1956–57 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1956–57 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
1956–57 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	9–18 (7–11 SoCon)
Head coach	Boydson Baird (5th season);
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1955–56 1957–58 →

1956–57 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 West Virginia †	12	–	0	1.000	25	–	5	.833
Washington and Lee	10	–	3	.769	20	–	7	.741
Virginia Tech	12	–	5	.706	14	–	8	.636
Furman	7	–	5	.583	10	–	17	.370
Richmond	9	–	7	.563	15	–	11	.577
William & Mary	7	–	11	.389	9	–	18	.333
The Citadel	5	–	9	.357	11	–	14	.440
Davidson	4	–	8	.333	7	–	20	.259
George Washington	3	–	9	.250	3	–	21	.125
VMI	1	–	13	.071	4	–	22	.154

† Southern Conference Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956–57 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1956–57 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Under the fifth, and final, year of head coach Boydson Baird, the team finished the season 9–18, 7–11 in the Southern Conference. This was the 52nd 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 1957 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. However, William & Mary fell to VPI in the quarterfinals.

Program notes

William & Mary played two teams for the first time this season: Lafayette and Columbia.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
11/30/1956	The Citadel	W 87–74	1–0 (1–0)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
12/1/1956*	Hampden–Sydney	W 98–81	2–0	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
12/3/1956	The Citadel	W 82–74	3–0 (2–0)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
12/6/1956	at Washington and Lee	L 72–79	3–1 (2–1)	Doremus Gymnasium Lexington, VA
12/8/1956	George Washington	W 89–85	4–1 (3–1)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
12/11/1956	at Furman	L 66–69	4–2 (3–2)	Old Textile Hall Greenville, SC
12/15/1956*	at Villanova	L 73–81	4–3	Villanova Field House Villanova, PA
12/27/1956*	vs. Lafayette UR Invitational	L 72–85	4–4	Richmond Arena Richmond, VA
12/28/1956*	vs. Columbia UR Invitational	L 78–93	4–5	Richmond Arena Richmond, VA
12/29/1956*	vs. Davidson UR Invitational	W 72–63	5–5	Richmond Arena Richmond, VA
1/1/1957*	at No. 12 Tennessee	L 68–81	5–6	Alumni Memorial Gym Knoxville, TN
1/2/1957*	at No. 9 Vanderbilt	L 65–80	5–7	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
1/5/1957	at Davidson	W 80–67	6–7 (4–2)	Johnston Gym Davidson, NC
1/8/1957*	No. 2 North Carolina	L 61–71	6–8	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1/12/1957	at Richmond	W 80–67	6–9 (4–3)	Richmond Arena Richmond, VA
1/14/1957	vs. No. 15 West Virginia	L 72–81	6–10 (4–4)	Norfolk, VA
1/18/1957	VPI	W 72–70	7–10 (5–4)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/2/1957	Davidson	L 77–86	7–11 (5–5)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/4/1957	Furman	L 78–80	7–12 (5–6)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/9/1957	at George Washington	L 77–79	7–13 (5–7)	Uline Arena Washington, DC
12/14/1957	VMI	W 83–66	8–13 (6–7)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
12/16/1957	at VPI	L 83–94	8–14 (6–8)	War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA
12/18/1957	at VMI	W 65–58	9–14 (7–8)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
12/22/1957	Washington and Lee	L 58–80	9–15 (7–9)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/25/1957	at West Virginia	L 57–80	9–16 (7–10)	WVU Field House Morgantown, WV
3/2/1957	Richmond	L 73–82	9–17 (7–11)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1957 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
3/7/1957	vs. (3) VPI Quarterfinals	L 56–64	9–18	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 20, 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 20, 2015.

[SR-1] "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2015. Retrieved February 20, 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 20, 2015.

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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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