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

1936–37 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
1936–37 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	0–18 (0–13 Southern)
Head coach	Tom Dowler (3rd season);
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1935–36 1937–38 →

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.

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[edit]

1936–37 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Washington and Lee †	11	–	1	.917	17	–	4	.810
North Carolina	14	–	3	.824	18	–	5	.783
Wake Forest	9	–	4	.692	15	–	6	.714
North Carolina State	14	–	7	.667	15	–	9	.625
Duke	11	–	6	.647	15	–	8	.652
South Carolina	7	–	4	.636	13	–	7	.650
Richmond	5	–	4	.556	13	–	7	.650
Virginia	6	–	7	.462	9	–	10	.474
Furman	3	–	4	.429	8	–	7	.533
Davidson	5	–	8	.385	13	–	10	.565
Maryland	5	–	8	.385	8	–	12	.400
Virginia Tech	4	–	9	.308	6	–	11	.353
VMI	5	–	11	.313	6	–	11	.353
Clemson	2	–	7	.222	6	–	15	.286
The Citadel	0	–	5	.000	7	–	12	.368
William & Mary	0	–	13	.000	0	–	18	.000

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1937 Rankings from AP Poll

Date time, TV	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[edit]

^ "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
^ "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2014.

[SR-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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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
Seasons	List of 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 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24