1940–41 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1940–41 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1940–41 record	15–10 (8–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Dwight Steussey (2nd year)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

The 1940–41 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1940–41 season. Under the second year of head coach Dwight Steussey, the team finished the season 15–10 and 8–3 in the Southern Conference. This was the 36th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.^[1]

The Indians finished in a tie for 2nd place in the conference and qualified for the 1941 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament at Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. This was the Indians' first-ever conference tournament appearance. Additionally, the team recorded the program's first-ever conference tournament victory with a win over Wake Forest in the first round. However, the Indians lost to Duke, the eventual champions, in the semifinals.

The Indians played several teams for the first time this season, including Xavier, Miami (OH), and Bradley.

Schedule

	Conf				Overall
1940–41 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Carolina	14	–	1	.933	19	–	9	.679
South Carolina	8	–	3	.727	15	–	9	.625
William & Mary	8	–	3	.727	15	–	10	.600
Washington and Lee	9	–	4	.692	11	–	11	.500
Duke †	8	–	4	.667	14	–	8	.636
VMI	8	–	4	.667	10	–	6	.625
Richmond	7	–	5	.583	11	–	10	.524
Wake Forest	7	–	6	.538	9	–	9	.500
Clemson	7	–	8	.467	8	–	14	.364
Davidson	5	–	7	.417	11	–	12	.478
North Carolina State	6	–	9	.400	6	–	9	.400
Virginia Tech	4	–	8	.333	8	–	13	.381
The Citadel	1	–	8	.111	5	–	13	.278
Furman	1	–	10	.091	4	–	13	.235
Maryland	0	–	13	.000	1	–	21	.045

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1941; Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
*	at Langley Field	W 36–33	1–0
*	at Apprentice School	W 47–33	2–0
12/17/1940	Clemson	W 33–22	3–0 (1–0)	Blow Gymnasium
*	Xavier	L 50–61	3–1	Blow Gymnasium
12/20/1940*	at Miami (OH)	L 40–43	3–2	Withrow Court
*	at Bradley	L 36–59	3–3
*	Randolph–Macon	W 63–46	4–3	Blow Gymnasium
	VMI	W 43–35	5–3 (2–0)	Blow Gymnasium
	at VPI	W 54–51	6–3 (3–0)	War Memorial Gymnasium
	at Washington and Lee	L 29–35	6–4 (3–1)	Doremus Gymnasium
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 44–26	7–4	Blow Gymnasium
*	at Virginia	L 32–48	7–5	Memorial Gymnasium
	VMI	L 36–43	7–6 (3–2)	Blow Gymnasium
*	at Randolph–Macon	W 43–36	8–6
2/3/1941	Richmond	W 37–32	9–6 (4–2)	Blow Gymnasium
2/7/1941	Furman	W 47–37	10–6 (5–2)	Blow Gymnasium
	VPI	W 52–50	11–6 (6–2)	Blow Gymnasium
*	Virginia	L 40–41	11–7	Blow Gymnasium
2/14/1941	at Maryland	W 58–40	12–7 (7–2)	Ritchie Coliseum
2/15/1941*	at Navy	L 32–51	12–8
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 47–39	13–8	Blow Gymnasium
2/20/1941	at Richmond	L 41–46	13–9 (7–3)	Millhiser Gymnasium
	Washington and Lee	W 34–32 ^OT	14–9 (8–3)	Blow Gymnasium
Southern Conference Tournament
2/27/1941	vs. Wake Forest (Quarterfinals)	W 52–34	15–9	Thompson Gym
2/28/1941	vs. Duke (Semifinals)	L 42–57	15–10	Thompson Gym
*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 January 26, 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)

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People	Head coaches

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