1949–50 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1949–50 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Cincinnati Invitational Tournament
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record23–9 (12–4 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainChet Giermak
Home arenaBlow Gymnasium
1949–50 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 NC State 12 2   .857 27 6   .818
William & Mary 12 4   .750 23 9   .719
George Washington 12 4   .750 17 8   .680
South Carolina 12 5   .706 13 9   .591
North Carolina 13 6   .684 17 12   .586
Virginia Tech 9 5   .643 16 9   .640
Wake Forest 11 8   .579 14 16   .467
Duke 9 7   .563 15 15   .500
Clemson 8 8   .500 10 10   .500
Davidson 6 12   .333 10 16   .385
Furman 4 8   .333 9 12   .429
Washington and Lee 4 9   .308 8 12   .400
Maryland 5 13   .278 7 18   .280
Richmond 4 13   .235 8 16   .333
The Citadel 2 10   .167 4 16   .200
VMI 2 11   .154 4 17   .190
1950 Southern Conference tournament winner
As of April 30, 1950
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949–50 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1949–50 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the third year of head coach Barney Wilson, the team finished the season 23–9 and 12–4 in the Southern Conference. This was the 45th 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 a tie for 2nd place in the conference and qualified as the #2 seed for the 1950 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, hosted by Duke University at the Duke Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, where the Indians defeated North Carolina in the quarterfinals before losing against Duke in the semifinals.

For the second straight year, William & Mary was invited to participate in the 1950 Cincinnati Invitational Tournament, where the Indians lost their first game against Cincinnati but defeated Morris Harvey in their second.