1945–46 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1945–46 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1945–46 record	10–10 (5–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Sam B. Holt (1st year)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

The 1945–46 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1945–46 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the only year of head coach Sam B. Holt (who concurrently served as the head baseball coach), the team finished the season 10–10 and 5–5 in the Southern Conference. This was the 41st season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.^[1]

The Indians finished in 6th place in the conference and qualified for the 1946 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, hosted by North Carolina State University at the Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina, where they lost to Wake Forest in the quarterfinals.

Schedule

	Conf				Overall
1945–46 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Carolina	13	–	1	.929	30	–	5	.857
Duke †	12	–	2	.857	21	–	6	.778
Virginia Tech	7	–	3	.700	11	–	8	.579
Wake Forest	8	–	5	.615	12	–	6	.667
Maryland	5	–	4	.556	9	–	12	.429
William & Mary	5	–	5	.500	10	–	10	.500
Furman	4	–	4	.500	16	–	3	.842
George Washington	4	–	5	.444	7	–	8	.467
Clemson	5	–	7	.417	9	–	11	.450
North Carolina State	5	–	7	.417	6	–	12	.333
South Carolina	4	–	7	.364	9	–	11	.450
Davidson	5	–	9	.357	13	–	12	.520
Richmond	3	–	7	.300	8	–	12	.400
The Citadel	1	–	6	.143	7	–	11	.389
VMI	1	–	6	.143	1	–	10	.091
Washington and Lee	0	–	4	.000	2	–	11	.154

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1946; Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
*	at Camp Pickett	W 43–41	1–0
*	at Richmond Air Base	W 77–23	2–0
*	at Camp Pickett	L 50–66	2–1	Blow Gymnasium
	George Washington	W 45–39	3–1 (1–0)	Blow Gymnasium
*	at Merchant Marine	L 33–51	3–2
*	at Fordham	W 45–37	4–2	Rose Hill Gymnasium
	Wake Forest	L 34–36	4–3 (1–1)	Blow Gymnasium
*	at Little Creek	L 39–50	4–4
1/19/1946	at Richmond	L 38–39	4–5 (1–2)	Millhiser Gymnasium
*	Little Creek	L 26–33	4–6	Blow Gymnasium
	George Washington	L 51–65	4–7 (1–3)	Blow Gymnasium
	at Wake Forest	L 51–59	4–8 (1–4)	Gore Gymnasium
2/10/1946	Richmond	W 44–40	5–8 (2–4)	Blow Gymnasium
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 65–38	6–8	Blow Gymnasium
	at VMI	W 39–28	7–8 (3–4)	Cormack Field House
	at VPI	L 45–51	7–9 (3–5)	War Memorial Gymnasium
2/20/1946	Maryland	W 42–36	8–9 (4–5)	Blow Gymnasium
	VMI	W 60–32	9–9 (5–5)	Blow Gymnasium
*	Randolph–Macon	W 50–39	10–9	Blow Gymnasium
1946 Southern Conference Tournament
2/28/1946	vs. Wake Forest (Quarterfinals)	L 31–42	10–10	Thompson Gym
*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 January 30, 2015.
↑ "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2015.

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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