1949–50 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1949–50 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Cincinnati Invitational Tournament
Conference	Southern Conference
1949–50 record	23–9 (12–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Barney Wilson (3rd year)
Captain	Chet Giermak
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

The 1949–50 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1949–50 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the third year of head coach Barney Wilson, the team finished the season 23–9 and 12–4 in the Southern Conference. This was the 45th 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 2nd place in the conference and qualified as the #2 seed for the 1950 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, hosted by Duke University at the Duke Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, where the Indians defeated North Carolina in the quarterfinals before losing against Duke in the semifinals.

For the second straight year, William & Mary was invited to participate in the 1950 Cincinnati Invitational Tournament, where the Indians lost their first game against Cincinnati but defeated Morris Harvey in their second.

Program notes

The Indians won their first ever game against a ranked opponent (and first against an AP Top 10 team) when they defeated #8 NC State on February 7, 1950 at Blow Gymnasium.
Senior center Chet Giermak was named to the first team All-Southern Conference for the second straight year. Furthermore, Giermak ended the season with the school record for career points at 2,052 (a record that was not surpassed until 2015, broken by Marcus Thornton). He was also named a second team All-American by Collier's Magazine. Following the season, Giermak was drafted by the Rochester Royals of the NBA. William & Mary would eventually retire his number (#32) and honor him with a banner in William & Mary Hall.
This was the second of three consecutive 20-win seasons for William & Mary, all under head coach Barney Wilson, the only such streak in program history.
The Indians played eight teams for the first time this season: Colby, Pensacola, John Carroll, Akron, Bowling Green, Siena, Cincinnati, and Morris Harvey/Charleston (WV).

Schedule

	Conf				Overall
1949–50 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
NC State †	12	–	2	.857	27	–	6	.818
William & Mary	12	–	4	.750	23	–	9	.719
George Washington	12	–	4	.750	17	–	8	.680
South Carolina	12	–	5	.706	13	–	9	.591
North Carolina	13	–	6	.684	17	–	12	.586
Virginia Tech	9	–	5	.643	16	–	9	.640
Wake Forest	11	–	8	.579	14	–	16	.467
Duke	9	–	7	.563	15	–	15	.500
Clemson	8	–	8	.500	10	–	10	.500
Davidson	6	–	12	.333	10	–	16	.385
Furman	4	–	8	.333	9	–	12	.429
Washington and Lee	4	–	9	.308	8	–	12	.400
Maryland	5	–	13	.278	7	–	18	.280
Richmond	4	–	13	.235	8	–	16	.333
The Citadel	2	–	10	.167	4	–	16	.200
VMI	2	–	11	.154	4	–	17	.190

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1950; Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
12/6/1949*	at Colby	W 69–53	1–0
*	Pensacola	W 72–52	2–0	Blow Gymnasium
12/10/1949*	Quantico Marines	W 72–51	3–0	Blow Gymnasium
*	Randolph–Macon	W 73–46	4–0	Blow Gymnasium
12/16/1949*	at John Carroll	L 54–64	4–1
*	at Akron	W 53–49	5–1	Akron Armory
*	at Bowling Green	L 58–74	5–2
12/30/1949*	at Seton Hall	W 65–47	6–2	Walsh Gymnasium
*	at Siena	L 50–57	6–3
	at Wake Forest	W 48–34	7–3 (1–0)	Gore Gymnasium
	Washington and Lee	W 80–56	8–3 (2–0)	Blow Gymnasium
1/10/1950	at Maryland	W 56–52	9–3 (3–0)	Ritchie Coliseum
1/12/1950	at #9 NC State	L 58–72	9–4 (3–1)	Reynolds Coliseum
	Wake Forest	L 49–61	9–5 (3–2)	Blow Gymnasium
	at VMI	W 68–43	10–5 (4–2)	Cormack Field House
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 70–67 ^OT	11–5	Blow Gymnasium
1/21/1950*	Maryland	W 64–56	12–5 (5–2)	Blow Gymnasium
	George Washington	W 58–50	13–5 (6–2)	Blow Gymnasium
2/4/1950	at Richmond	W 50–47	14–5 (7–2)	Blues Armory
2/7/1950	#8 NC State	W 54–50	15–5 (8–2)	Blow Gymnasium
	VPI	W 64–50	16–5 (9–2)	Blow Gymnasium
	North Carolina	L 48–52	16–6 (9–3)	Blow Gymnasium
	at Washington and Lee	W 70–57	17–6 (10–3)	Doremus Gymnasium
	VMI	W 74–57	18–6 (11–3)	Blow Gymnasium
	at VPI	L 52–54	18–7 (11–4)	War Memorial Gymnasium
2/21/1950*	at Roanoke	W 53–50	19–7
2/25/1950	Richmond	W 81–54	20–7 (12–4)	Blow Gymnasium
*	Virginia	W 76–58	21–7	Norfolk City Auditorium
1950 Southern Conference Tournament
3/1/1950	vs. (5) North Carolina (Quarterfinals)	W 50–43	22–7	Duke Indoor Stadium
3/2/1950	vs. (8) Duke (Semifinals)	L 50–60	22–8	Duke Indoor Stadium
1950 Cincinnati Invitational Tournament
3/13/1950	vs. Cincinnati	L 44–80	22–9	Cincinnati Gardens
	vs. Morris Harvey	W 68–59	23–9	Cincinnati Gardens
*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 February 3, 2015.
↑ "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2015.

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