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. 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
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	0–18 (0–13 Southern)
Head coach	Tom Dowler (3rd season)
Home arena	Blow 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
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
† Southern Conference Tournament winner

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.

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