1943–44 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1943–44 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1943–44 record	10–11 (1–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Rube McCray (1st year)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

The 1942–43 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1943–44 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the first year of head coach Rube McCray, the team finished the season 10–11 and 1–3 in the Southern Conference. Due to World War II, the Indians played a reduced conference schedule. This was the 39th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.^[1]

The Indians finished in 10th place in the conference and qualified for the 1944 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, hosted by North Carolina State University at the Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina, where they lost in the first round to Duke.

Schedule

	Conf				Overall
1943–44 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Carolina	9	–	1	.900	17	–	10	.630
Virginia Tech	4	–	1	.800	11	–	4	.733
Duke †	4	–	2	.667	13	–	13	.500
Maryland	2	–	1	.667	4	–	14	.222
Richmond	2	–	2	.500	7	–	6	.538
Davidson	3	–	4	.429	16	–	7	.696
South Carolina	1	–	2	.333	13	–	2	.867
Clemson	1	–	2	.333	1	–	10	.091
North Carolina State	2	–	5	.286	5	–	13	.278
William & Mary	1	–	3	.250	10	–	11	.476
The Citadel	0	–	1	.000	2	–	3	.400
VMI	0	–	5	.000	0	–	14	.000

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1944; Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
*	Fort Story	W 44–29	1–0	Blow Gymnasium
*	Wilson General Hospital	W 46–29	2–0	Blow Gymnasium
*	Camp Patrick Henry	W 53–37	3–0	Blow Gymnasium
*	Camp Peary	W 100–18	4–0	Blow Gymnasium
*	Norfolk NTS	L 35–65	4–1	Blow Gymnasium
*	at Norfolk NAS	L 34–65	4–2
*	Midshipmen School	L 45–59	4–3	Blow Gymnasium
*	Richmond Air Base	L 40–42	4–4	Blow Gymnasium
*	at Camp Peary	L 24–52	4–5
1/15/1944	at Richmond	W 58–55 ^OT	5–5 (1–0)	Millhiser Gymnasium
*	Apprentice School	W 46–40	6–5	Blow Gymnasium
*	Fort Story	W 39–36	7–5	Blow Gymnasium
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 47–28	8–5	Blow Gymnasium
	at VPI	L 22–46	8–6 (1–1)	War Memorial Gymnasium
*	at Hampden–Sydney	L 40–45	8–7
*	at Camp Patrick Henry	L 40–56	8–8
2/18/1944	Richmond	W 42–47	8–9 (1–2)	Blow Gymnasium
	VPI	L 29–48	8–10 (1–3)	Blow Gymnasium
*	Cheatham Marines	W 81–39	9–10	Blow Gymnasium
*	at Apprentice School	W 55–52	10–10
1943 Southern Conference Tournament
2/24/1944	vs. Duke (Quarterfinals)	L 25–68	10–11	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 29, 2014.
↑ "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2015.

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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