1954–55 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1954–55 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference Southern Conference
1954–55 record 11–14 (7–5 SoCon)
Head coach Boydson Baird (3rd year)
Home arena Blow Gymnasium
1954–55 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
West Virginia 9 1   .900     19 11   .633
George Washington 8 2   .800     24 6   .800
Richmond 10 4   .714     19 9   .679
Washington and Lee 8 5   .615     16 13   .552
Furman 6 4   .600     17 10   .630
William & Mary 7 5   .583     11 14   .440
Davidson 4 6   .400     8 13   .381
VMI 4 9   .308     8 15   .348
Virginia Tech 4 14   .222     7 20   .259
The Citadel 0 10   .000     0 17   .000
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1955; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954–55 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1954–55 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the third year of head coach Boydson Baird, the team finished the season 11–14, 7–5 in the Southern Conference. This was the 50th 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 6th place in the conference and qualified for the 1955 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. However, William & Mary fell to Richmond in the quarterfinals.

Program notes

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Regular season
12/1/1954*
NC State L 97–111  0–1
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
12/4/1954
at Furman W 103–101  1–1 (1–0)
Old Textile Hall
Greenville, SC
12/6/1954*
at Tennessee L 79–91  1–2
Alumni Memorial Gym
Knoxville, TN
*
Hampden–Sydney W 108–76  2–2
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
*
North Carolina W 79–76  3–2
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
12/17/1954*
at Seton Hall L 89–109  3–3
Walsh Gymnasium
South Orange, NJ
12/28/1954*
vs. Boston University
UR Invitational
W 84–74  4–3
Richmond Arena
Richmond, VA
12/29/1954*
vs. #9 George Washington
UR Invitational
L 53–65  4–4
Richmond Arena
Richmond, VA
*
vs. VPI
UR Invitational
W 82–67  5–4
Richmond Arena
Richmond, VA
1/3/1955*
at Vanderbilt L 61–86  5–5
Memorial Gymnasium
Nashville, TN
1/5/1955*
at Navy L 56–77  5–6
Dahlgren Hall
Annapolis, MD

Washington and Lee W 78–73  6–6 (2–0)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA

at #8 George Washington L 65–79  6–7 (2–1)

Washington, DC
1/15/1955
at #13 Richmond L 71–92  6–8 (2–2)
Richmond Arena
Richmond, VA

at VPI W 75–69  7–8 (3–2)
War Memorial Gymnasium
Blacksburg, VA

at VMI W 88–68  8–8 (4–2)
Cormack Field House
Lexington, VA
2/5/1955*
#12 Maryland L 62–67  8–9
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA

VPI W 105–73  9–9 (5–2)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
2/9/1955*
#7 NC State L 99–126  9–10
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
2/12/1955
VMI W 89–66  10–10 (6–2)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
2/14/1955
vs. West Virginia L 81–95  10–11 (6–3)

Parkersburg, WV

Washington and Lee L 67–86  10–12 (6–4)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA

at #10 George Washington L 76–119  10–13 (6–5)

Washington, DC
2/26/1955
at Richmond W 93–78  11–13 (7–5)
Richmond Arena
Richmond, VA
1955 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
3/3/1955
vs. (3) Richmond
Quarterfinals
L 75–90  11–14
Richmond Arena
Richmond, 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 13, 2015.
  2. "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
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