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

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

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
† Southern Conference Tournament winner 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

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

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	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

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.