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

1954–55 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
1954–55 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	11–14 (7–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Boydson Baird (3rd season);
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1953–54 1955–56 →

1954–55 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 19 West Virginia †	9	–	1	.900	19	–	11	.633
No. 14 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

† Southern Conference Tournament winner 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

William & Mary played two teams for the first time this season: Tennessee and Vanderbilt.
The Indians competed in their first-ever regular season tournament or invitational when they took part in the UR Invitational, hosted by the University of Richmond, at Richmond Arena in December 1954.

Schedule

Date time, TV	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. No. 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 No. 8 George Washington	L 65–79	6–7 (2–1)	Washington, DC
1/15/1955	at No. 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*	No. 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*	No. 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 No. 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

^ "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
^ "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.

[SR-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. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.

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v t e William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
Venues	Blow Gymnasium (1925–1971) Norfolk Municipal Auditorium (alternate; 1952–1965) Kaplan Arena (1971–present)
Rivalries	Old Dominion
Culture & lore	Colonel Ebirt Griffin Hershberger Award hoax Scandal of 1951
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
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