1952–53 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

American college basketball season August 2023 December 2025 Basketball 1952–53 William & Mary Indians Southern Conference SoCon 10–13 6–13 Boydson Baird 1st Blow Gymnasium The 1952–53 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1952–53 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the first year of head coach Boydson Baird, the team finished the season 10–13 and 6–13 in the Southern Conference. This was the 48th 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 10, 2015 The Indians finished in 12th place in the conference and failed to qualify for the Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, the first such occurrence since 1947. Program notes On February 14, 1953, Bill Chambers set the NCAA record for highest single game rebound total (51) in a game against Virginia, Boydson Baird came to William & Mary after three seasons at Davidson, where he had a 24–53 record. Bill Chambers was named to the second team all-Southern Conference for the second straight season. Following the 1952–53 season, seven of William & Mary's Southern Conference co-members departed for the new Atlantic Coast Conference: Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina, and Wake Forest. Schedule no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| Regular season 12/3/1952 yes George Washington Washington, DC 79–90 0–1 (0–1) 12/4/1952 yes Maryland Ritchie Coliseum College Park, MD 61–64 0–2 (0–2) yes Washington and Lee Doremus Gymnasium Lexington, VA 87–62 1–2 (1–2) 12/13/1952 yes yes Virginia Memorial Gymnasium Charlottesville, VA 87–71 2–2 12/17/1952 West Virginia Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 100–101 OT 2–3 (1–3) yes Winston–Salem Bullets Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 82–63 3–3 yes Clemson Clemson Field House Clemson, SC 71–81 3–4 (1–4) 1/3/1953 yes Furman Old Textile Hall Greenville, SC 78–85 3–5 (1–5) yes Hampden–Sydney Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 74–65 4–5 VMI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 88–64 5–5 (2–5) 1/13/1953 NC State 8 Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 58–62 5–6 (2–6) 1/17/1953 yes Richmond Benedictine High School Gymnasium Richmond, VA 78–82 5–7 (2–7) VPI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 91–74 6–7 (3–7) yes VMI Cormack Field House Lexington, VA 88–54 7–7 (4–7) 2/7/1953 yes NC State 15 Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC 71–101 7–8 (4–8) 2/10/1953 yes Wake Forest Norfolk, VA 76–78 7–9 (4–9) 2/14/1953 yes Virginia Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 105–84 8–9 2/17/1953 Maryland Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 57–79 8–10 (4–10) 2/19/1953 Duke 18 Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 85–82 OT 9–10 (5–10) 2/21/1953 Washington and Lee Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 94–73 10–10 (6–10) yes VPI War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA 74–75 10–11 (6–11) George Washington Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 63–70 10–12 (6–12) 2/28/1953 Richmond Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 70–76 10–13 (6–13) 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 10, 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