1946–47 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

The 1946–47 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1946–47 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the only year of head coach Richard F. Gallagher (who concurrently served as the head baseball coach), the team finished the season 14–12 and 6–6 in the Southern Conference. This was the 42nd season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe. William & Mary played its home games at Blow Gymnasium.

1946–47 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	14–12 (6–6 SoCon)
Head coach	Richard F. Gallagher (1st season)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

1946–47 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North Carolina State †	11	–	2		.846			26	–	5		.839
North Carolina	10	–	2		.833			19	–	8		.704
Duke	10	–	4		.714			19	–	8		.704
George Washington	9	–	4		.692			21	–	7		.750
Maryland	9	–	5		.643			14	–	10		.583
Richmond	8	–	5		.615			17	–	9		.654
South Carolina	7	–	5		.583			16	–	9		.640
Washington and Lee	7	–	6		.538			16	–	7		.696
Davidson	7	–	7		.500			17	–	8		.680
William & Mary	6	–	6		.500			14	–	12		.538
Wake Forest	8	–	9		.471			11	–	13		.458
Furman	5	–	7		.417			9	–	10		.474
Virginia Tech	4	–	9		.308			13	–	13		.500
Clemson	2	–	12		.143			7	–	13		.350
The Citadel	1	–	11		.083			5	–	11		.313
VMI	1	–	11		.083			2	–	14		.125
† Southern Conference Tournament winner

The Indians finished in 9th place in the conference and failed to qualify for the 1947 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament.

The Indians played three teams for the first time this season: American, Penn, and Boston University.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
*		at Langley Field	W 66–34	1–0	Hampton, VA
*		Camp Lee	W 66–44	2–0	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
*		American	W 48–44	3–0	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
*		at Navy	W 45–37	3–1	Dahlgren Hall  Annapolis, MD
*		at Penn	W 45–37	3–2	The Palestra  Philadelphia, PA
*		at Seton Hall	L 33–65	3–3	Walsh Gymnasium  South Orange, NJ
*		at Merchant Marine	L 35–50	3–4	Kings Point, NY
		Wake Forest	L 33–40	3–5 (0–1)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
*		Virginia	W 59–40	4–5	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
1/11/1947		at Richmond	W 47–45	5–5 (1–1)	Millhiser Gymnasium  Richmond, VA
*		Roanoke College	W 68–32	6–5	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
*		at Virginia	L 46–52	6–6	Memorial Gymnasium  Charlottesville, VA
1/18/1947		Richmond	L 34–40	6–7 (1–2)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
		VPI	W 50–41	7–7 (2–2)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
2/3/1947		at Duke	L 45–69	7–8 (2–3)	Duke Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
2/4/1947		at NC State	L 33–45	7–9 (2–4)	Thompson Gym  Raleigh, NC
*		Hampden–Sydney	W 46–40	8–9	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
		George Washington	W 37–32	9–9 (3–4)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
*		Newport News Air Station	W 66–37	10–9	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
		at VMI	W 63–56	11–9 (4–4)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
		at VPI	L 52–56	11–10 (4–5)	War Memorial Gymnasium  Blacksburg, VA
		Washington & Lee	L 56–61	11–11 (4–6)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
*		at Newport News Air Station	W 55–52	12–11	Newport News, VA
		VMI	W 66–32	13–11 (5–6)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
2/25/1947*		at Boston University	L 45–62	13–12	Boston, MA
		Washington & Lee	W 58–37	14–12 (6–6)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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