1954–55 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

American college basketball season August 2023 December 2025 Basketball 1954–55 William & Mary Indians Southern Conference SoCon 11–14 7–5 Boydson Baird 3rd Blow Gymnasium The 1954–55 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1954–55 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the third year of head coach Boydson Baird, the team finished the season 11–14, 7–5 in the Southern Conference. This was the 50th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe. William & Mary played its home games at Blow Gymnasium.William & Mary season-by-season results sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/william-mary/ February 13, 2015 The Indians finished in 6th place in the conference and qualified for the 1955 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. However, William & Mary fell to Richmond in the quarterfinals. Program notes William & Mary played two teams for the first time this season: Tennessee and Vanderbilt. The Indians competed in their first-ever regular season tournament or invitational when they took part in the UR Invitational, hosted by the University of Richmond, at Richmond Arena in December 1954. Schedule no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| Regular season 12/1/1954 yes NC State Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 97–111 0–1 12/4/1954 yes Furman Old Textile Hall Greenville, SC 103–101 1–1 (1–0) 12/6/1954 yes yes Tennessee Alumni Memorial Gym Knoxville, TN 79–91 1–2 yes Hampden–Sydney Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 108–76 2–2 yes North Carolina Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 79–76 3–2 12/17/1954 yes yes Seton Hall Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ 89–109 3–3 12/28/1954 yes yes Boston University Richmond Arena Richmond, VA UR Invitational 84–74 4–3 12/29/1954 yes yes George Washington 9 Richmond Arena Richmond, VA UR Invitational 53–65 4–4 yes yes VPI Richmond Arena Richmond, VA UR Invitational 82–67 5–4 1/3/1955 yes yes Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 61–86 5–5 1/5/1955 yes yes Navy Dahlgren Hall Annapolis, MD 56–77 5–6 Washington and Lee Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 78–73 6–6 (2–0) yes George Washington 8 Washington, DC 65–79 6–7 (2–1) 1/15/1955 yes Richmond 13 Richmond Arena Richmond, VA 71–92 6–8 (2–2) yes VPI War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA 75–69 7–8 (3–2) yes VMI Cormack Field House Lexington, VA 88–68 8–8 (4–2) 2/5/1955 yes Maryland 12 Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 62–67 8–9 VPI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 105–73 9–9 (5–2) 2/9/1955 yes NC State 7 Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 99–126 9–10 2/12/1955 VMI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 89–66 10–10 (6–2) 2/14/1955 yes West Virginia Parkersburg, WV 81–95 10–11 (6–3) Washington and Lee Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 67–86 10–12 (6–4) yes George Washington 10 Washington, DC 76–119 10–13 (6–5) 2/26/1955 yes Richmond Richmond Arena Richmond, VA 93–78 11–13 (7–5) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| 1955 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament 3/3/1955 yes (3) Richmond Richmond Arena Richmond, VA Quarterfinals 75–90 11–14 SourceWilliam & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records Year-by-year records College of William & Mary 2015 http://www.tribeathletics.com/fls/25100/data_import/files/mbb/history/yby.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=25100 February 13, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150210015121/http://www.tribeathletics.com/fls/25100/data_import/files/mbb/history/yby.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=25100 2015-02-10 dead References Category:William & Mary Tribe men's basketball seasons William and Mary Indians William and Mary Indians Men's Basketball Team William and Mary Indians Men's Basketball Team