1949–50 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

American college basketball season August 2023 December 2025 Basketball 1949–50 William & Mary Indians Southern Conference SoCon 23–9 12–4 Barney Wilson 3rd Chet Giermak Blow Gymnasium Cincinnati Invitational Tournament The 1949–50 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1949–50 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the third year of head coach Barney Wilson, the team finished the season 23–9 and 12–4 in the Southern Conference. This was the 45th 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 3, 2015 The Indians finished in a tie for 2nd place in the conference and qualified as the #2 seed for the 1950 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, hosted by Duke University at the Duke Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, where the Indians defeated North Carolina in the quarterfinals before losing against Duke in the semifinals. For the second straight year, William & Mary was invited to participate in the 1950 Cincinnati Invitational Tournament, where the Indians lost their first game against Cincinnati but defeated Morris Harvey in their second. Program notes The Indians won their first ever game against a ranked opponent (and first against an AP Top 10 team) when they defeated #8 NC State on February 7, 1950, at Blow Gymnasium. Senior center Chet Giermak was named to the first team All-Southern Conference for the second straight year. Furthermore, Giermak ended the season with the school record for career points at 2,052 (a record that was not surpassed until 2015, broken by Marcus Thornton). He was also named a second team All-American by Collier's Magazine. Following the season, Giermak was drafted by the Rochester Royals of the NBA. William & Mary would eventually retire his number (#32) and honor him with a banner in William & Mary Hall. This was the second of three consecutive 20-win seasons for William & Mary, all under head coach Barney Wilson, the only such streak in program history. The Indians played eight teams for the first time this season: Colby, Pensacola, John Carroll, Akron, Bowling Green, Siena, Cincinnati, and Morris Harvey/Charleston (WV). Schedule no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| Regular season 12/6/1949 yes yes Colby Waterville, ME 69–53 1–0 yes Pensacola Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 72–52 2–0 12/10/1949 yes Quantico Marines Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 72–51 3–0 yes Randolph–Macon Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 73–46 4–0 12/16/1949 yes yes John Carroll University Heights, OH 54–64 4–1 yes yes Akron Akron Armory Akron, OH 53–49 5–1 yes yes Bowling Green Bowling Green, OH 58–74 5–2 12/30/1949 yes yes Seton Hall Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ 65–47 6–2 yes yes Siena Loudonville, NY 50–57 6–3 yes Wake Forest Gore Gymnasium Wake Forest, NC 48–34 7–3 (1–0) Washington and Lee Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 80–56 8–3 (2–0) 1/10/1950 yes Maryland Ritchie Coliseum College Park, MD 56–52 9–3 (3–0) 1/12/1950 yes NC State 9 Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC 58–72 9–4 (3–1) Wake Forest Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 49–61 9–5 (3–2) yes VMI Cormack Field House Lexington, VA 68–43 10–5 (4–2) yes Hampden–Sydney Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 70–67 OT 11–5 1/21/1950 yes Maryland Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 64–56 12–5 (5–2) George Washington Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 58–50 13–5 (6–2) 2/4/1950 yes Richmond Blues Armory Richmond, VA 50–47 14–5 (7–2) 2/7/1950 NC State 8 Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 54–50 15–5 (8–2) VPI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 64–50 16–5 (9–2) North Carolina Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 48–52 16–6 (9–3) yes Washington and Lee Doremus Gymnasium Lexington, VA 70–57 17–6 (10–3) VMI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 74–57 18–6 (11–3) yes VPI War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA 52–54 18–7 (11–4) 2/21/1950 yes yes Roanoke Roanoke, VA 53–50 19–7 2/25/1950 Richmond Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 81–54 20–7 (12–4) yes Virginia Norfolk City Auditorium Norfolk, VA 76–58 21–7 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| 1950 Southern Conference Tournament 3/1/1950 yes (5) North Carolina Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC Quarterfinals 50–43 22–7 3/2/1950 yes (8) Duke Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC Semifinals 50–60 22–8 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| 1950 Cincinnati Invitational Tournament 3/13/1950 yes Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, OH 44–80 22–9 yes Morris Harvey Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, OH 68–59 23–9 Source2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide Year-by-year records College of William & Mary 2013 http://www.tribeathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=25100&ATCLID=209294887 February 3, 2015 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