1960–61 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

The 1960–61 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1960–61 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Under the fourth year of head coach Bill Chambers, the team finished the season 14–10 and 9–6 in the Southern Conference.

1960–61 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1960–61 record14–10 (9–6 SoCon)
Head coach
MVPJeff Cohen
Home arenaBlow Gymnasium
Norfolk Municipal Auditorium (one game)
1960–61 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 9 West Virginia111 .917  234  .852
Virginia Tech123 .800  157  .682
The Citadel103 .769  178  .680
William & Mary96 .600  1410  .583
Furman67 .462  1511  .577
Richmond511 .313  914  .391
George Washington39 .250  917  .346
VMI311 .214  517  .227
Davidson210 .167  914  .391
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1961; Rankings from AP Poll

William & Mary played its home games at Blow Gymnasium with one home game played at the Norfolk Municipal Auditorium in Norfolk, Virginia. This was the 56th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.[1]

The Indians finished in 4th place in the conference and qualified for the 1961 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. William & Mary defeated fifth-seed Furman in the quarterfinals and top-seeded, and #8 in the country, West Virginia in the semifinals before falling to seventh-seed George Washington in the championship game.

The Indians did not participate in a post-season tournament.

Program notes

  • Jeff Cohen was named the Southern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year, the first ever conference player of the year award for a William & Mary player. The only other players to be named conference players of the year (SoCon, ECAC South, or CAA) have been Tom Jasper in 1970–71 and Marcus Thornton in 2014–15.
  • William & Mary's appearance in the Southern Conference championship game would be the second of nine such appearances (the others came in 1959, 1965, 1975, 1983, 2008, 2010, 2014, and 2015). Each of these games were also losses.

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season
*
Hampden–Sydney W 113–75  1–0
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
December 3
at West Virginia L 72–74  1–1
(0–1)
Stansbury Hall 
Morgantown, WV
December 5*
at Tennessee L 76–83  1–2
University of Tennessee Armory–Fieldhouse 
Knoxville, TN
December 10
VMI W 66–58  2–2
(1–1)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
December 14
at George Washington W 61–57  3–2
(2–1)
Fort Myer Gymnasium 
Fort Myer, VA
December 17
Davidson W 54–49  4–2
(3–1)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
December 20*
Virginia W 80–50  5–2
Memorial Gymnasium 
Charlottesville, VA
December 29*
vs. Virginia
UR Invitational
W 91–75  6–2
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA
December 30*
at Richmond
UR Invitational
L 87–101  6–3
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA
January 3
at Furman L 56–78  6–4
(3–2)
Greenville Memorial Auditorium 
Greenville, SC
January 4
at Davidson L 45–54  6–5
(3–3)
Johnston Gym 
Davidson, NC
January 7
at Richmond W 63–60  7–5
(4–3)
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA
January 10
The Citadel L 63–64  7–6
(4–4)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
January 14
VPI W 74–60  8–6
(5–4)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
January 28
vs. West Virginia L 69–76  8–7
(5–5)
Norfolk Municipal Auditorium 
Norfolk, VA
February 1
Furman W 65–57  9–7
(6–5)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
February 8*
at Navy L 69–76  9–8
Dahlgren Hall 
Annapolis, MD
February 11
George Washington W 85–80  10–8
(7–5)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
February 14
at VPI L 67–85  10–9
(7–6)
War Memorial Gymnasium 
Blacksburg, VA
February 17
at VMI W 86–77  11–9
(8–6)
Cormack Field House 
Lexington, VA
February 25
Richmond W 105–84  12–9
(9–6)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
1961 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
March 2
at (5) Furman
Quarterfinals
W 86–84 3OT 13–9
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA
March 3
vs. No. 8 (1) West Virginia
Semifinals
W 88–76  14–9
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA
March 4
vs. (7) George Washington
Championship
L 82–93  14–10
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source[2]

References

  1. "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  2. "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
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