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

1954–55 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	11–14 (7–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Boydson Baird (3rd season)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

1954–55 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	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

• William & Mary played two teams for the first time this season: Tennessee and Vanderbilt.
• The Indians competed in their first-ever regular season tournament or invitational when they took part in the UR Invitational, hosted by the University of Richmond, at Richmond Arena in December 1954.

Schedule

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

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.