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1954-55 Southern Conference Season Summary

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Record: 129-128, .502 W-L% (14th of 18)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.

Regular Season Champion: West Virginia
Tournament Champion: West Virginia

NCAA Tournament: 1 (West Virginia)

Ranked in First AP Poll: 0
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (George Washington and West Virginia)

Standings

Conference Overall
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L%
1 West Virginia* RT 9 1 .900 19 11 .633
2 George Washington  8 2 .800 24 6 .800
3 Richmond  10 4 .714 19 9 .679
4 Washington & Lee  8 5 .615 16 13 .552
5 Furman  6 4 .600 17 10 .630
6 William & Mary  7 5 .583 11 14 .440
7 Davidson  4 6 .400 8 13 .381
8 Virginia Military Institute  4 9 .308 8 15 .348
9 Virginia Tech  4 14 .222 7 20 .259
10 Citadel  0 10 .000 0 17 .000

AP Poll Summary

School 12/7 12/14 12/21 12/28 1/4 1/11 1/18 1/25 2/1 2/8 2/15 2/22 3/1 Final
George Washington   11 8 9 6 8 9 6 7 6 5 10 13 14
West Virginia     12                     19
Richmond           13 13 17            

NCAA Tournament

First Round
West Virginia lost (95-61) versus La Salle (East Regional)