# 1951–52 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

The 1951–52 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1951–52 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the first, and only, year of head coach H. Lester Hooker, the team finished the season 15–13 and 10–6 in the Southern Conference. This was the 47th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe. William & Mary played its home games at Blow Gymnasium.
The Indians finished in 8th place in the conference and qualified as the #8 seed for the 1952 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, hosted by North Carolina State University at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina, where the Indians lost to #10 West Virginia in the quarterfinals. William & Mary failed to qualify for a post-season tournament.

## Program notes

* The Indians played two teams for the first time this season: NYU and Pittsburgh.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| * | at NYU | L 70–85 | 0–1 | New York City, NY |
| 12/3/1951* | at Seton Hall | L 52–63 | 0–2 | Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ |
| * | Randolph–Macon | W 61–45 | 1–2 | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| * | Morris Harvey | W 94–46 | 2–2 | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| 12/12/1951 | at Maryland | L 53–54 | 2–3 (0–1) | Ritchie Coliseum College Park, MD |
| | VMI | W 80–53 | 3–3 (1–1) | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| 12/19/1951* | at Cincinnati | L 61–71 | 3–4 | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, OH |
| 12/20/1951 | at West Virginia | L 66–87 | 3–5 (1–2) | WVU Field House Morgantown, WV |
| * | at Pittsburgh | L 48–63 | 3–6 | Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA |
| * | Virginia | W 70–59 | 4–6 | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| 1/7/1952 | Wake Forest | W 97–75 | 5–6 (2–2) | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| * | Hampden–Sydney | W 75–69 | 6–6 | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| 1/12/1952 | at NC State | L 46–82 | 6–7 (2–3) | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC |
| 1/14/1952* | No. 15 Louisville | L 65–93 | 6–8 | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| | at Washington and Lee | W 84–82 | 7–8 (3–3) | Doremus Gymnasium Lexington, VA |
| 1/19/1952 | Richmond | W 86–70 | 8–8 (4–3) | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| | VPI | W 91–74 | 9–8 (5–3) | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| 2/5/1952 | NC State | W 70–61 | 10–8 (6–3) | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| 2/7/1952 | at Duke | L 62–68 | 10–9 (6–4) | Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC |
| | George Washington | L 68–74 | 10–10 (6–5) | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| | Washington and Lee | W 89–75 | 11–10 (7–5) | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| 2/16/1952 | Maryland | W 71–66 | 12–10 (8–5) | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| | at VPI | W 86–76 | 13–10 (9–5) | War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA |
| 2/19/1952 | at VMI | W 86–71 | 14–10 (10–5) | Cormack Field House Lexington, VA |
| 2/23/1952 | at Richmond | L 61–80 | 14–11 (10–6) | Benedictine High School Gymnasium Richmond, VA |
| * | at Virginia | W 87–85 | 15–11 | Memorial Gymnasium Charlottesville, VA |
| 2/29/1952* | Cincinnati | L 76–82 | 15–12 | Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA |
| 1952 Southern Conference Tournament ||||||
| 3/6/1952 | vs. No. 10 (1) West Virginia Quarterfinals | L 64–77 | 15–13 | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||
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