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

1952–53 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	† Tournament winner ; As of April 30, 1953; Rankings from AP Poll

1952–53 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
1952–53 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1952–53 record	10–13 (6–13 SoCon)
Head coach	Boydson Baird (1st season);
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1951–52 1953–54 →

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.^[1]

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[]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/3/1952	at George Washington	L 79–90	0–1 (0–1)	Washington, DC
12/4/1952	at Maryland	L 61–64	0–2 (0–2)	Ritchie Coliseum College Park, MD
	at Washington and Lee	W 87–62	1–2 (1–2)	Doremus Gymnasium Lexington, VA
12/13/1952*	at Virginia	W 87–71	2–2	Memorial Gymnasium Charlottesville, VA
12/17/1952	West Virginia	L 100–101 ^OT	2–3 (1–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Winston–Salem Bullets	W 82–63	3–3	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	at Clemson	L 71–81	3–4 (1–4)	Clemson Field House Clemson, SC
1/3/1953	at Furman	L 78–85	3–5 (1–5)	Old Textile Hall Greenville, SC
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 74–65	4–5	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	VMI	W 88–64	5–5 (2–5)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1/13/1953	No. 8 NC State	L 58–62	5–6 (2–6)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1/17/1953	at Richmond	L 78–82	5–7 (2–7)	Benedictine High School Gymnasium Richmond, VA
	VPI	W 91–74	6–7 (3–7)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	at VMI	W 88–54	7–7 (4–7)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
2/7/1953	at No. 15 NC State	L 71–101	7–8 (4–8)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
2/10/1953	vs. Wake Forest	L 76–78	7–9 (4–9)	Norfolk, VA
2/14/1953*	Virginia	W 105–84	8–9	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/17/1953	Maryland	L 57–79	8–10 (4–10)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/19/1953	No. 18 Duke	W 85–82 ^OT	9–10 (5–10)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/21/1953	Washington and Lee	W 94–73	10–10 (6–10)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	at VPI	L 74–75	10–11 (6–11)	War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA
	George Washington	L 63–70	10–12 (6–12)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/28/1953	Richmond	L 70–76	10–13 (6–13)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[2]

References[]

^ "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
^ "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-10. Retrieved February 10, 2015.

[SR-1] "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2015.

[2] "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-10. Retrieved February 10, 2015.

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v t William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
Venues	Blow Gymnasium (1925–1971) Norfolk Municipal Auditorium (alternate; 1952–1965) Kaplan Arena (1971–present)
Culture & lore	Colonel Ebirt Griffin Scandal of 1951
People	Statistical leaders
Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1982–83 1997–98 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21

1952–53 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 18 North Carolina State	13	–	3	.813	26	–	6	.813
No. 15 Wake Forest †	12	–	3	.800	19	–	6	.760
Maryland	12	–	3	.800	15	–	8	.652
West Virginia	11	–	3	.786	19	–	17	.528
Furman	10	–	3	.769	21	–	6	.778
Duke	12	–	4	.750	17	–	8	.680
Richmond	13	–	5	.722	21	–	7	.750
North Carolina	15	–	6	.714	17	–	10	.630
George Washington	12	–	6	.667	15	–	7	.682
Clemson	6	–	8	.429	8	–	10	.444
South Carolina	7	–	12	.368	11	–	13	.458
William & Mary	6	–	13	.316	10	–	13	.435
Virginia Tech	4	–	13	.235	4	–	19	.174
Davidson	3	–	14	.176	4	–	16	.200
VMI	1	–	14	.067	5	–	19	.208
Washington and Lee	1	–	17	.056	2	–	20	.091
The Citadel	0	–	11	.000	4	–	14	.222

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1953; Rankings from AP Poll