1938–39 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1938–39 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1938–39 record	9–12 (4–9 SoCon)
Head coach	John Kellison (7th year)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

The 1938–39 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1938–39 season. Under the second year of head coach John Kellison's second stint with William & Mary, the team finished the season 9–12 and 4–9 in the Southern Conference. This was the 34th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.^[1]

The Indians finished 12th in the conference and did not quality for the 1939 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament. However, the Indians did record their first ever conference victories during 1939.

Schedule

	Conf				Overall
1938–39 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wake Forest	15	–	3	.833	18	–	6	.750
Maryland	8	–	3	.727	15	–	9	.625
Washington and Lee	8	–	3	.727	13	–	9	.591
The Citadel	7	–	3	.700	14	–	5	.737
Davidson	9	–	7	.563	19	–	10	.655
North Carolina	8	–	7	.533	10	–	11	.476
North Carolina State	7	–	6	.538	10	–	7	.588
Duke	8	–	8	.500	10	–	12	.455
Clemson †	6	–	6	.500	16	–	8	.667
VMI	6	–	6	.500	7	–	10	.412
Richmond	5	–	5	.500	10	–	10	.500
William & Mary	4	–	9	.308	8	–	13	.381
South Carolina	2	–	8	.200	5	–	18	.217
Virginia Tech	2	–	10	.167	3	–	14	.176
Furman	0	–	10	.000	6	–	16	.273

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1939; Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
	Davidson	L 35–45	0–1 (0–1)	Blow Gymnasium
	at NC State	W 32–28	1–1 (1–1)	Thompson Gym
	at Wake Forest	L 35–58	1–2 (1–2)	Gore Gymnasium
*	Virginia	W 48–38	2–2	Blow Gymnasium
	at Washington and Lee	L 42–62	2–3 (1–3)	Doremus Gymnasium
	at VPI	W 46–33	3–3 (2–3)	War Memorial Gymnasium
	VMI	L 43–48	3–4 (2–4)	Blow Gymnasium
*	Randolph–Macon	W 60–37	4–4	Blow Gymnasium
*	Virginia	L 37–39	4–5	Blow Gymnasium
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 64–40	5–5	Blow Gymnasium
*	at Langley Field	W 46–38	6–5
	VPI	W 57–30	7–5 (3–4)	Blow Gymnasium
*	at Randolph–Macon	W 36–25	8–5
2/11/1939	Richmond	L 37–39	8–6 (3–5)	Blow Gymnasium
2/13/1939*	at Saint Joseph's	L 43–52	8–7
2/14/1939	at Maryland	W 57–49	9–7 (4–5)	Ritchie Coliseum
2/15/1939*	at Navy	L 29–52	9–8
	Washington and Lee	L 37–46	9–9 (4–6)	Blow Gymnasium
	Wake Forest	L 42–46	9–10 (4–7)	Blow Gymnasium
2/23/1939	at Richmond	L 31–40	9–11 (4–8)	Millhiser Gymnasium
	VMI	L 31–45	9–12 (4–9)	Blow Gymnasium
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[2]

References

↑ "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
↑ "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2014.

William & Mary Tribe men's basketball

Venues	Blow Gymnasium (1925–1971) Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall (1971–present)

Culture & lore	Records Retired jerseys Hershberger Award hoax Griffin Colonel Ebirt Scandal of 1951

People	Head coaches

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