1953–54 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1953–54 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1953–54 record	9–14 (6–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Boydson Baird (2nd year)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

	Conf				Overall
1953–54 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
George Washington †	10	–	0	1.000	23	–	3	.885
Furman	6	–	1	.857	23	–	9	.719
Richmond	10	–	3	.769	23	–	8	.742
West Virginia	6	–	4	.600	12	–	11	.522
William & Mary	6	–	5	.545	9	–	14	.391
VMI	6	–	7	.462	11	–	12	.478
Davidson	3	–	5	.375	7	–	15	.318
Washington and Lee	3	–	9	.250	6	–	17	.261
Virginia Tech	3	–	13	.188	3	–	24	.111
The Citadel	1	–	7	.125	2	–	17	.105

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1954; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953–54 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1953–54 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the second year of head coach Boydson Baird, the team finished the season 9–14, 6–5 in the Southern Conference. This was the 49th 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 5th place in the conference and qualified for the 1954 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, held at the WVU Field House in Morgantown, West Virginia. However, the Indians fell to West Virginia in the quarterfinals.

Program notes

Following the previous 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. As such, only 10 teams remained in the Southern Conference during the 1953–54 season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
*	at Hampden–Sydney	W 78–58	1–0
12/8/1953*	at Maryland	L 54–69	1–1	Ritchie Coliseum
*	at North Carolina	L 61–71	1–2	Woollen Gymnasium
2/12/1953*	at Duke	L 44–109	1–3	Duke Indoor Stadium
	George Washington	L 53–65	1–4 (0–1)	Blow Gymnasium
1/1/1954*	at Seton Hall	W 57–55	2–4	Walsh Gymnasium
*	Clemson	L 72–75	2–5	Blow Gymnasium
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 78–65	3–5	Blow Gymnasium
1/9/1954	at West Virginia	W 78–76	4–5 (1–1)	WVU Field House
	VMI	W 71–67	5–5 (2–1)	Blow Gymnasium
1/16/1954	at Richmond	L 73–85	5–6 (2–2)	Benedictine High School Gymnasium
	VPI	W 82–66	6–6 (3–2)	Blow Gymnasium
2/2/1954*	at NC State	L 70–80	6–7	Reynolds Coliseum
2/6/1954	at Washington and Lee	W 73–58	7–7 (4–2)	Doremus Gymnasium
2/8/1954	at VPI	W 66–52	8–7 (5–2)	War Memorial Gymnasium
	at VMI	L 62–81	8–8 (5–3)	Cormack Field House
2/13/1954*	at #19 NC State	L 48–65	8–9	Reynolds Coliseum
	at #8 George Washington	L 58–69	8–10 (5–4)
	Washington and Lee	W 68–54	9–10 (6–4)	Blow Gymnasium
2/20/1954*	Wake Forest	L 56–57 ^OT	9–11	Blow Gymnasium
2/25/1954*	#11 Maryland	L 55–74	9–12	Blow Gymnasium
2/27/1954	at Richmond	L 63–68	9–13 (6–5)	Benedictine High School Gymnasium
1954 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
3/4/1954	vs. (4) West Virginia (Quarterfinals)	L 69–84	9–14	WVU Field House
*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 12, 2015.
↑ "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Retrieved February 12, 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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