William & Mary Tribe men's basketball

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William & Mary Tribe
2021–22 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team
William and Mary Tribe wordmark.svg
UniversityCollege of William & Mary
Head coachDane Fischer (2nd season)
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
LocationWilliamsburg, Virginia
ArenaKaplan Arena
(Capacity: 11,300)
NicknameTribe
ColorsGreen, gold, and silver[1]
     
Uniforms
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Home jersey
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Team colours
Home
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Away jersey
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Team colours
Away


Conference regular season champions
1983, 1998, 2015

The William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team represents the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Colonial Athletic Association and play their home games in Kaplan Arena. William and Mary Coach, Dane Fischer was hired as the 31st coach in school history following the dismissal of Coach Tony Shaver.[2] Shaver served as the head coach from 2003–2019 and leads the school in all-time wins for a coach. [3]

Postseason berths[]

NIT results[]

The Tribe have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament three times. Their combined record is 0–3.

Year Round Opponent Result
1983 First Round Virginia Tech L 85–79
2010 First Round North Carolina L 80–72
2015 First Round Tulsa L 70–67

NCAA results[]

  • None (have never qualified)

The Tribe (an original Division I team since the NCAA division classification in 1948–49) are one of 45 Division I programs to have never appeared in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.[4] Of all Division I schools today that were charter members of this new classification, only William & Mary, The Citadel, Army, and St. Francis Brooklyn have never reached the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at least once. The closest effort by the Tribe to reach the NCAA Tournament was a 75–74 loss in the 2014 CAA Tournament Final to Delaware. The Tribe also lost conference tournament championships in 1958, 1961, 1965, 1975, 1983, 2008, 2010, and 2015, now having gone 0–9 in NCAA Tournament berth-clinching games.

Recent seasons[]

Rivalries[]

William & Mary's traditional rivals have included in-state opponents Old Dominion University, James Madison University, the University of Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, and George Mason University. However, of these teams, only the James Madison Dukes are still members of the Colonial Athletic Association. The Richmond Spiders, VCU Rams, and George Mason Patriots have all moved on to the Atlantic 10 Conference while the Old Dominion Monarchs left for Conference USA in 2013. Some of these teams are maintained as part of William & Mary's out of conference schedule each year along with other Virginia schools like Virginia, Virginia Tech, Hampton, Radford, VMI, and Liberty.

Series records[]

  • Records through the 2019–20 season
Opponent Match Ups Record (Pct.) Last Game
Richmond 200 97–103 (.487) Dec. 3, 2014
VMI 118 77–41 (.653) Nov. 27, 2013
Virginia Tech 117 41–76 (.350) Dec. 17, 2005
James Madison 98 49–49 (.500) Feb. 22, 2020
Old Dominion 91 23–68 (.253) Dec. 3, 2019
Virginia 81 29–52 (.358) Dec. 22, 2018
George Mason 68 28–40 (.412) Dec. 1, 2018
VCU 51 12–39 (.235) Feb. 1, 2012

Statistical leaders[]

NCAA records[]

Individual
  • Bill Chambers – single game rebound total (51); occurred on February 14, 1953 vs. Virginia (rules changes since then make this record unlikely to be broken)

Accolades[]

Southern Conference (1936–1977)[]

Season Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Coach of the Year First Team All-SoCon Second Team All-SoCon Third Team All-SoCon Rookie of the Year
1936–37 N/A
1937–38 N/A
1938–39 N/A
1939–40 N/A
1940–41 N/A
1941–42 N/A
1942–43 N/A
1943–44 N/A
1944–45 N/A
1945–46 N/A
1946–47 N/A Chet Giermak
1947–48 N/A
1948–49 N/A Chet Giermak
1949–50 N/A Chet Giermak (2)
1950–51 N/A Perry Lewis
Ed McMillan
1951–52 Bill Chambers
1952–53 Bill Chambers (2)
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58 Roy Lange
1958–59 Roy Lange (2) Jeff Cohen
1959–60 Jeff Cohen Ben Vaughan
1960–61 Jeff Cohen Jeff Cohen (2)
1961–62
1962–63 Roger Bergey
1963–64 Dave Hunter
1964–65
1965–66 Ben Pomeroy
1966–67 Ben Pomeroy (2) Ron Panneton
1967–68 Bob Sherwood
1968–69
1969–70 Bob Sherwood
1970–71 Tom Jasper Tom Jasper Steve Dodge
1971–72 Jeffrey Trammell
1972–73 Mike Arizin
1973–74 Mike Arizin (2)
1974–75 Ron Satterthwaite
1975–76 John Lowenhaupt Ron Satterthwaite
1976–77 John Lowenhaupt

ECAC South (1977–1982)[]

William & Mary joined the Colonial Athletic Association, its current conference, in 1982–83. The CAA's predecessor was the ECAC South, which existed between 1977–78 and 1984–85. The CAA recognizes the 1982–83 through 1984–85 seasons as part of its basketball history but not any earlier. The CAA was formally founded in 1982–83 as the ECAC South Basketball League. It was renamed the Colonial Athletic Association in 1985–86 when it added championships in other sports (although a number of members maintain ECAC affiliation in some sports).

Season Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Coach of the Year First Team All-ECAC Second Team All-ECAC Third Team All-ECAC Rookie of the Year
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81 Mike Strayhorn
1981–82

Colonial Athletic Association (1982–present)[]

Season Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Coach of the Year First Team All-CAA Second Team All-CAA Third Team All-CAA Rookie of the Year
1982–83 Bruce Parkhill Keith Cieplicki,
Brant Weidner
1983–84 Keith Cieplicki (2)
1984–85 Keith Cieplicki (3)
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88 Tim Trout
1988–89 Tom Bock
1989–90 Thomas Roberts
1990–91 Thomas Roberts
1991–92 Thomas Roberts (2)
1992–93 Thomas Roberts (3)
1993–94
1994–95 Kurt Small
1995–96 David Cully
1996–97 Bobby Fitzgibbons
1997–98 Charlie Woollum Randy Bracy Terence Jennings
1998–99
1999–00 Jim Moran
2000–01 Jim Moran (2)
2001–02 Mike Johnson
2002–03 Adam Hess
2003–04 Adam Hess (2) Corey Cofield Corey Cofield
2004–05 Corey Cofield (2)
2005–06
2006–07 Adam Payton
2007–08 Tony Shaver Laimis Kisielius
2008–09 David Schneider
2009–10 Tony Shaver (2) David Schneider Quinn McDowell
2010–11 Quinn McDowell (2)
2011–12
2012–13 Marcus Thornton Tim Rusthoven
2013–14 Marcus Thornton Tim Rusthoven Omar Prewitt
2014–15 Marcus Thornton Terry Tarpey Marcus Thornton (2) Terry Tarpey Omar Prewitt
2015–16 Terry Tarpey (2) Omar Prewitt Terry Tarpey (2)
2016–17 Daniel Dixon Omar Prewitt (2)
2017–18 Nathan Knight David Cohn,
Justin Pierce
2018–19 Nathan Knight (2) Justin Pierce (2)
2019–20 Nathan Knight Nathan Knight Dane Fischer Nathan Knight (3) Andy Van Vliet
2020–21 Luke Loewe Connor Kochera

Retired jerseys[]

Banners honoring the 1983 NIT berth, Keith Cieplicki, Bill Chambers
Banners honoring Chet Giermak, John Lowenhaupt, Jeff Cohen and Lynn Norenberg

William & Mary has retired six men's basketball jerseys in its program's history. Uniform numbers are not retired, only ceremonial jerseys. Banners depicting the all-time greats hang in the rafters of Kaplan Arena (the banner in white is for Lynn Norenberg, the only W&M women's basketball player to have a jersey retired). There also hang banners which commemorate their 1983 National Invitation Tournament and 2010 National Invitation Tournament bids.

Players in the NBA[]

This section is for William & Mary players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason NBA game.

  • Andy DuncanRochester Royals, Boston Celtics (1947–1951)
  • Nathan KnightAtlanta Hawks (2020–2021), Minnesota Timberwolves (2021–present)
  • Brant WeidnerSan Antonio Spurs (1983–1984)

Players in international leagues[]

References[]

  1. ^ "William & Mary Athletics Logos and Marks". September 20, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  2. ^ "Dane Fischer named 31st William & Mary head men's basketball coach". www.wm.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  3. ^ Johnson, David. "William and Mary fires men's basketball coach Tony Shaver". dailypress.com. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  4. ^ Wall Street Journal blog: March Madness Claims New Victims. Accessed March 18, 2008.

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