1956–57 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1956–57 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1956–57 record	9–18 (7–11 SoCon)
Head coach	Boydson Baird (5th year)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

	Conf				Overall
1956–57 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
West Virginia †	12	–	0	1.000	25	–	5	.833
Washington and Lee	10	–	3	.769	20	–	7	.741
Virginia Tech	12	–	5	.706	14	–	8	.636
Furman	7	–	5	.583	10	–	17	.370
Richmond	9	–	7	.563	15	–	11	.577
William & Mary	7	–	11	.389	9	–	18	.333
The Citadel	5	–	9	.357	11	–	14	.440
Davidson	4	–	8	.333	7	–	20	.259
George Washington	3	–	9	.250	3	–	21	.125
VMI	1	–	13	.071	4	–	22	.154

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1957; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956–57 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1956–57 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Under the fifth, and final, year of head coach Boydson Baird, the team finished the season 9–18, 7–11 in the Southern Conference. This was the 52nd 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 1957 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. However, William & Mary fell to VPI in the quarterfinals.

Program notes

William & Mary played two teams for the first time this season: Lafayette and Columbia.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
11/30/1956	The Citadel	W 87–74	1–0 (1–0)	Blow Gymnasium
12/1/1956*	Hampden–Sydney	W 98–81	2–0	Blow Gymnasium
12/3/1956	The Citadel	W 82–74	3–0 (2–0)	Blow Gymnasium
12/6/1956	at Washington and Lee	L 72–79	3–1 (2–1)	Doremus Gymnasium
12/8/1956	George Washington	W 89–85	4–1 (3–1)	Blow Gymnasium
12/11/1956	at Furman	L 66–69	4–2 (3–2)	Old Textile Hall
12/15/1956*	at Villanova	L 73–81	4–3	Villanova Field House
12/27/1956*	vs. Lafayette (UR Invitational)	L 72–85	4–4	Richmond Arena
12/28/1956*	vs. Columbia (UR Invitational)	L 78–93	4–5	Richmond Arena
12/29/1956*	vs. Davidson (UR Invitational)	W 72–63	5–5	Richmond Arena
1/1/1957*	at #12 Tennessee	L 68–81	5–6	Alumni Memorial Gym
1/2/1957*	at #9 Vanderbilt	L 65–80	5–7	Memorial Gymnasium
1/5/1957	at Davidson	W 80–67	6–7 (4–2)	Johnston Gym
1/8/1957*	#2 North Carolina	L 61–71	6–8	Blow Gymnasium
1/12/1957	at Richmond	L 80–67	6–9 (4–3)	Richmond Arena
1/14/1957	vs. #15 West Virginia	L 72–81	6–10 (4–4)
1/18/1957	VPI	W 72–70	7–10 (5–4)	Blow Gymnasium
2/2/1957	Davidson	L 77–86	7–11 (5–5)	Blow Gymnasium
2/4/1957	Furman	L 78–80	7–12 (5–6)	Blow Gymnasium
2/9/1957	at George Washington	L 77–79	7–13 (5–7)	Uline Arena
12/14/1957	VMI	W 83–66	8–13 (6–7)	Blow Gymnasium
12/16/1957	at VPI	L 83–94	8–14 (6–8)	War Memorial Gymnasium
12/18/1957	at VMI	W 65–58	9–14 (7–8)	Cormack Field House
12/22/1957	Washington and Lee	L 58–80	9–15 (7–9)	Blow Gymnasium
2/25/1957	at West Virginia	L 57–80	9–16 (7–10)	WVU Field House
3/2/1957	Richmond	L 73–82	9–17 (7–11)	Blow Gymnasium
1957 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
3/7/1957	vs. (3) VPI (Quarterfinals)	L 56–64	9–18	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 20, 2015.
↑ "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.

William & Mary Tribe men's basketball

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