1947–48 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

The 1947–48 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1947–48 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the first year of head coach Barney Wilson, the team finished the season 13–10 and 8–7 in the Southern Conference. This was the 43rd season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe. William & Mary played its home games at Blow Gymnasium.

1947–48 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	13–10 (8–7 SoCon)
Head coach	Barney Wilson (1st season)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

1947–48 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North Carolina State †	12	–	0		1.000			29	–	3		.906
George Washington	13	–	3		.813			19	–	7		.731
North Carolina	11	–	4		.733			20	–	7		.741
Maryland	9	–	6		.600			11	–	14		.440
Davidson	10	–	7		.588			19	–	9		.679
Virginia Tech	7	–	5		.583			14	–	9		.609
Duke	8	–	6		.571			17	–	12		.586
Wake Forest	8	–	7		.533			18	–	11		.621
William & Mary	8	–	7		.533			13	–	10		.565
South Carolina	8	–	7		.533			12	–	11		.522
Washington and Lee	5	–	9		.357			7	–	17		.292
The Citadel	4	–	8		.333			8	–	9		.471
Richmond	4	–	9		.308			8	–	14		.364
Furman	3	–	10		.231			11	–	15		.423
Clemson	3	–	14		.176			6	–	17		.261
VMI	1	–	12		.077			3	–	16		.158
† Southern Conference Tournament winner

The Indians finished in a tie for 8th place in the conference and qualified for the 1948 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, hosted by Duke University at the Duke Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, where the Indians defeated Wake Forest in the opening round before losing to NC State in the quarterfinals.

The Indians played two teams for the first time this season: American International and Western Maryland.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/6/1947		at The Citadel	W 64–41	1–0 (1–0)	The Citadel Armory  Charleston, SC
12/8/1947		at Furman	L 50–51	1–1 (1–1)	Greenville, SC
*		Hampden–Sydney	L 36–37	1–2	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
*		Western Maryland	W 75–49	2–2	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
*		Virginia	W 51–33	3–2	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
		Wake Forest	L 52–61	3–3 (1–2)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
*		Randolph–Macon	W 68–35	4–3	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
		VMI	W 53–39	5–3 (2–2)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
		at VPI	L 41–59	5–4 (2–3)	War Memorial Gymnasium  Blacksburg, VA
		at Washington & Lee	L 56–61	5–5 (2–4)	Doremus Gymnasium  Lexington, VA
1/17/1948		at Richmond	W 50–47	6–5 (3–4)	Blues Armory  Richmond, VA
		The Citadel	W 50–34	7–5 (4–4)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
		George Washington	L 40–65	7–6 (4–5)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
2/5/1948		Duke	L 36–45	7–7 (4–6)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
		VPI	W 46–42	8–7 (5–6)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
		North Carolina	L 61–63	8–8 (5–7)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
*		at Boston University	L 61–71	8–9	Boston, MA
*		at American International	W 61–35	9–9	Springfield, MA
2/24/1948		Washington & Lee	W 71–47	10–9 (6–7)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
		at VMI	W 53–52	11–9 (7–7)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
2/28/1948		Richmond	W 52–47	12–9 (8–7)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
1948 Southern Conference Tournament
3/2/1948		vs. Wake Forest First Round	W 61–56	13–9	Duke Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
3/3/1948		vs. NC State Quarterfinals	L 52–73	13–10	Duke Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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