1948–49 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1948–49 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Cincinnati Invitational Tournament
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record24–10 (10–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Home arenaBlow Gymnasium
1948–49 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 13 North Carolina State 14 1   .933 25 8   .758
William & Mary 10 3   .769 24 10   .706
North Carolina 13 5   .722 20 8   .714
George Washington 9 4   .692 18 8   .692
Davidson 11 6   .647 18 8   .692
South Carolina 7 6   .538 10 12   .455
Wake Forest 7 7   .500 11 13   .458
Maryland 7 7   .500 9 17   .346
Virginia Tech 6 8   .429 10 13   .435
Duke 5 7   .417 13 9   .591
Clemson 6 9   .400 10 11   .476
Washington and Lee 5 9   .357 10 12   .455
Richmond 5 10   .333 8 15   .348
Furman 4 11   .267 8 14   .364
VMI 3 8   .273 3 16   .158
The Citadel 0 11   .000 1 17   .056
Southern Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948–49 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1948–49 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the second year of head coach Barney Wilson, the team finished the season 24–10 and 10–3 in the Southern Conference, the most wins in program history. This was the 44th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe. William & Mary played its home games at Blow Gymnasium.

The Indians finished in 2nd place in the conference and qualified for the 1949 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, hosted by Duke University at the Duke Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, where the Indians defeated Davidson in the quarterfinals before losing a triple overtime game against George Washington in the semifinals.

However, William & Mary was invited to participate in the 1949 Cincinnati Invitational Tournament, where the Indians lost against both Xavier and La Salle.