1956–57 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

American college basketball season August 2023 December 2025 Basketball 1956–57 William & Mary Indians Southern Conference SoCon 9–18 7–11 Boydson Baird 5th Blow Gymnasium The 1956–57 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1956–57 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Under the fifth, and final, year of head coach Boydson Baird, the team finished the season 9–18, 7–11 in the Southern Conference. This was the 52nd 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 20, 2015 The Indians finished in 6th place in the conference and qualified for the 1957 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. However, William & Mary fell to VPI in the quarterfinals. Program notes William & Mary played two teams for the first time this season: Lafayette and Columbia. Schedule no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| Regular season 11/30/1956 The Citadel Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 87–74 1–0 (1–0) 12/1/1956 yes Hampden–Sydney Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 98–81 2–0 12/3/1956 The Citadel Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 82–74 3–0 (2–0) 12/6/1956 yes Washington and Lee Doremus Gymnasium Lexington, VA 72–79 3–1 (2–1) 12/8/1956 George Washington Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 89–85 4–1 (3–1) 12/11/1956 yes Furman Old Textile Hall Greenville, SC 66–69 4–2 (3–2) 12/15/1956 yes yes Villanova Villanova Field House Villanova, PA 73–81 4–3 12/27/1956 yes yes Lafayette Richmond Arena Richmond, VA UR Invitational 72–85 4–4 12/28/1956 yes yes Columbia Richmond Arena Richmond, VA UR Invitational 78–93 4–5 12/29/1956 yes yes Davidson Richmond Arena Richmond, VA UR Invitational 72–63 5–5 1/1/1957 yes yes Tennessee 12 Alumni Memorial Gym Knoxville, TN 68–81 5–6 1/2/1957 yes yes Vanderbilt 9 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 65–80 5–7 1/5/1957 yes Davidson Johnston Gym Davidson, NC 80–67 6–7 (4–2) 1/8/1957 yes North Carolina 2 Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 61–71 6–8 1/12/1957 yes Richmond Richmond Arena Richmond, VA 80–67 6–9 (4–3) 1/14/1957 yes West Virginia 15 Norfolk, VA 72–81 6–10 (4–4) 1/18/1957 VPI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 72–70 7–10 (5–4) 2/2/1957 Davidson Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 77–86 7–11 (5–5) 2/4/1957 Furman Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 78–80 7–12 (5–6) 2/9/1957 yes George Washington Uline Arena Washington, DC 77–79 7–13 (5–7) 12/14/1957 VMI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 83–66 8–13 (6–7) 12/16/1957 yes VPI War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA 83–94 8–14 (6–8) 12/18/1957 yes VMI Cormack Field House Lexington, VA 65–58 9–14 (7–8) 12/22/1957 Washington and Lee Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 58–80 9–15 (7–9) 2/25/1957 yes West Virginia WVU Field House Morgantown, WV 57–80 9–16 (7–10) 3/2/1957 Richmond Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 73–82 9–17 (7–11) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| 1957 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament 3/7/1957 yes (3) VPI Richmond Arena Richmond, VA Quarterfinals 56–64 9–18 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 20, 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