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

American college basketball season August 2023 December 2025 Basketball 1951–52 William & Mary Indians Southern Conference SoCon 15–13 10–6 H. Lester Hooker 1st Blow Gymnasium 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.William & Mary season-by-season results sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2014 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/william-mary/ February 7, 2015 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 no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| Regular season yes yes NYU New York City, NY 70–85 0–1 12/3/1951 yes yes Seton Hall Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ 52–63 0–2 yes Randolph–Macon Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 61–45 1–2 yes Morris Harvey Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 94–46 2–2 12/12/1951 yes Maryland Ritchie Coliseum College Park, MD 53–54 2–3 (0–1) VMI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 80–53 3–3 (1–1) 12/19/1951 yes yes Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, OH 61–71 3–4 12/20/1951 yes West Virginia WVU Field House Morgantown, WV 66–87 3–5 (1–2) yes yes Pittsburgh Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA 48–63 3–6 yes Virginia Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 70–59 4–6 1/7/1952 Wake Forest Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 97–75 5–6 (2–2) yes Hampden–Sydney Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 75–69 6–6 1/12/1952 yes NC State Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC 46–82 6–7 (2–3) 1/14/1952 yes Louisville 15 Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 65–93 6–8 yes Washington and Lee Doremus Gymnasium Lexington, VA 84–82 7–8 (3–3) 1/19/1952 Richmond Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 86–70 8–8 (4–3) VPI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 91–74 9–8 (5–3) 2/5/1952 NC State Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 70–61 10–8 (6–3) 2/7/1952 yes Duke Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 62–68 10–9 (6–4) George Washington Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 68–74 10–10 (6–5) Washington and Lee Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 89–75 11–10 (7–5) 2/16/1952 Maryland Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 71–66 12–10 (8–5) yes VPI War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA 86–76 13–10 (9–5) 2/19/1952 yes VMI Cormack Field House Lexington, VA 86–71 14–10 (10–5) 2/23/1952 yes Richmond Benedictine High School Gymnasium Richmond, VA 61–80 14–11 (10–6) yes yes Virginia Memorial Gymnasium Charlottesville, VA 87–85 15–11 2/29/1952 yes Cincinnati Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 76–82 15–12 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| 1952 Southern Conference Tournament 3/6/1952 yes (1) West Virginia 10 Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC Quarterfinals 64–77 15–13 SourceWilliam & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records Year-by-year records College of William & Mary 2014 http://www.tribeathletics.com/fls/25100/data_import/files/mbb/history/yby.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=25100 February 7, 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