1950–51 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1950–51 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1950–51 record	20–11 (13–6 SoCon)
Head coach	Barney Wilson (4th year)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

The 1950–51 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1950–51 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the fourth, and final, year of head coach Barney Wilson, the team finished the season 20–11 and 13–6 in the Southern Conference. This was the 46th 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 4th place in the conference and qualified as the #4 seed for the 1951 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, hosted by North Carolina State University at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina, where the Indians defeated West Virginia in the quarterfinals before losing against Duke in the semifinals.

After appearances in the Cincinnati Invitational Tournament the previous two seasons, William & Mary did not qualify for a post-season tournament this year. The Indians' next post-season appearance would not come until 1983.

Program notes

This was the third of three consecutive 20-win seasons for William & Mary, all under head coach Barney Wilson. This was the only such streak in program history. The Indians' next 20-win season would not come until 1982–83.
The Indians played four teams for the first time this season: St. John's (NY), Marshall, Louisville, and West Virginia.

Schedule

	Conf				Overall
1950–51 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Carolina State †	13	–	1	.929	30	–	7	.811
West Virginia	9	–	3	.750	18	–	9	.667
Clemson	9	–	4	.692	11	–	7	.611
William & Mary	13	–	6	.684	20	–	11	.645
Duke	13	–	6	.684	20	–	13	.606
Virginia Tech	9	–	5	.643	19	–	10	.655
South Carolina	12	–	7	.632	13	–	12	.520
Maryland	11	–	8	.579	15	–	10	.600
North Carolina	9	–	8	.529	12	–	15	.444
Wake Forest	8	–	9	.471	16	–	14	.533
George Washington	8	–	9	.471	12	–	12	.500
Richmond	5	–	10	.333	7	–	14	.333
Washington and Lee	5	–	13	.278	8	–	17	.320
VMI	3	–	11	.214	3	–	18	.143
Davidson	5	–	15	.250	7	–	19	.269
The Citadel	2	–	7	.222	6	–	11	.353
Furman	1	–	13	.071	3	–	20	.130

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1951; Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
12/2/1950*	vs. St. John's (NY)	L 47–63	0–1	Madison Square Garden
12/6/1950*	at Randolph–Macon	W 78–38	1–1
12/9/1950	Wake Forest	W 71–49	2–1 (1–0)	Blow Gymnasium
12/11/1950	at Maryland	L 41–48	2–2 (1–1)	Ritchie Coliseum
12/14/1950*	Hampden–Sydney	W 70–46	3–2	Blow Gymnasium
12/16/1950	Davidson	W 65–49	4–2 (2–1)	Blow Gymnasium
12/19/1950*	at Marshall	W 56–38	5–2	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse
12/20/1950*	at Louisville	L 47–70	5–3	Jefferson County Armory
12/21/1950*	at #17 Cincinnati	L 60–89	5–4	Cincinnati Gardens
12/22/1950*	at Morris Harvey	W 55–54	6–4
1/6/1951	Washington and Lee	W 76–55	7–4 (3–1)	Blow Gymnasium
1/8/1951	Furman	W 65–37	8–4 (4–1)	Blow Gymnasium
1/12/1951	at #7 NC State	L 54–61	8–5 (4–2)	Reynolds Coliseum
1/13/1951	at Wake Forest	L 50–72	8–6 (4–3)	Gore Gymnasium
1/15/1951	Duke	W 74–57	9–6 (5–3)	Blow Gymnasium
1/17/1951	Washington and Lee	W 73–65	10–6 (6–3)	Blow Gymnasium
1/20/1951	Richmond	W 64–46	11–6 (7–3)	Blow Gymnasium
2/2/1951	VPI	W 73–67	12–6 (8–3)	Blow Gymnasium
2/3/1951	#8 NC State	W 88–78	13–6 (9–3)	Blow Gymnasium
2/6/1951	at Duke	L 54–61	13–7 (9–4)	Duke Indoor Stadium
2/9/1951	at George Washington	L 62–66	13–8 (9–5)
2/10/1951	VMI	W 87–67	14–8 (10–5)	Blow Gymnasium
2/13/1951*	Virginia	W 78–48	15–8	Blow Gymnasium
2/17/1951	Maryland	W 55–50	16–8 (11–5)	Blow Gymnasium
2/19/1951	at VPI	L 77–82	16–9 (11–6)	War Memorial Gymnasium
2/20/1951	at VMI	W 76–43	17–9 (12–6)	Cormack Field House
2/24/1951	at Richmond	W 76–58	18–9 (13–6)	Grays Armory
3/6/1951*	at Georgetown	W 75–64	20–10	Uline Arena
3/7/1951*	Villanova	L 59–87	20–11	Blow Gymnasium
1951 Southern Conference Tournament
3/1/1951	vs. (2) West Virginia (Quarterfinals)	W 88–67	19–9	Reynolds Coliseum
3/3/1951	vs. (5) Duke (Semifinals)	L 69–71	19–10	Reynolds Coliseum
*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 6, 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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