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1952–53 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

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1952–53 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record10–13 (6–13 SoCon)
Head coach
Home arenaBlow Gymnasium
Seasons
1952–53 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 18 North Carolina State 13 3   .813 26 6   .813
No. 15 Wake Forest 12 3   .800 19 6   .760
Maryland 12 3   .800 15 8   .652
West Virginia 11 3   .786 19 17   .528
Furman 10 3   .769 21 6   .778
Duke 12 4   .750 17 8   .680
Richmond 13 5   .722 21 7   .750
North Carolina 15 6   .714 17 10   .630
George Washington 12 6   .667 15 7   .682
Clemson 6 8   .429 8 10   .444
South Carolina 7 12   .368 11 13   .458
William & Mary 6 13   .316 10 13   .435
Virginia Tech 4 13   .235 4 19   .174
Davidson 3 14   .176 4 16   .200
VMI 1 14   .067 5 19   .208
Washington and Lee 1 17   .056 2 20   .091
The Citadel 0 11   .000 4 14   .222
Southern Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952–53 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1952–53 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the first year of head coach Boydson Baird, the team finished the season 10–13 and 6–13 in the Southern Conference. This was the 48th 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 12th place in the conference and failed to qualify for the Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, the first such occurrence since 1947.

Program notes

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Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season
12/3/1952
at George Washington L 79–90  0–1 (0–1)
 
Washington, DC
12/4/1952
at Maryland L 61–64  0–2 (0–2)
Ritchie Coliseum 
College Park, MD

at Washington and Lee W 87–62  1–2 (1–2)
Doremus Gymnasium 
Lexington, VA
12/13/1952*
at Virginia W 87–71  2–2
Memorial Gymnasium 
Charlottesville, VA
12/17/1952
West Virginia L 100–101 OT 2–3 (1–3)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
*
Winston–Salem Bullets W 82–63  3–3
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

at Clemson L 71–81  3–4 (1–4)
Clemson Field House 
Clemson, SC
1/3/1953
at Furman L 78–85  3–5 (1–5)
Old Textile Hall 
Greenville, SC
*
Hampden–Sydney W 74–65  4–5
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

VMI W 88–64  5–5 (2–5)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
1/13/1953
No. 8 NC State L 58–62  5–6 (2–6)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
1/17/1953
at Richmond L 78–82  5–7 (2–7)
Benedictine High School Gymnasium 
Richmond, VA

VPI W 91–74  6–7 (3–7)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

at VMI W 88–54  7–7 (4–7)
Cormack Field House 
Lexington, VA
2/7/1953
at No. 15 NC State L 71–101  7–8 (4–8)
Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
2/10/1953
vs. Wake Forest L 76–78  7–9 (4–9)
 
Norfolk, VA
2/14/1953*
Virginia W 105–84  8–9
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
2/17/1953
Maryland L 57–79  8–10 (4–10)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
2/19/1953
No. 18 Duke W 85–82 OT 9–10 (5–10)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
2/21/1953
Washington and Lee W 94–73  10–10 (6–10)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

at VPI L 74–75  10–11 (6–11)
War Memorial Gymnasium 
Blacksburg, VA

George Washington L 63–70  10–12 (6–12)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
2/28/1953
Richmond L 70–76  10–13 (6–13)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source[2]

References

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  1. ^ "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2015. Retrieved February 10, 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 10, 2015.