1952–53 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1952–53 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1952–53 record	10–13 (6–13 SoCon)
Head coach	Boydson Baird (1st year)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

	Conf				Overall
1952–53 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Carolina State	13	–	3	.813	26	–	6	.813
Wake Forest †	12	–	3	.800	19	–	6	.760
Maryland	12	–	3	.800	15	–	8	.652
West Virginia	11	–	3	.786	19	–	17	.528
Furman	10	–	3	.769	21	–	6	.778
Duke	12	–	4	.750	17	–	8	.680
Richmond	13	–	5	.722	21	–	7	.750
North Carolina	15	–	6	.714	17	–	10	.630
George Washington	12	–	6	.667	15	–	7	.682
Clemson	6	–	8	.429	8	–	10	.444
South Carolina	7	–	12	.368	11	–	13	.458
William & Mary	6	–	13	.316	10	–	13	.435
Virginia Tech	4	–	13	.235	4	–	19	.174
Davidson	3	–	14	.176	4	–	16	.200
VMI	1	–	14	.067	5	–	19	.208
Washington and Lee	1	–	17	.056	2	–	20	.091
The Citadel	0	–	11	.000	4	–	14	.222

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1953; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952–53 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1952–53 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the first year of head coach Boydson Baird, the team finished the season 10–13 and 6–13 in the Southern Conference. This was the 48th 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 12th place in the conference and failed to qualify for the Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, the first such occurrence since 1947.

Program notes

On February 14, 1953, Bill Chambers set the NCAA record for highest single game rebound total (51) in a game against Virginia,
Boydson Baird came to William & Mary after three seasons at Davidson, where he had a 24–53 record.
Bill Chambers was named to the second team all-Southern Conference for the second straight season.
Following the 1952–53 season, seven of William & Mary's Southern Conference co-members departed for the new Atlantic Coast Conference: Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina, and Wake Forest.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
12/3/1952	at George Washington	L 79–90	0–1 (0–1)
12/4/1952	at Maryland	L 61–64	0–2 (0–2)	Ritchie Coliseum
	at Washington and Lee	W 87–62	1–2 (1–2)	Doremus Gymnasium
12/13/1952*	at Virginia	W 87–71	2–2	Memorial Gymnasium
12/17/1952	West Virginia	L 100–101 ^OT	2–3 (1–3)	Blow Gymnasium
*	Winston–Salem Bullets	W 82–63	3–3	Blow Gymnasium
	at Clemson	L 71–81	3–4 (1–4)	Clemson Field House
1/3/1953	at Furman	L 78–85	3–5 (1–5)	Old Textile Hall
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 74–65	4–5	Blow Gymnasium
	VMI	W 88–64	5–5 (2–5)	Blow Gymnasium
1/13/1953	#8 NC State	L 58–62	5–6 (2–6)	Blow Gymnasium
1/17/1953	at Richmond	L 78–82	5–7 (2–7)	Benedictine High School Gymnasium
	VPI	W 91–74	6–7 (3–7)	Blow Gymnasium
	at VMI	W 88–54	7–7 (4–7)	Cormack Field House
2/7/1953	at #15 NC State	L 71–101	7–8 (4–8)	Reynolds Coliseum
2/10/1953	vs. Wake Forest	L 76–78	7–9 (4–9)
2/14/1953*	Virginia	W 105–84	8–9	Blow Gymnasium
2/17/1953	Maryland	L 57–79	8–10 (4–10)	Blow Gymnasium
2/19/1953	#18 Duke	W 85–82 ^OT	9–10 (5–10)	Blow Gymnasium
2/21/1953	Washington and Lee	W 94–73	10–10 (6–10)	Blow Gymnasium
	at VPI	L 74–75	10–11 (6–11)	War Memorial Gymnasium
	George Washington	L 63–70	10–12 (6–12)	Blow Gymnasium
2/28/1953	Richmond	L 70–76	10–13 (6–13)	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. 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
↑ "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Retrieved February 10, 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

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