1946–47 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1946–47 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1946–47 record	14–12 (6–6 SoCon)
Head coach	Richard F. Gallagher (1st year)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

The 1946–47 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1946–47 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the only year of head coach Richard F. Gallagher (who concurrently served as the head baseball coach), the team finished the season 14–12 and 6–6 in the Southern Conference. This was the 42nd 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 9th place in the conference and failed to qualify for the 1947 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament.

The Indians played three teams for the first time this season: American, Penn, and Boston University.

Schedule

	Conf				Overall
1946–47 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Carolina State †	11	–	2	.846	26	–	5	.839
North Carolina	10	–	2	.833	19	–	8	.704
Duke	10	–	4	.714	19	–	8	.704
George Washington	9	–	4	.692	21	–	7	.750
Maryland	9	–	5	.643	14	–	10	.583
Richmond	8	–	5	.615	17	–	9	.654
South Carolina	7	–	5	.583	16	–	9	.640
Washington and Lee	7	–	6	.538	16	–	7	.696
Davidson	7	–	7	.500	17	–	8	.680
William & Mary	6	–	6	.500	14	–	12	.538
Wake Forest	8	–	9	.471	11	–	13	.458
Furman	5	–	7	.417	9	–	10	.474
Virginia Tech	4	–	9	.308	13	–	13	.500
Clemson	2	–	12	.143	7	–	13	.350
The Citadel	1	–	11	.083	5	–	11	.313
VMI	1	–	11	.083	2	–	14	.125

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1947; Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
*	at Langley Field	W 66–34	1–0
*	Camp Lee	W 66–44	2–0	Blow Gymnasium
*	American	W 48–44	3–0	Blow Gymnasium
*	at Navy	L 45–37	3–1	Dahlgren Hall
*	at Penn	L 45–37	3–2	The Palestra
*	at Seton Hall	L 33–65	3–3	Walsh Gymnasium
*	at Merchant Marine	L 35–50	3–4
	Wake Forest	L 33–40	3–5 (0–1)	Blow Gymnasium
*	Virginia	W 59–40	4–5	Blow Gymnasium
1/11/1947	at Richmond	W 47–45	5–5 (1–1)	Millhiser Gymnasium
*	Roanoke College	W 68–32	6–5	Blow Gymnasium
*	at Virginia	L 46–52	6–6	Memorial Gymnasium
1/18/1947	Richmond	L 34–40	6–7 (1–2)	Blow Gymnasium
	VPI	L 50–41	7–7 (2–2)	Blow Gymnasium
2/3/1947	at Duke	L 45–69	7–8 (2–3)	Duke Indoor Stadium
2/4/1947	at NC State	L 33–45	7–9 (2–4)	Thompson Gym
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 46–40	8–9	Blow Gymnasium
	George Washington	W 37–32	9–9 (3–4)	Blow Gymnasium
*	Newport News Air Station	W 66–37	10–9	Blow Gymnasium
	at VMI	W 63–56	11–9 (4–4)	Cormack Field House
	at VPI	L 52–56	11–10 (4–5)	War Memorial Gymnasium
	Washington & Lee	L 56–61	11–11 (4–6)	Blow Gymnasium
*	at Newport News Air Station	W 55–52	12–11
	VMI	W 66–32	13–11 (5–6)	Blow Gymnasium
2/25/1947*	at Boston University	L 45–62	13–12
	Washington & Lee	W 58–37	14–12 (6–6)	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 January 31, 2015.
↑ "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved January 31, 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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