1961–62 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1961–62 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference Southern Conference
1961–62 record 7–17 (5–11 SoCon)
Head coach Bill Chambers (5th year)
Home arena Blow Gymnasium
Norfolk Municipal Auditorium (one game)
1961–62 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
West Virginia 12 1   .923     24 6   .800
Virginia Tech 9 3   .750     19 6   .760
Furman 8 5   .615     15 12   .556
George Washington 6 7   .462     9 15   .375
Davidson 5 6   .455     14 11   .560
VMI 6 8   .429     9 11   .450
The Citadel 4 8   .333     8 15   .348
Richmond 5 11   .313     6 21   .222
William & Mary 5 11   .313     7 17   .292
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1962; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961–62 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1961–62 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Under the fifth year of head coach Bill Chambers, the team finished the season 7–17 and 5–11 in the Southern Conference.

William & Mary played its home games on campus at Blow Gymnasium, with one home game played at the Norfolk Municipal Auditorium in Norfolk, Virginia. This was the 57th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe. [1]

The Indians finished in 8th place in the conference and failed to qualified for the 1962 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. William & Mary did not participate in a post-season tournament.

Program notes

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Regular season
December 2
at West Virginia L 53–69  0–1
(0–1)
Stansbury Hall
Morgantown, WV
December 5
at The Citadel L 76–83  0–2
(0–2)
McAlister Field House
Charleston, SC
December 6*
at Georgia Tech L 56–72  0–3
Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Atlanta, GA
December 9
George Washington W 86–55  1–3
(1–2)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
December 12*
Virginia W 71–63  2–3
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
December 15*
East Carolina W 81–60  3–3
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
December 28*
at Texas Tech L 70–91  3–4
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
Lubbock, TX
December 29*
at Texas L 71–84  3–5
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
Lubbock, TX
January 2
at Furman L 76–77  3–6
(1–3)
Greenville Memorial Auditorium
Greenville, SC
January 3
at Davidson L 47–62  3–7
(1–4)
Johnston Gym
Davidson, NC
January 6
at Richmond L 65–73  3–8
(1–5)
Richmond Arena
Richmond, VA
January 11
The Citadel W 71–58  4–8
(2–5)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
January 13
VPI L 49–63  4–9
(2–6)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
January 16
at VMI L 71–74  4–10
(2–7)
Cormack Field House
Lexington, VA
January 27
vs. West Virginia L 61–70  4–11
(2–8)
Norfolk Municipal Auditorium
Norfolk, VA
January 31
Furman W 79–67  5–11
(3–8)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
February 3
Davidson L 54–61  5–12
(3–9)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
February 6*
at Memphis State L 63–73  5–13
Memorial Fieldhouse
Memphis, TN
February 7*
at Loyola–New Orleans L 62–67  5–14
The Field House
New Orleans, LA
February 10*
at Navy L 59–71  5–15
Dahlgren Hall
Annapolis, MD
February 14
at VPI L 65–104  5–16
(3–10)
Cassell Coliseum
Blacksburg, VA
February 17
VMI W 102–84  6–16
(4–10)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
February 20
at George Washington L 84–92  6–17
(4–11)
Fort Myer Gymnasium
Fort Myer, VA
February 24
Richmond W 54–49  7–17
(5–11)
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. 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  2. "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
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