1945–46 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

The 1945–46 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1945–46 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the only year of head coach Sam B. Holt (who concurrently served as the head baseball coach), the team finished the season 10–10 and 5–5 in the Southern Conference. This was the 41st season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.[1]

1945–46 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1945–46 record10–10 (5–5 SoCon)
Head coachSam B. Holt (1st season)
Home arenaBlow Gymnasium

The Indians finished in 6th place in the conference and qualified for the 1946 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, hosted by North Carolina State University at the Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina, where they lost to Wake Forest in the quarterfinals.

Schedule

1945–46 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
North Carolina131 .929  305  .857
Duke122 .857  216  .778
Virginia Tech73 .700  118  .579
Wake Forest85 .615  126  .667
Maryland54 .556  912  .429
William & Mary55 .500  1010  .500
Furman44 .500  163  .842
George Washington45 .444  78  .467
Clemson57 .417  911  .450
North Carolina State57 .417  612  .333
South Carolina47 .364  911  .450
Davidson59 .357  1312  .520
Richmond37 .300  812  .400
The Citadel16 .143  711  .389
VMI16 .143  110  .091
Washington and Lee04 .000  211  .154
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1946; Rankings from AP Poll
Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season
*
at Camp Pickett W 43–41  1–0
 
Blackstone, VA
*
at Richmond Air Base W 77–23  2–0
 
Richmond, VA
*
at Camp Pickett L 50–66  2–1
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

George Washington W 45–39  3–1 (1–0)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
*
at Merchant Marine L 33–51  3–2
 
Kings Point, NY
*
at Fordham W 45–37  4–2
Rose Hill Gymnasium 
The Bronx, NY

Wake Forest L 34–36  4–3 (1–1)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
*
at Little Creek L 39–50  4–4
 
Virginia Beach, VA
1/19/1946
at Richmond L 38–39  4–5 (1–2)
Millhiser Gymnasium 
Richmond, VA
*
Little Creek L 26–33  4–6
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

George Washington L 51–65  4–7 (1–3)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

at Wake Forest L 51–59  4–8 (1–4)
Gore Gymnasium 
Wake Forest, NC
2/10/1946
Richmond W 44–40  5–8 (2–4)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
*
Hampden–Sydney W 65–38  6–8
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

at VMI W 39–28  7–8 (3–4)
Cormack Field House 
Lexington, VA

at VPI L 45–51  7–9 (3–5)
War Memorial Gymnasium 
Blacksburg, VA
2/20/1946
Maryland W 42–36  8–9 (4–5)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

VMI W 60–32  9–9 (5–5)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
*
Randolph–Macon W 50–39  10–9
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
1946 Southern Conference Tournament
2/28/1946
vs. Wake Forest
Quarterfinals
L 31–42  10–10
Thompson Gym 
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 January 30, 2015.
  2. "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
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