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

1943–44 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	† Tournament winner ; As of April 30, 1944; Rankings from

1943–44 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
1943–44 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1943–44 record	10–11 (1–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Rube McCray (1st season);
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1942–43 1944–45 →

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[]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
*	Fort Story	W 44–29	1–0	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Wilson General Hospital	W 46–29	2–0	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Camp Patrick Henry	W 53–37	3–0	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Camp Peary	W 100–18	4–0	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Norfolk NTS	L 35–65	4–1	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	at Norfolk NAS	L 34–65	4–2	Norfolk, VA
*	Midshipmen School	L 45–59	4–3	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Richmond Air Base	L 40–42	4–4	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	at Camp Peary	L 24–52	4–5	Yorktown, VA
1/15/1944	at Richmond	W 58–55 ^OT	5–5 (1–0)	Millhiser Gymnasium Richmond, VA
*	Apprentice School	W 46–40	6–5	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Fort Story	W 39–36	7–5	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 47–28	8–5	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	at VPI	L 22–46	8–6 (1–1)	War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA
*	at Hampden–Sydney	L 40–45	8–7	Hampden Sydney, VA
*	at Camp Patrick Henry	L 40–56	8–8	Warwick County, VA
2/18/1944	Richmond	L 42–47	8–9 (1–2)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	VPI	L 29–48	8–10 (1–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Cheatham Marines	W 81–39	9–10	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	at Apprentice School	W 55–52	10–10	Newport News, VA
1943 Southern Conference Tournament
2/24/1944	vs. Duke Quarterfinals	L 25–68	10–11	Thompson Gym Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[2]

^ "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.

v t William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
Venues	Blow Gymnasium (1925–1971) Norfolk Municipal Auditorium (alternate; 1952–1965) Kaplan Arena (1971–present)
Culture & lore	Colonel Ebirt Griffin Scandal of 1951
People	Statistical leaders
Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1982–83 1997–98 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21

1943–44 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
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