1954–55 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1954–55 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1954–55 record	11–14 (7–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Boydson Baird (3rd year)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

	Conf				Overall
1954–55 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
West Virginia †	9	–	1	.900	19	–	11	.633
George Washington	8	–	2	.800	24	–	6	.800
Richmond	10	–	4	.714	19	–	9	.679
Washington and Lee	8	–	5	.615	16	–	13	.552
Furman	6	–	4	.600	17	–	10	.630
William & Mary	7	–	5	.583	11	–	14	.440
Davidson	4	–	6	.400	8	–	13	.381
VMI	4	–	9	.308	8	–	15	.348
Virginia Tech	4	–	14	.222	7	–	20	.259
The Citadel	0	–	10	.000	0	–	17	.000

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1955; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954–55 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1954–55 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the third year of head coach Boydson Baird, the team finished the season 11–14, 7–5 in the Southern Conference. This was the 50th 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 6th place in the conference and qualified for the 1955 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. However, William & Mary fell to Richmond in the quarterfinals.

Program notes

William & Mary played two teams for the first time this season: Tennessee and Vanderbilt.
The Indians competed in their first-ever regular season tournament or invitational when they took part in the UR Invitational, hosted by the University of Richmond, at Richmond Arena in December 1954.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
12/1/1954*	NC State	L 97–111	0–1	Blow Gymnasium
12/4/1954	at Furman	W 103–101	1–1 (1–0)	Old Textile Hall
12/6/1954*	at Tennessee	L 79–91	1–2	Alumni Memorial Gym
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 108–76	2–2	Blow Gymnasium
*	North Carolina	W 79–76	3–2	Blow Gymnasium
12/17/1954*	at Seton Hall	L 89–109	3–3	Walsh Gymnasium
12/28/1954*	vs. Boston University (UR Invitational)	W 84–74	4–3	Richmond Arena
12/29/1954*	vs. #9 George Washington (UR Invitational)	L 53–65	4–4	Richmond Arena
*	vs. VPI (UR Invitational)	W 82–67	5–4	Richmond Arena
1/3/1955*	at Vanderbilt	L 61–86	5–5	Memorial Gymnasium
1/5/1955*	at Navy	L 56–77	5–6	Dahlgren Hall
	Washington and Lee	W 78–73	6–6 (2–0)	Blow Gymnasium
	at #8 George Washington	L 65–79	6–7 (2–1)
1/15/1955	at #13 Richmond	L 71–92	6–8 (2–2)	Richmond Arena
	at VPI	W 75–69	7–8 (3–2)	War Memorial Gymnasium
	at VMI	W 88–68	8–8 (4–2)	Cormack Field House
2/5/1955*	#12 Maryland	L 62–67	8–9	Blow Gymnasium
	VPI	W 105–73	9–9 (5–2)	Blow Gymnasium
2/9/1955*	#7 NC State	L 99–126	9–10	Blow Gymnasium
2/12/1955	VMI	W 89–66	10–10 (6–2)	Blow Gymnasium
2/14/1955	vs. West Virginia	L 81–95	10–11 (6–3)
	Washington and Lee	L 67–86	10–12 (6–4)	Blow Gymnasium
	at #10 George Washington	L 76–119	10–13 (6–5)
2/26/1955	at Richmond	W 93–78	11–13 (7–5)	Richmond Arena
1955 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
3/3/1955	vs. (3) Richmond (Quarterfinals)	L 75–90	11–14	Richmond Arena
*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 13, 2015.
↑ "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.

William & Mary Tribe men's basketball

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