1955–56 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1955–56 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1955–56 record	12–14 (9–7 SoCon)
Head coach	Boydson Baird (4th year)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

	Conf				Overall
1955–56 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
George Washington	10	–	2	.833	19	–	7	.731
West Virginia †	10	–	2	.833	21	–	9	.700
Virginia Tech	10	–	7	.588	14	–	11	.560
Richmond	8	–	6	.571	16	–	13	.552
William & Mary	9	–	7	.563	12	–	14	.462
Furman	7	–	7	.500	12	–	16	.429
Davidson	5	–	7	.417	10	–	15	.400
Washington and Lee	5	–	8	.385	12	–	16	.429
VMI	3	–	11	.214	4	–	19	.174
The Citadel	0	–	10	.000	2	–	19	.095

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1956; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955–56 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the fourth year of head coach Boydson Baird, the team finished the season 12–14, 9–7 in the Southern Conference. This was the 51st 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 1956 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. However, for the second consecutive year William & Mary fell to Richmond in the quarterfinals.

Program notes

William & Mary played one team for the first time this season: Rhode Island.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
	George Washington	L 75–81	0–1 (0–1)	Blow Gymnasium
12/8/1955*	at Maryland	L 51–52	0–2	Cole Field House
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 76–69	1–2	Blow Gymnasium
12/28/1955*	vs. Rhode Island (UR Invitational)	W 100–69	2–2	Richmond Arena
12/29/1955*	at Richmond (UR Invitational)	L 60–72	2–3	Richmond Arena
12/30/1955*	vs. Seton Hall (UR Invitational)	L 55–80	2–4	Richmond Arena
1/2/1956*	at Tennessee	W 93–83	3–4	Alumni Memorial Gym
1/3/1956*	#4 Vanderbilt	L 80–89	3–5	Blow Gymnasium
	Washington and Lee	W 79–70	4–5 (1–1)	Blow Gymnasium
1/9/1956	Furman	W 92–81	5–5 (2–1)	Blow Gymnasium
1/14/1956	at Richmond	L 53–75	5–6 (2–2)	Richmond Arena
	at VPI	W 66–57	6–6 (3–2)	War Memorial Gymnasium
	at VMI	W 81–72	7–6 (4–2)	Cormack Field House
1/21/1956*	at #3 NC State	L 71–90	7–7	Reynolds Coliseum
	at Davidson	W 85–75	8–7 (5–2)	Johnston Gym
2/4/1956	at Furman	L 85–109	8–8 (5–3)	Old Textile Hall
*	at #12 North Carolina	L 63–115	8–9	Woollen Gymnasium
	VMI	W 89–78	9–9 (6–3)	Blow Gymnasium
2/13/1956	vs. West Virginia	L 90–105	9–10 (6–4)
	at George Washington	L 69–81	9–11 (6–5)
	at Washington and Lee	L 57–70	9–12 (6–6)	Doremus Gymnasium
2/20/1956	VPI	W 79–74	10–12 (7–6)	Blow Gymnasium
2/22/1956	at West Virginia	L 88–97	10–13 (7–7)	WVU Field House
	Davidson	W 77–67	11–13 (8–7)	Blow Gymnasium
2/25/1956	Richmond	W 79–77	12–13 (9–7)	Blow Gymnasium
1956 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
3/1/1956	vs. (4) Richmond (Quarterfinals)	L 62–79	12–14	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 19, 2015.
↑ "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

William & Mary Tribe men's basketball

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