1947–48 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1947–48 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1947–48 record	13–10 (8–7 SoCon)
Head coach	Barney Wilson (1st year)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

The 1947–48 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1947–48 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the first year of head coach Barney Wilson, the team finished the season 13–10 and 8–7 in the Southern Conference. This was the 43rd 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 a tie for 8th place in the conference and qualified for the 1948 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, hosted by Duke University at the Duke Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, where the Indians defeated Wake Forest in the opening round before losing to NC State in the quarterfinals.

The Indians played two teams for the first time this season: American International and Western Maryland.

Schedule

	Conf				Overall
1947–48 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Carolina State †	12	–	0	1.000	29	–	3	.906
George Washington	13	–	3	.813	19	–	7	.731
North Carolina	11	–	4	.733	20	–	7	.741
Maryland	9	–	6	.600	11	–	14	.440
Davidson	10	–	7	.588	19	–	9	.679
Virginia Tech	7	–	5	.583	14	–	9	.609
Duke	8	–	6	.571	17	–	12	.586
Wake Forest	8	–	7	.533	18	–	11	.621
William & Mary	8	–	7	.533	13	–	10	.565
South Carolina	8	–	7	.533	12	–	11	.522
Washington and Lee	5	–	9	.357	7	–	17	.292
The Citadel	4	–	8	.333	8	–	9	.471
Richmond	4	–	9	.308	8	–	14	.364
Furman	3	–	10	.231	11	–	15	.423
Clemson	3	–	14	.176	6	–	17	.261
VMI	1	–	12	.077	3	–	16	.158

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1948; Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
12/6/1947	at The Citadel	W 64–41	1–0 (1–0)	The Citadel Armory
12/8/1947	at Furman	L 50–51	1–1 (1–1)
*	Hampden–Sydney	L 36–37	1–2	Blow Gymnasium
*	Western Maryland	W 75–49	2–2	Blow Gymnasium
*	Virginia	W 51–33	3–2	Blow Gymnasium
	Wake Forest	L 52–61	3–3 (1–2)	Blow Gymnasium
*	Randolph–Macon	W 68–35	4–3	Blow Gymnasium
	VMI	W 53–39	5–3 (2–2)	Blow Gymnasium
	at VPI	L 41–59	5–4 (2–3)	War Memorial Gymnasium
	at Washington & Lee	L 56–61	5–5 (2–4)	Doremus Gymnasium
1/17/1948	at Richmond	W 50–47	6–5 (3–4)	Blues Armory
	The Citadel	W 50–34	7–5 (4–4)	Blow Gymnasium
	George Washington	L 40–65	7–6 (4–5)	Blow Gymnasium
2/5/1948	Duke	L 36–45	7–7 (4–6)	Blow Gymnasium
	VPI	W 46–42	8–7 (5–6)	Blow Gymnasium
	North Carolina	L 61–63	8–8 (5–7)	Blow Gymnasium
*	at Boston University	L 61–71	8–9
*	at American International	W 61–35	9–9
2/24/1948	Washington & Lee	W 71–47	10–9 (6–7)	Blow Gymnasium
	at VMI	W 53–52	11–9 (7–7)	Cormack Field House
2/28/1948	Richmond	W 52–47	12–9 (8–7)	Blow Gymnasium
1948 Southern Conference Tournament
3/2/1948	vs. Wake Forest (First Round)	W 61–56	13–9	Duke Indoor Stadium
3/3/1948	vs. NC State (Quarterfinals)	L 52–73	13–10	Duke Indoor Stadium
*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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