1955–56 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1955–56 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
1955–56 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	12–14 (9–7 SoCon)
Head coach	Boydson Baird (4th season);
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1954–55 1956–57 →

1955–56 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
George Washington	10	–	2	.833	19	–	7	.731
No. 20 West Virginia †	10	–	2	.833	21	–	9	.700
Virginia Tech	10	–	7	.588	14	–	11	.560
Richmond	8	–	6	.571	16	–	13	.552
William & Mary	9	–	7	.563	12	–	14	.462
Furman	7	–	7	.500	12	–	16	.429
Davidson	5	–	7	.417	10	–	15	.400
Washington and Lee	5	–	8	.385	12	–	16	.429
VMI	3	–	11	.214	4	–	19	.174
The Citadel	0	–	10	.000	2	–	19	.095

† Southern Conference Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955–56 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the fourth year of head coach Boydson Baird, the team finished the season 12–14, 9–7 in the Southern Conference. This was the 51st 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 5th place in the conference and qualified for the 1956 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. However, for the second consecutive year William & Mary fell to Richmond in the quarterfinals.

Program notes

William & Mary played one team for the first time this season: Rhode Island.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
	George Washington	L 75–81	0–1 (0–1)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
12/8/1955*	at Maryland	L 51–52	0–2	Cole Field House College Park, MD
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 76–69	1–2	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
12/28/1955*	vs. Rhode Island UR Invitational	W 100–69	2–2	Richmond Arena Richmond, VA
12/29/1955*	at Richmond UR Invitational	L 60–72	2–3	Richmond Arena Richmond, VA
12/30/1955*	vs. Seton Hall UR Invitational	L 55–80	2–4	Richmond Arena Richmond, VA
1/2/1956*	at Tennessee	W 93–83	3–4	Alumni Memorial Gym Knoxville, TN
1/3/1956*	No. 4 Vanderbilt	L 80–89	3–5	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	Washington and Lee	W 79–70	4–5 (1–1)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1/9/1956	Furman	W 92–81	5–5 (2–1)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1/14/1956	at Richmond	L 53–75	5–6 (2–2)	Richmond Arena Richmond, VA
	at VPI	W 66–57	6–6 (3–2)	War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA
	at VMI	W 81–72	7–6 (4–2)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
1/21/1956*	at No. 3 NC State	L 71–90	7–7	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
	at Davidson	W 85–75	8–7 (5–2)	Johnston Gym Davidson, NC
2/4/1956	at Furman	L 85–109	8–8 (5–3)	Old Textile Hall Greenville, SC
*	at No. 12 North Carolina	L 63–115	8–9	Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, NC
	VMI	W 89–78	9–9 (6–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/13/1956	vs. West Virginia	L 90–105	9–10 (6–4)	Norfolk, VA
	at George Washington	L 69–81	9–11 (6–5)	Washington, DC
	at Washington and Lee	L 57–70	9–12 (6–6)	Doremus Gymnasium Lexington, VA
2/20/1956	VPI	W 79–74	10–12 (7–6)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/22/1956	at West Virginia	L 88–97	10–13 (7–7)	WVU Field House Morgantown, WV
	Davidson	W 77–67	11–13 (8–7)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/25/1956	Richmond	W 79–77	12–13 (9–7)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1956 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
3/1/1956	vs. (4) Richmond Quarterfinals	L 62–79	12–14	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 19, 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 19, 2015.

[SR-1] "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2015. Retrieved February 19, 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 19, 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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