1975–76 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1975–76 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	† Tournament winner ; As of April 30, 1976; Rankings from AP Poll

William & Mary Indians men's basketball
1975–76 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1975–76 record	15–13 (8–3 SoCon)
Head coach	George Balanis (2nd season)
MVP	John Lowenhaupt
Home arena	William & Mary Hall

The 1975–76 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Under the second year of head coach George Balanis, the team finished the season 15–13 and 8–3 in the Southern Conference. This was the 71st season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.[1]

The Indians finished in 2nd place in the conference and qualified for the 1976 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium in Greenville, South Carolina. William & Mary defeated Furman in the first round before falling to third-seeded Richmond in the semifinals.

Season notes

John Lowenhaupt was named to the First Team All-Southern Conference
Ron Satterthwaite was named to the Second Team All-Southern Conference

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
November 29	Appalachian State	W 68–48	1–0 (1–0)	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
December 1*	Eastern Connecticut State	W 75–55	2–0	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
December 4*	at George Washington	L 69–76	2–1	Charles E. Smith Center Washington, DC
December 8	The Citadel	W 70–61	3–1 (2–0)	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
December 9*	at Wake Forest	L 69–82	3–2	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
December 11*	Dickinson	W 61–56	4–2	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
January 3*	Wagner	W 80–52	5–2	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
January 5*	at Iona	L 64–67 ^OT	5–3	Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY
January 6*	at Princeton	L 43–64	5–4	Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ
January 10*	Washington College	W 105–60	6–4	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
January 13*	at Old Dominion	L 73–77	6–5	ODU Fieldhouse Norfolk, VA
January 17	East Carolina	W 79–43	7–5 (3–0)	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
January 19*	Virginia	L 60–80	7–6	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
January 20	at No. 20 VMI	L 78–84	7–7 (3–1)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
January 24	at Furman	W 80–68	8–7 (4–1)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
January 28*	at Virginia Tech	L 79–105	8–8	Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
January 31	Richmond	L 72–80	8–9 (4–2)	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
February 3	at East Carolina	W 56–54	9–9 (5–2)	Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum Greenville, NC
February 5*	Old Dominion	W 74–61	10–9	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
February 7	VMI	W 68–62	11–9 (6–2)	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
February 11*	Virginia Tech	L 48–50	11–10	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
February 14	at Davidson	W 75–73	12–10 (7–2)	Johnston Gym Davidson, NC
February 16	at The Citadel	L 62–64	12–11 (7–3)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 19*	Pratt	W 70–56	13–11	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
February 25	at Richmond	W 107–102	14–11 (8–3)	Robins Center Richmond, VA
February 25*	No. 3 Rutgers	L 90–100	14–12	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
1977 Southern Conference Tournament
February 28	(7) Furman Quarterfinals	W 70–57	15–12	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
March 3	(3) Richmond Semifinals	L 78–84	15–13	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source[2]

References

"William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
"2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2016.

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[SR-1] "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2016.

[2] "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2016.

William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
Venues	Blow Gymnasium (1925–1971) Norfolk Municipal Auditorium (alternate; 1952–1965) Kaplan Arena (1971–present)
Culture & lore	Records Retired jerseys Hershberger Award hoax Griffin Colonel Ebirt Scandal of 1951
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

1975–76 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
VMI†	9	–	3	.750	22	–	10	.688
William & Mary	8	–	3	.727	15	–	13	.536
Richmond	7	–	7	.500	14	–	14	.500
East Carolina	7	–	7	.500	11	–	15	.423
Appalachian State	6	–	6	.500	13	–	14	.481
The Citadel	6	–	7	.462	10	–	17	.370
Furman	5	–	7	.417	9	–	18	.333
Davidson	1	–	9	.100	5	–	21	.192

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1976; Rankings from AP Poll