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

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1954–55 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record11–14 (7–5 SoCon)
Head coach
Home arenaBlow Gymnasium
Seasons
1954–55 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 19 West Virginia 9 1   .900 19 11   .633
No. 14 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
Southern Conference Tournament winner
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

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Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season
12/1/1954*
NC State L 97–111  0–1
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
12/4/1954
at Furman W 103–101  1–1 (1–0)
Old Textile Hall 
Greenville, SC
12/6/1954*
at Tennessee L 79–91  1–2
Alumni Memorial Gym 
Knoxville, TN
*
Hampden–Sydney W 108–76  2–2
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
*
North Carolina W 79–76  3–2
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
12/17/1954*
at Seton Hall L 89–109  3–3
Walsh Gymnasium 
South Orange, NJ
12/28/1954*
vs. Boston University
UR Invitational
W 84–74  4–3
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA
12/29/1954*
vs. No. 9 George Washington
UR Invitational
L 53–65  4–4
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA
*
vs. VPI
UR Invitational
W 82–67  5–4
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA
1/3/1955*
at Vanderbilt L 61–86  5–5
Memorial Gymnasium 
Nashville, TN
1/5/1955*
at Navy L 56–77  5–6
Dahlgren Hall 
Annapolis, MD

Washington and Lee W 78–73  6–6 (2–0)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

at No. 8 George Washington L 65–79  6–7 (2–1)
 
Washington, DC
1/15/1955
at No. 13 Richmond L 71–92  6–8 (2–2)
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA

at VPI W 75–69  7–8 (3–2)
War Memorial Gymnasium 
Blacksburg, VA

at VMI W 88–68  8–8 (4–2)
Cormack Field House 
Lexington, VA
2/5/1955*
No. 12 Maryland L 62–67  8–9
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

VPI W 105–73  9–9 (5–2)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
2/9/1955*
No. 7 NC State L 99–126  9–10
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
2/12/1955
VMI W 89–66  10–10 (6–2)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
2/14/1955
vs. West Virginia L 81–95  10–11 (6–3)
 
Parkersburg, WV

Washington and Lee L 67–86  10–12 (6–4)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

at No. 10 George Washington L 76–119  10–13 (6–5)
 
Washington, DC
2/26/1955
at Richmond W 93–78  11–13 (7–5)
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA
1955 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
3/3/1955
vs. (3) Richmond
Quarterfinals
L 75–90  11–14
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source[2]

References

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  1. ^ "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  2. ^ "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.