1936–37 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1936–37 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1936–37 record	0–18 (0–13 Southern)
Head coach	Tom Dowler (3rd year)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

The 1936–37 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1936–37 season. Under the third year of head coach Tom Dowler, the team finished the season 0–18, 0–13 in Southern Conference play. This was the 32nd season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.^[1] As of 2014, this has remained William & Mary men's basketball's worst single season record and winning percentage and its only winless season.

After playing as an independent for the previous 31 seasons, this was William & Mary's first season as members of the Southern Conference. They finished in 16th place and did not quality for the 1937 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Schedule

	Conf				Overall
1936–37 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Washington and Lee †	11	–	1	.917	17	–	4	.810
North Carolina	14	–	3	.824	18	–	5	.783
Wake Forest	9	–	4	.692	15	–	6	.714
North Carolina State	14	–	7	.667	15	–	9	.625
Duke	11	–	6	.647	15	–	8	.652
South Carolina	7	–	4	.636	13	–	7	.650
Richmond	5	–	4	.556	13	–	7	.650
Virginia	6	–	7	.462	9	–	10	.474
Furman	3	–	4	.429	8	–	7	.533
Davidson	5	–	8	.385	13	–	10	.565
Maryland	5	–	8	.385	8	–	12	.400
Virginia Tech	4	–	9	.308	6	–	11	.353
VMI	5	–	11	.313	6	–	11	.353
Clemson	2	–	7	.222	6	–	15	.286
The Citadel	0	–	5	.000	7	–	12	.368
William & Mary	0	–	13	.000	0	–	18	.000

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1937; Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
	at NC State	L 21–49	0–1 (0–1)	Thompson Gym
	at Wake Forest	L 29–49	0–2 (0–2)	Gore Gymnasium
	at Virginia	L 30–33	0–3 (0–3)	Memorial Gymnasium
	at VPI	L 29–36	0–4 (0–4)	War Memorial Gymnasium
	at Washington and Lee	L 15–64	0–5 (0–5)	Doremus Gymnasium
	at VMI	L 39–42	0–6 (0–6)	Cormack Field House
*	at Roanoke	L 39–48	0–7
	Wake Forest	L 25–61	0–8 (0–7)	Blow Gymnasium
	VPI	L 30–38	0–9 (0–8)	Blow Gymnasium
2/4/1937	Richmond	L 22–48	0–10 (0–9)	Blow Gymnasium
*	Roanoke College	L 21–40	0–11	Blow Gymnasium
2/9/1937*	at Maryland	L 29–41	0–12	Ritchie Coliseum
2/10/1937*	at Navy	L 26–25	0–13	Dahlgren Hall
*	Randolph–Macon	L 27–58	0–14	Blow Gymnasium
2/17/1937	at Richmond	L 21–40	0–15 (0–10)	Millhiser Gymnasium
	VMI	L 26–49	0–16 (0–11)	Blow Gymnasium
	NC State	L 20–58	0–17 (0–12)	Blow Gymnasium
	Virginia	L 21–52	0–18 (0–13)	Blow Gymnasium
*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. 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
↑ "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2014.

William & Mary Tribe men's basketball

Venues	Blow Gymnasium (1925–1971) Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall (1971–present)

Culture & lore	Records Retired jerseys Hershberger Award hoax Griffin Colonel Ebirt Scandal of 1951

People	Head coaches

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