
Richmond 13 5   .722     21 7   .750
North Carolina 15 6   .714     17 10   .630
George Washington 12 6   .667     15 7   .682
Clemson 6 8   .429     8 10   .444
South Carolina 7 12   .368     11 13   .458
William & Mary 6 13   .316     10 13   .435
Virginia Tech 4 13   .235     4 19   .174
Davidson 3 14   .176     4 16   .200
VMI 1 14   .067     5 19   .208
Washington and Lee 1 17   .056     2 20   .091
The Citadel 0 11   .000     4 14   .222
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1953; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952–53 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1952–53 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the first year of head coach Boydson Baird, the team finished the season 10–13 and 6–13 in the Southern Conference. This was the 48th 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 12th place in the conference and failed to qualify for the Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, the first such occurrence since 1947.

Program notes

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Regular season
12/3/1952
at George Washington L 79–90  0–1 (0–1)

Washington, DC
12/4/1952
at Maryland L 61–64  0–2 (0–2)
Ritchie Coliseum
College Park, MD

at Washington and Lee W 87–62  1–2 (1–2)
Doremus Gymnasium
Lexington, VA
12/13/1952*
at Virginia W 87–71  2–2
Memorial Gymnasium
Charlottesville, VA
12/17/1952
West Virginia L 100–101 OT 2–3 (1–3)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
*
Winston–Salem Bullets W 82–63  3–3
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA

at Clemson L 71–81  3–4 (1–4)
Clemson Field House
Clemson, SC
1/3/1953
at Furman L 78–85  3–5 (1–5)
Old Textile Hall
Greenville, SC
*
Hampden–Sydney W 74–65  4–5
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA

VMI W 88–64  5–5 (2–5)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
1/13/1953
#8 NC State L 58–62  5–6 (2–6)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
1/17/1953
at Richmond L 78–82  5–7 (2–7)
Benedictine High School Gymnasium
Richmond, VA

VPI W 91–74  6–7 (3–7)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA

at VMI W 88–54  7–7 (4–7)
Cormack Field House
Lexington, VA
2/7/1953
at #15 NC State L 71–101  7–8 (4–8)
Reynolds Coliseum
Raleigh, NC
2/10/1953
vs. Wake Forest L 76–78  7–9 (4–9)

Norfolk, VA
2/14/1953*
Virginia W 105–84  8–9
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
2/17/1953
Maryland L 57–79  8–10 (4–10)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
2/19/1953
#18 Duke W 85–82 OT 9–10 (5–10)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
2/21/1953
Washington and Lee W 94–73  10–10 (6–10)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA

at VPI L 74–75  10–11 (6–11)
War Memorial Gymnasium
Blacksburg, VA

George Washington L 63–70  10–12 (6–12)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
2/28/1953
Richmond L 70–76  10–13 (6–13)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
*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. 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  2. "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
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