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

1960–61 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	† Tournament winner ; As of April 30, 1961; Rankings from AP Poll

William & Mary Indians men's basketball
1960–61 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1960–61 record	14–10 (9–6 SoCon)
Head coach	Bill Chambers (4th season);
MVP	Jeff Cohen
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium; Norfolk Municipal Auditorium (one game)

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.

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	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

"William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
"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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[SR-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.

William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
Venues	Blow Gymnasium (1925–1971) Norfolk Municipal Auditorium (alternate; 1952–1965) Kaplan Arena (1971–present)
Culture & lore	Colonel Ebirt Griffin Hershberger Award hoax Scandal of 1951
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21

1960–61 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 West Virginia	11	–	1	.917	23	–	4	.852
Virginia Tech	12	–	3	.800	15	–	7	.682
The Citadel	10	–	3	.769	17	–	8	.680
William & Mary	9	–	6	.600	14	–	10	.583
Furman	6	–	7	.462	15	–	11	.577
Richmond	5	–	11	.313	9	–	14	.391
George Washington †	3	–	9	.250	9	–	17	.346
VMI	3	–	11	.214	5	–	17	.227
Davidson	2	–	10	.167	9	–	14	.391

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1961; Rankings from AP Poll