1946–47 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1946–47 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
1946–47 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	14–12 (6–6 SoCon)
Head coach	Richard F. Gallagher (1st season);
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1945–46 1947–48 →

1946–47 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Carolina State †	11	–	2	.846	26	–	5	.839
North Carolina	10	–	2	.833	19	–	8	.704
Duke	10	–	4	.714	19	–	8	.704
George Washington	9	–	4	.692	21	–	7	.750
Maryland	9	–	5	.643	14	–	10	.583
Richmond	8	–	5	.615	17	–	9	.654
South Carolina	7	–	5	.583	16	–	9	.640
Washington and Lee	7	–	6	.538	16	–	7	.696
Davidson	7	–	7	.500	17	–	8	.680
William & Mary	6	–	6	.500	14	–	12	.538
Wake Forest	8	–	9	.471	11	–	13	.458
Furman	5	–	7	.417	9	–	10	.474
Virginia Tech	4	–	9	.308	13	–	13	.500
Clemson	2	–	12	.143	7	–	13	.350
The Citadel	1	–	11	.083	5	–	11	.313
VMI	1	–	11	.083	2	–	14	.125

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1947 Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946–47 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1946–47 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the only year of head coach Richard F. Gallagher (who concurrently served as the head baseball coach), the team finished the season 14–12 and 6–6 in the Southern Conference. This was the 42nd 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 9th place in the conference and failed to qualify for the 1947 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament.

The Indians played three teams for the first time this season: American, Penn, and Boston University.

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
*	at Langley Field	W 66–34	1–0	Hampton, VA
*	Camp Lee	W 66–44	2–0	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	American	W 48–44	3–0	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	at Navy	W 45–37	3–1	Dahlgren Hall Annapolis, MD
*	at Penn	W 45–37	3–2	The Palestra Philadelphia, PA
*	at Seton Hall	L 33–65	3–3	Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
*	at Merchant Marine	L 35–50	3–4	Kings Point, NY
	Wake Forest	L 33–40	3–5 (0–1)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Virginia	W 59–40	4–5	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1/11/1947	at Richmond	W 47–45	5–5 (1–1)	Millhiser Gymnasium Richmond, VA
*	Roanoke College	W 68–32	6–5	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	at Virginia	L 46–52	6–6	Memorial Gymnasium Charlottesville, VA
1/18/1947	Richmond	L 34–40	6–7 (1–2)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	VPI	W 50–41	7–7 (2–2)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/3/1947	at Duke	L 45–69	7–8 (2–3)	Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
2/4/1947	at NC State	L 33–45	7–9 (2–4)	Thompson Gym Raleigh, NC
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 46–40	8–9	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	George Washington	W 37–32	9–9 (3–4)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Newport News Air Station	W 66–37	10–9	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	at VMI	W 63–56	11–9 (4–4)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
	at VPI	L 52–56	11–10 (4–5)	War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA
	Washington & Lee	L 56–61	11–11 (4–6)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	at Newport News Air Station	W 55–52	12–11	Newport News, VA
	VMI	W 66–32	13–11 (5–6)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/25/1947*	at Boston University	L 45–62	13–12	Boston, MA
	Washington & Lee	W 58–37	14–12 (6–6)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*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 January 31, 2015.
^ "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2015.

[SR-1] "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2015.

[2] "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved January 31, 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
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