1951–52 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1951–52 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
1951–52 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	15–13 (10–6 SoCon)
Head coach	H. Lester Hooker (1st season);
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1950–51 1952–53 →

1951–52 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 West Virginia	15	–	1	.938	23	–	4	.852
North Carolina State †	12	–	2	.857	24	–	10	.706
No. 12 Duke	13	–	3	.813	24	–	6	.800
Clemson	11	–	4	.733	17	–	7	.708
George Washington	12	–	6	.667	15	–	9	.625
Maryland	9	–	5	.643	13	–	9	.591
Furman	9	–	5	.643	18	–	6	.750
William & Mary	10	–	6	.625	15	–	13	.536
South Carolina	8	–	7	.533	14	–	10	.583
Wake Forest	7	–	9	.438	10	–	19	.345
North Carolina	8	–	11	.421	12	–	15	.444
Virginia Tech	3	–	10	.231	4	–	16	.200
Richmond	3	–	11	.214	7	–	15	.318
Washington and Lee	3	–	11	.214	6	–	21	.222
Davidson	4	–	15	.211	7	–	18	.280
VMI	2	–	13	.133	3	–	21	.125
The Citadel	1	–	11	.083	8	–	20	.286

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1952 Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951–52 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1951–52 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the first, and only, year of head coach H. Lester Hooker, the team finished the season 15–13 and 10–6 in the Southern Conference. This was the 47th 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 8th place in the conference and qualified as the #8 seed for the 1952 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, hosted by North Carolina State University at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina, where the Indians lost to #10 West Virginia in the quarterfinals. William & Mary failed to qualify for a post-season tournament.

Program notes[edit]

The Indians played two teams for the first time this season: NYU and Pittsburgh.

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
*	at NYU	L 70–85	0–1	New York City, NY
12/3/1951*	at Seton Hall	L 52–63	0–2	Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
*	Randolph–Macon	W 61–45	1–2	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Morris Harvey	W 94–46	2–2	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
12/12/1951	at Maryland	L 53–54	2–3 (0–1)	Ritchie Coliseum College Park, MD
	VMI	W 80–53	3–3 (1–1)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
12/19/1951*	at Cincinnati	L 61–71	3–4	Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, OH
12/20/1951	at West Virginia	L 66–87	3–5 (1–2)	WVU Field House Morgantown, WV
*	at Pittsburgh	L 48–63	3–6	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA
*	Virginia	W 70–59	4–6	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1/7/1952	Wake Forest	W 97–75	5–6 (2–2)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 75–69	6–6	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1/12/1952	at NC State	L 46–82	6–7 (2–3)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
1/14/1952*	No. 15 Louisville	L 65–93	6–8	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	at Washington and Lee	W 84–82	7–8 (3–3)	Doremus Gymnasium Lexington, VA
1/19/1952	Richmond	W 86–70	8–8 (4–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	VPI	W 91–74	9–8 (5–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/5/1952	NC State	W 70–61	10–8 (6–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/7/1952	at Duke	L 62–68	10–9 (6–4)	Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
	George Washington	L 68–74	10–10 (6–5)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	Washington and Lee	W 89–75	11–10 (7–5)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/16/1952	Maryland	W 71–66	12–10 (8–5)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	at VPI	W 86–76	13–10 (9–5)	War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA
2/19/1952	at VMI	W 86–71	14–10 (10–5)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
2/23/1952	at Richmond	L 61–80	14–11 (10–6)	Benedictine High School Gymnasium Richmond, VA
*	at Virginia	W 87–85	15–11	Memorial Gymnasium Charlottesville, VA
2/29/1952*	Cincinnati	L 76–82	15–12	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1952 Southern Conference Tournament
3/6/1952	vs. No. 10 (1) West Virginia Quarterfinals	L 64–77	15–13	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[2]

References[edit]

^ "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
^ "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2015.

[SR-1] "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2015.

[2] "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2015.

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v t e William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
Venues	Blow Gymnasium (1925–1971) Norfolk Municipal Auditorium (alternate; 1952–1965) Kaplan Arena (1971–present)
Rivalries	Old Dominion
Culture & lore	Colonel Ebirt Griffin Hershberger Award hoax Scandal of 1951
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24