1956–57 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1956–57 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	9–18 (7–11 SoCon)
Head coach	Boydson Baird (5th season)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

1956–57 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 West Virginia †	12	–	0		1.000			25	–	5		.833
Washington and Lee	10	–	3		.769			20	–	7		.741
Virginia Tech	12	–	5		.706			14	–	8		.636
Furman	7	–	5		.583			10	–	17		.370
Richmond	9	–	7		.563			15	–	11		.577
William & Mary	7	–	11		.389			9	–	18		.333
The Citadel	5	–	9		.357			11	–	14		.440
Davidson	4	–	8		.333			7	–	20		.259
George Washington	3	–	9		.250			3	–	21		.125
VMI	1	–	13		.071			4	–	22		.154
† Southern Conference Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956–57 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1956–57 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Under the fifth, and final, year of head coach Boydson Baird, the team finished the season 9–18, 7–11 in the Southern Conference. This was the 52nd 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 1957 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. However, William & Mary fell to VPI in the quarterfinals.

Program notes

• William & Mary played two teams for the first time this season: Lafayette and Columbia.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
11/30/1956		The Citadel	W 87–74	1–0 (1–0)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
12/1/1956*		Hampden–Sydney	W 98–81	2–0	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
12/3/1956		The Citadel	W 82–74	3–0 (2–0)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
12/6/1956		at Washington and Lee	L 72–79	3–1 (2–1)	Doremus Gymnasium  Lexington, VA
12/8/1956		George Washington	W 89–85	4–1 (3–1)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
12/11/1956		at Furman	L 66–69	4–2 (3–2)	Old Textile Hall  Greenville, SC
12/15/1956*		at Villanova	L 73–81	4–3	Villanova Field House  Villanova, PA
12/27/1956*		vs. Lafayette UR Invitational	L 72–85	4–4	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
12/28/1956*		vs. Columbia UR Invitational	L 78–93	4–5	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
12/29/1956*		vs. Davidson UR Invitational	W 72–63	5–5	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
1/1/1957*		at No. 12 Tennessee	L 68–81	5–6	Alumni Memorial Gym  Knoxville, TN
1/2/1957*		at No. 9 Vanderbilt	L 65–80	5–7	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, TN
1/5/1957		at Davidson	W 80–67	6–7 (4–2)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
1/8/1957*		No. 2 North Carolina	L 61–71	6–8	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
1/12/1957		at Richmond	W 80–67	6–9 (4–3)	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
1/14/1957		vs. No. 15 West Virginia	L 72–81	6–10 (4–4)	Norfolk, VA
1/18/1957		VPI	W 72–70	7–10 (5–4)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
2/2/1957		Davidson	L 77–86	7–11 (5–5)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
2/4/1957		Furman	L 78–80	7–12 (5–6)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
2/9/1957		at George Washington	L 77–79	7–13 (5–7)	Uline Arena  Washington, DC
12/14/1957		VMI	W 83–66	8–13 (6–7)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
12/16/1957		at VPI	L 83–94	8–14 (6–8)	War Memorial Gymnasium  Blacksburg, VA
12/18/1957		at VMI	W 65–58	9–14 (7–8)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
12/22/1957		Washington and Lee	L 58–80	9–15 (7–9)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
2/25/1957		at West Virginia	L 57–80	9–16 (7–10)	WVU Field House  Morgantown, WV
3/2/1957		Richmond	L 73–82	9–17 (7–11)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
1957 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
3/7/1957		vs. (3) VPI Quarterfinals	L 56–64	9–18	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 20, 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 20, 2015.