1949–50_William_&_Mary_Indians_men's_basketball_team

1949–50 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
1949–50 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Cincinnati Invitational Tournament
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	23–9 (12–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Barney Wilson (3rd season);
Captain	Chet Giermak
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1948–49 1950–51 →

1949–50 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1949–50 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1949–50 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the third year of head coach Barney Wilson, the team finished the season 23–9 and 12–4 in the Southern Conference. This was the 45th 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]

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The Indians finished in a tie for 2nd place in the conference and qualified as the #2 seed for the 1950 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, hosted by Duke University at the Duke Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, where the Indians defeated North Carolina in the quarterfinals before losing against Duke in the semifinals.

For the second straight year, William & Mary was invited to participate in the 1950 Cincinnati Invitational Tournament, where the Indians lost their first game against Cincinnati but defeated Morris Harvey in their second.

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 NC State †	12	–	2	.857	27	–	6	.818
William & Mary	12	–	4	.750	23	–	9	.719
George Washington	12	–	4	.750	17	–	8	.680
South Carolina	12	–	5	.706	13	–	9	.591
North Carolina	13	–	6	.684	17	–	12	.586
Virginia Tech	9	–	5	.643	16	–	9	.640
Wake Forest	11	–	8	.579	14	–	16	.467
Duke	9	–	7	.563	15	–	15	.500
Clemson	8	–	8	.500	10	–	10	.500
Davidson	6	–	12	.333	10	–	16	.385
Furman	4	–	8	.333	9	–	12	.429
Washington and Lee	4	–	9	.308	8	–	12	.400
Maryland	5	–	13	.278	7	–	18	.280
Richmond	4	–	13	.235	8	–	16	.333
The Citadel	2	–	10	.167	4	–	16	.200
VMI	2	–	11	.154	4	–	17	.190

† 1950 Southern Conference tournament winner As of April 30, 1950 Rankings from AP Poll

v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 NC State †	12	–	2	.857	27	–	6	.818
William & Mary	12	–	4	.750	23	–	9	.719
George Washington	12	–	4	.750	17	–	8	.680
South Carolina	12	–	5	.706	13	–	9	.591
North Carolina	13	–	6	.684	17	–	12	.586
Virginia Tech	9	–	5	.643	16	–	9	.640
Wake Forest	11	–	8	.579	14	–	16	.467
Duke	9	–	7	.563	15	–	15	.500
Clemson	8	–	8	.500	10	–	10	.500
Davidson	6	–	12	.333	10	–	16	.385
Furman	4	–	8	.333	9	–	12	.429
Washington and Lee	4	–	9	.308	8	–	12	.400
Maryland	5	–	13	.278	7	–	18	.280
Richmond	4	–	13	.235	8	–	16	.333
The Citadel	2	–	10	.167	4	–	16	.200
VMI	2	–	11	.154	4	–	17	.190

† 1950 Southern Conference tournament winner As of April 30, 1950 Rankings from AP Poll

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/6/1949*	at Colby	W 69–53	1–0	Waterville, ME
*	Pensacola	W 72–52	2–0	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
12/10/1949*	Quantico Marines	W 72–51	3–0	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Randolph–Macon	W 73–46	4–0	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
12/16/1949*	at John Carroll	L 54–64	4–1	University Heights, OH
*	at Akron	W 53–49	5–1	Akron Armory Akron, OH
*	at Bowling Green	L 58–74	5–2	Bowling Green, OH
12/30/1949*	at Seton Hall	W 65–47	6–2	Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
*	at Siena	L 50–57	6–3	Loudonville, NY
	at Wake Forest	W 48–34	7–3 (1–0)	Gore Gymnasium Wake Forest, NC
	Washington and Lee	W 80–56	8–3 (2–0)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1/10/1950	at Maryland	W 56–52	9–3 (3–0)	Ritchie Coliseum College Park, MD
1/12/1950	at No. 9 NC State	L 58–72	9–4 (3–1)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
	Wake Forest	L 49–61	9–5 (3–2)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	at VMI	W 68–43	10–5 (4–2)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 70–67 ^OT	11–5	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1/21/1950*	Maryland	W 64–56	12–5 (5–2)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	George Washington	W 58–50	13–5 (6–2)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/4/1950	at Richmond	W 50–47	14–5 (7–2)	Blues Armory Richmond, VA
2/7/1950	No. 8 NC State	W 54–50	15–5 (8–2)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	VPI	W 64–50	16–5 (9–2)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	North Carolina	L 48–52	16–6 (9–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	at Washington and Lee	W 70–57	17–6 (10–3)	Doremus Gymnasium Lexington, VA
	VMI	W 74–57	18–6 (11–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	at VPI	L 52–54	18–7 (11–4)	War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA
2/21/1950*	at Roanoke	W 53–50	19–7	Roanoke, VA
2/25/1950	Richmond	W 81–54	20–7 (12–4)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Virginia	W 76–58	21–7	Norfolk City Auditorium Norfolk, VA
1950 Southern Conference Tournament
3/1/1950	vs. (5) North Carolina Quarterfinals	W 50–43	22–7	Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
3/2/1950	vs. (8) Duke Semifinals	L 50–60	22–8	Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
1950 Cincinnati Invitational Tournament
3/13/1950	vs. Cincinnati	L 44–80	22–9	Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, OH
	vs. Morris Harvey	W 68–59	23–9	Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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