1953–54 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1953–54 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	† Tournament winner ; As of April 30, 1954; Rankings from AP Poll

1953–54 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
1953–54 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1953–54 record	9–14 (6–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Boydson Baird (2nd season);
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The 1953–54 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1953–54 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the second year of head coach Boydson Baird, the team finished the season 9–14, 6–5 in the Southern Conference. This was the 49th 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 5th place in the conference and qualified for the 1954 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, held at the WVU Field House in Morgantown, West Virginia. However, the Indians fell to West Virginia in the quarterfinals.

Program notes[]

Following the previous 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. As such, only 10 teams remained in the Southern Conference during the 1953–54 season.

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
*	at Hampden–Sydney	W 78–58	1–0	Hampden Sydney, VA
12/8/1953*	at Maryland	L 54–69	1–1	Ritchie Coliseum College Park, MD
*	at North Carolina	L 61–71	1–2	Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, NC
2/12/1953*	at Duke	L 44–109	1–3	Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
	George Washington	L 53–65	1–4 (0–1)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1/1/1954*	at Seton Hall	W 57–55	2–4	Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
*	Clemson	L 72–75	2–5	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 78–65	3–5	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1/9/1954	at West Virginia	W 78–76	4–5 (1–1)	WVU Field House Morgantown, WV
	VMI	W 71–67	5–5 (2–1)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1/16/1954	at Richmond	L 73–85	5–6 (2–2)	Benedictine High School Gymnasium Richmond, VA
	VPI	W 82–66	6–6 (3–2)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/2/1954*	at NC State	L 70–80	6–7	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
2/6/1954	at Washington and Lee	W 73–58	7–7 (4–2)	Doremus Gymnasium Lexington, VA
2/8/1954	at VPI	W 66–52	8–7 (5–2)	War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA
	at VMI	L 62–81	8–8 (5–3)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
2/13/1954*	at No. 19 NC State	L 48–65	8–9	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
	at No. 8 George Washington	L 58–69	8–10 (5–4)	Washington, DC
	Washington and Lee	W 68–54	9–10 (6–4)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/20/1954*	Wake Forest	L 56–57 ^OT	9–11	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/25/1954*	No. 11 Maryland	L 55–74	9–12	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/27/1954	at Richmond	L 63–68	9–13 (6–5)	Benedictine High School Gymnasium Richmond, VA
1954 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
3/4/1954	vs. (4) West Virginia Quarterfinals	L 69–84	9–14	WVU Field House Morgantown, WV
*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 12, 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 12, 2015.

[SR-1] "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2015. Retrieved February 12, 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 12, 2015.

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1953–54 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 12 George Washington †	10	–	0	1.000	23	–	3	.885
Furman	6	–	1	.857	23	–	9	.719
Richmond	10	–	3	.769	23	–	8	.742
West Virginia	6	–	4	.600	12	–	11	.522
William & Mary	6	–	5	.545	9	–	14	.391
VMI	6	–	7	.462	11	–	12	.478
Davidson	3	–	5	.375	7	–	15	.318
Washington and Lee	3	–	9	.250	6	–	17	.261
Virginia Tech	3	–	13	.188	3	–	24	.111
The Citadel	1	–	7	.125	2	–	17	.105

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1954; Rankings from AP Poll

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