1945–46 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1945–46 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
1945–46 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	10–10 (5–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Sam B. Holt (1st season);
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

1945–46 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Carolina	13	–	1	.929	30	–	5	.857
Duke †	12	–	2	.857	21	–	6	.778
Virginia Tech	7	–	3	.700	11	–	8	.579
Wake Forest	8	–	5	.615	12	–	6	.667
Maryland	5	–	4	.556	9	–	12	.429
William & Mary	5	–	5	.500	10	–	10	.500
Furman	4	–	4	.500	16	–	3	.842
George Washington	4	–	5	.444	7	–	8	.467
Clemson	5	–	7	.417	9	–	11	.450
North Carolina State	5	–	7	.417	6	–	12	.333
South Carolina	4	–	7	.364	9	–	11	.450
Davidson	5	–	9	.357	13	–	12	.520
Richmond	3	–	7	.300	8	–	12	.400
The Citadel	1	–	6	.143	7	–	11	.389
VMI	1	–	6	.143	1	–	10	.091
Washington and Lee	0	–	4	.000	2	–	11	.154

† 1946 SoCon tournament winner As of April 30, 1946 Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945–46 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1945–46 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the only year of head coach Sam B. Holt (who concurrently served as the head baseball coach), the team finished the season 10–10 and 5–5 in the Southern Conference. This was the 41st season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.^[1]

The Indians finished in 6th place in the conference and qualified for the 1946 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, hosted by North Carolina State University at the Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina, where they lost to Wake Forest in the quarterfinals.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
*	at Camp Pickett	W 43–41	1–0	Blackstone, VA
*	at Richmond Air Base	W 77–23	2–0	Richmond, VA
*	at Camp Pickett	L 50–66	2–1	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	George Washington	W 45–39	3–1 (1–0)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	at Merchant Marine	L 33–51	3–2	Kings Point, NY
*	at Fordham	W 45–37	4–2	Rose Hill Gymnasium The Bronx, NY
	Wake Forest	L 34–36	4–3 (1–1)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	at Little Creek	L 39–50	4–4	Virginia Beach, VA
1/19/1946	at Richmond	L 38–39	4–5 (1–2)	Millhiser Gymnasium Richmond, VA
*	Little Creek	L 26–33	4–6	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	George Washington	L 51–65	4–7 (1–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	at Wake Forest	L 51–59	4–8 (1–4)	Gore Gymnasium Wake Forest, NC
2/10/1946	Richmond	W 44–40	5–8 (2–4)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 65–38	6–8	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	at VMI	W 39–28	7–8 (3–4)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
	at VPI	L 45–51	7–9 (3–5)	War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA
2/20/1946	Maryland	W 42–36	8–9 (4–5)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	VMI	W 60–32	9–9 (5–5)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Randolph–Macon	W 50–39	10–9	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1946 Southern Conference Tournament
2/28/1946	vs. Wake Forest Quarterfinals	L 31–42	10–10	Thompson Gym Raleigh, NC
*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. 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
↑ "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2015.

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[SR-1] "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2015.

[2] "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2015.

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William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
Venues	Blow Gymnasium (1925–1971) Norfolk Municipal Auditorium (alternate; 1952–1965) Kaplan Arena (1971–present)
Rivalries	Old Dominion
Culture & lore	Colonel Ebirt Griffin Hershberger Award hoax Scandal of 1951
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
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