1964–65 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1964–65 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
1964–65 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	12–13 (6–8 SoCon)
Head coach	Bill Chambers (8th season);
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium; Norfolk Municipal Auditorium (one game)
	Seasons ← 1963–64 1965–66 →

1964–65 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Davidson	12	–	0	1.000	24	–	2	.923
Virginia Tech	9	–	5	.643	13	–	10	.565
The Citadel	8	–	4	.667	13	–	11	.542
West Virginia †	8	–	6	.571	14	–	15	.483
George Washington	6	–	7	.462	10	–	13	.435
William & Mary	6	–	8	.429	12	–	13	.480
Richmond	6	–	10	.375	10	–	16	.385
VMI	5	–	9	.357	8	–	13	.381
Furman	2	–	13	.133	6	–	19	.240

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1965 Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964–65 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1964–65 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Under the eighth year of head coach Bill Chambers, the team finished the season 12–13 and 6–8 in the Southern Conference.

William & Mary played most of its home games on campus at Blow Gymnasium, with one home game played off campus at the Norfolk Municipal Auditorium in Norfolk, Virginia. This was the 60th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.^[1]

The Indians finished in sixth place in the conference and qualified for the 1965 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, held at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. William & Mary defeated The Citadel in the first round and VPI in the second round before falling, in double overtime, to fourth-seeded West Virginia in the championship game (67–70).

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

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 1*	at Virginia	L 58–72	0–1	Memorial Gymnasium Charlottesville, VA
December 3*	Hampden–Sydney	W 98–70	1–1	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
December 5*	East Carolina	W 86–72	2–1	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
December 8	George Washington	W 54–44	3–1 (1–0)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
December 11	Furman	L 64–65 ^OT	3–2 (1–1)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
December 14	at West Virginia	L 63–72	3–1 (2–1)	Stansbury Hall Morgantown, WV
December 17	VMI	W 66–63	4–1 (3–1)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
December 21*	at Georgia Tech	L 73–91	4–2	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
December 29*	at Texas Western Sun Carnival Classic	L 50–56	4–3	Memorial Gymnasium El Paso, TX
December 30*	vs. Texas Christian Sun Carnival Classic	L 71–76	4–4	Memorial Gymnasium El Paso, TX
January 2	vs. Davidson	L 57–77	4–5 (3–2)	Charlotte, NC
January 5	The Citadel	L 64–70	4–6 (3–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
January 9	at George Washington	L 50–56	4–7 (3–4)	Fort Myer Gymnasium Fort Myer, VA
January 11	VPI	L 75–89	4–8 (3–5)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
January 16	at Richmond	W 61–59	5–8 (4–5)	Richmond Arena Richmond, VA
January 30*	vs. East Carolina	W 61–58	6–8	Norfolk Municipal Auditorium Norfolk, VA
February 1	at Furman	W 68–64	7–8 (5–5)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
February 3	at The Citadel	W 79–70	8–8 (6–5)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 10	at VMI	L 57–61	8–9 (6–6)	VMI Field House Lexington, VA
February 13*	Pittsburgh	W 63–61	9–9	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
February 16	at VPI	L 57–76	9–10 (6–7)	Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
February 20	Richmond	W 87–77	10–10 (7–7)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1965 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
February 25	vs. (3) The Citadel Quarterfinals	W 68–60	11–10	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
February 26	vs. (2) VPI Semifinals	W 70–59	12–10	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
February 27	vs. (4) West Virginia Championship	L 67–70 ^2OT	12–11	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
*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 8, 2016.
^ "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2016.

[SR-1] "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016.

[2] "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2016.

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v t e William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
Venues	Blow Gymnasium (1925–1971) Norfolk Municipal Auditorium (alternate; 1952–1965) Kaplan Arena (1971–present)
Rivalries	Old Dominion
Culture & lore	Colonel Ebirt Griffin Hershberger Award hoax Scandal of 1951
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
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