1951–52 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1951–52 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1951–52 record	15–13 (10–6 SoCon)
Head coach	H. Lester Hooker (1st year)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

	Conf				Overall
1951–52 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
West Virginia	15	–	1	.938	23	–	4	.852
North Carolina State †	12	–	2	.857	24	–	10	.706
Duke	13	–	3	.813	24	–	6	.800
Clemson	11	–	4	.733	17	–	7	.708
George Washington	12	–	6	.667	15	–	9	.625
Maryland	9	–	5	.643	13	–	9	.591
Furman	9	–	5	.643	18	–	6	.750
William & Mary	10	–	6	.625	15	–	13	.536
South Carolina	8	–	7	.533	14	–	10	.583
Wake Forest	7	–	9	.438	10	–	19	.345
North Carolina	8	–	11	.421	12	–	15	.444
Virginia Tech	3	–	10	.231	4	–	16	.200
Richmond	3	–	11	.214	7	–	15	.318
Washington and Lee	3	–	11	.214	6	–	21	.222
Davidson	4	–	15	.211	7	–	18	.280
VMI	2	–	13	.133	3	–	21	.125
The Citadel	1	–	11	.083	8	–	20	.286

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1952; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951–52 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1951–52 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the first, and only, year of head coach H. Lester Hooker, the team finished the season 15–13 and 10–6 in the Southern Conference. This was the 47th 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 8th place in the conference and qualified as the #8 seed for the 1952 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, hosted by North Carolina State University at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina, where the Indians lost to #10 West Virginia in the quarterfinals. William & Mary failed to qualify for a post-season tournament.

Program notes

The Indians played two teams for the first time this season: NYU and Pittsburgh.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
*	at NYU	L 70–85	0–1
12/3/1951*	at Seton Hall	L 52–63	0–2	Walsh Gymnasium
*	Randolph–Macon	W 61–45	1–2	Blow Gymnasium
*	Morris Harvey	W 94–46	2–2	Blow Gymnasium
12/12/1951	at Maryland	L 53–54	2–3 (0–1)	Ritchie Coliseum
	VMI	W 80–53	3–3 (1–1)	Blow Gymnasium
12/19/1951*	at Cincinnati	L 61–71	3–4	Cincinnati Gardens
12/20/1951	at West Virginia	L 66–87	3–5 (1–2)	WVU Field House
*	at Pittsburgh	L 48–63	3–6	Fitzgerald Field House
*	Virginia	W 70–59	4–6	Blow Gymnasium
1/7/1952	Wake Forest	W 97–75	5–6 (2–2)	Blow Gymnasium
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 75–69	6–6	Blow Gymnasium
1/12/1952	at NC State	L 46–82	6–7 (2–3)	Reynolds Coliseum
1/14/1952*	#15 Louisville	L 65–93	6–8	Blow Gymnasium
	at Washington and Lee	W 84–82	7–8 (3–3)	Doremus Gymnasium
1/19/1952	Richmond	W 86–70	8–8 (4–3)	Blow Gymnasium
	VPI	W 91–74	9–8 (5–3)	Blow Gymnasium
2/5/1952	NC State	W 70–61	10–8 (6–3)	Blow Gymnasium
2/7/1952	at Duke	L 62–68	10–9 (6–4)	Duke Indoor Stadium
	George Washington	L 68–74	10–10 (6–5)	Blow Gymnasium
	Washington and Lee	W 89–75	11–10 (7–5)	Blow Gymnasium
2/16/1952	Maryland	W 71–66	12–10 (8–5)	Blow Gymnasium
	at VPI	W 86–76	13–10 (9–5)	War Memorial Gymnasium
2/19/1952	at VMI	W 86–71	14–10 (10–5)	Cormack Field House
2/23/1952	at Richmond	L 61–80	14–11 (10–6)	Benedictine High School Gymnasium
*	at Virginia	W 87–85	15–11	Memorial Gymnasium
2/29/1952*	Cincinnati	L 76–82	15–12	Blow Gymnasium
1952 Southern Conference Tournament
3/6/1952	vs. #10 (1) West Virginia (Quarterfinals)	L 64–77	15–13	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 7, 2015.
↑ "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2015.

William & Mary Tribe men's basketball

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