1936–37 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

The 1936–37 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1936–37 season. Under the third year of head coach Tom Dowler, the team finished the season 0–18, 0–13 in Southern Conference play. This was the 32nd season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.[1] As of 2019, this has remained William & Mary men's basketball's worst single season record and winning percentage and its only winless season.

1936–37 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1936–37 record0–18 (0–13 Southern)
Head coach
Home arenaBlow Gymnasium

After playing as an independent for the previous 31 seasons, this was William & Mary's first season as members of the Southern Conference. They finished in 16th place and did not quality for the 1937 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Schedule

1936–37 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Washington and Lee111 .917  174  .810
North Carolina143 .824  185  .783
Wake Forest94 .692  156  .714
North Carolina State147 .667  159  .625
Duke116 .647  158  .652
South Carolina74 .636  137  .650
Richmond54 .556  137  .650
Virginia67 .462  910  .474
Furman34 .429  87  .533
Davidson58 .385  1310  .565
Maryland58 .385  812  .400
Virginia Tech49 .308  611  .353
VMI511 .313  611  .353
Clemson27 .222  615  .286
The Citadel05 .000  712  .368
William & Mary013 .000  018  .000
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1937; Rankings from AP Poll
Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season

at NC State L 21–49  0–1 (0–1)
Thompson Gym 
Raleigh, NC

at Wake Forest L 29–49  0–2 (0–2)
Gore Gymnasium 
Wake Forest, NC

at Virginia L 30–33  0–3 (0–3)
Memorial Gymnasium 
Charlottesville, VA

at VPI L 29–36  0–4 (0–4)
War Memorial Gymnasium 
Blacksburg, VA

at Washington and Lee L 15–64  0–5 (0–5)
Doremus Gymnasium 
Lexington, VA

at VMI L 39–42  0–6 (0–6)
Cormack Field House 
Lexington, VA
*
at Roanoke L 39–48  0–7
 
Roanoke, VA

Wake Forest L 25–61  0–8 (0–7)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

VPI L 30–38  0–9 (0–8)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
2/4/1937
Richmond L 22–48  0–10 (0–9)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
*
Roanoke College L 21–40  0–11
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
2/9/1937*
at Maryland L 29–41  0–12
Ritchie Coliseum 
College Park, MD
2/10/1937*
at Navy W 26–25  0–13
Dahlgren Hall 
Annapolis, MD
*
Randolph–Macon L 27–58  0–14
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
2/17/1937
at Richmond L 21–40  0–15 (0–10)
Millhiser Gymnasium 
Richmond, VA

VMI L 26–49  0–16 (0–11)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

NC State L 20–58  0–17 (0–12)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

Virginia L 21–52  0–18 (0–13)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, 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. 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  2. "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
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