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

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]

1951–52 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1951–52 record15–13 (10–6 SoCon)
Head coachH. Lester Hooker (1st season)
Home arenaBlow Gymnasium
1951–52 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 9 West Virginia151 .938  234  .852
North Carolina State122 .857  2410  .706
No. 12 Duke133 .813  246  .800
Clemson114 .733  177  .708
George Washington126 .667  159  .625
Maryland95 .643  139  .591
Furman95 .643  186  .750
William & Mary106 .625  1513  .536
South Carolina87 .533  1410  .583
Wake Forest79 .438  1019  .345
North Carolina811 .421  1215  .444
Virginia Tech310 .231  416  .200
Richmond311 .214  715  .318
Washington and Lee311 .214  621  .222
Davidson415 .211  718  .280
VMI213 .133  321  .125
The Citadel111 .083  820  .286
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1952; Rankings from AP Poll

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 2015-02-10. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
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