1948–49 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

American college basketball season August 2023 December 2025 Basketball 1948–49 William & Mary Indians Southern Conference SoCon 24–10 10–3 Barney Wilson 2nd Blow Gymnasium Cincinnati Invitational Tournament The 1948–49 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1948–49 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the second year of head coach Barney Wilson, the team finished the season 24–10 and 10–3 in the Southern Conference, the most wins in program history. This was the 44th 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 1, 2015 The Indians finished in 2nd place in the conference and qualified for the 1949 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, hosted by Duke University at the Duke Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, where the Indians defeated Davidson in the quarterfinals before losing a triple overtime game against George Washington in the semifinals. However, William & Mary was invited to participate in the 1949 Cincinnati Invitational Tournament, where the Indians lost against both Xavier and La Salle. Program notes With 24 wins, 1948–49 remains William & Mary's winningest season in program history. The next best seasons for the Indians/Tribe came in 1949–50 (23 wins) and 2009–10 (22 wins). This was the first 20 win season in program history. The Indians would record 20 wins again during both subsequent seasons under head coach Barney Wilson. Wilson would go on to record the highest career winning percentage of any William & Mary men's basketball coach. The Indians played six teams for the first time this season: Milligan, Albright, Rider, Towson, Baltimore, and La Salle. The Indians played their first ever game against a ranked opponent when they lost to #17 NC State on February 5, 1949. William & Mary's triple overtime loss to George Washington in the Southern Conference tournament remains tied with 6 other games (from 1958, 1961, 1981, 2008, and 2009) for the longest game in school history. William & Mary's appearance in the Cincinnati Invitational Tournament was the program's first ever postseason tournament bid. Schedule no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| Regular season yes Langley Field Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 80–29 1–0 yes Quantico Marines Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 55–50 2–0 yes Norfolk NAS Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 68–46 3–0 yes Milligan Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 55–45 4–0 yes VMI Cormack Field House Lexington, VA 77–54 5–0 (1–0) yes Norfolk Naval Base Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 75–46 6–0 Wake Forest Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 52–47 7–0 (2–0) yes yes Rider Lawrenceville, NJ 52–37 8–0 yes yes Villanova Villanova Field House Villanova, PA 48–70 8–1 yes yes Albright Reading, PA 73–54 9–1 12/23/1948 yes yes Seton Hall Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ 55–59 9–2 yes MSTC at Towson Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 94–31 10–2 yes Georgetown Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 69–58 11–2 VMI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 75–37 12–2 (3–0) 1/11/1949 yes Baltimore Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 96–28 13–2 yes Washington & Lee Doremus Gymnasium Lexington, VA 42–39 14–2 (4–0) yes VPI War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA 52–54 14–3 (4–1) yes Hampden–Sydney Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 67–56 15–3 yes North Carolina Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, NC 61–69 15–4 (4–2) yes Little Creek Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 70–26 16–4 VPI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 62–47 17–4 (5–2) 2/2/1949 NC State 17 Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 52–66 17–5 (5–3) 2/7/1949 Furman Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 73–60 18–5 (6–3) 2/9/1949 Richmond Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 61–47 19–5 (7–3) yes Roanoke Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 77–45 20–5 yes yes Quantico Marines Quantico, VA 36–42 20–6 2/18/1949 The Citadel Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 57–39 21–6 (8–3) 2/24/1948 Washington & Lee Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 89–46 22–6 (9–3) yes yes Virginia Memorial Gymnasium Charlottesville, VA 44–58 22–7 2/26/1949 yes Richmond Blues Armory Richmond, VA 82–53 23–7 (10–3) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| 1949 Southern Conference Tournament 3/2/1949 yes Davidson Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC Quarterfinals 54–50 24–7 3/3/1949 yes George Washington Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC Semifinals 74–78 3OT 24–8 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| 1949 Cincinnati Invitational Tournament 3/7/1949 yes Xavier Cincinnati, OH 65–82 24–9 3/9/1949 yes La Salle Cincinnati, OH 51–63 24–10 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 1, 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