1944–45 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1944–45 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference Southern Conference
1944–45 record 7–10 (3–4 SoCon)
Head coach Rube McCray (2nd year)
Home arena Blow Gymnasium

The 1944–45 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1944–45 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the second, and final, year of head coach Rube McCray (who concurrently served as the head football coach), the team finished the season 7–10 and 3–4 in the Southern Conference. This was the 40th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.[1]

The Indians finished in 7th place in the conference and qualified for the 1945 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, hosted by North Carolina State University at the Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. William & Mary defeated The Citadel in the quarterfinals before falling to Duke in the semifinal round.

Schedule

1944–45 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
South Carolina 9 0   1.000     19 3   .864
Richmond 2 0   1.000     3 4   .429
Duke 6 1   .857     13 9   .591
North Carolina 11 3   .786     22 6   .786
The Citadel 8 4   .667     16 7   .696
North Carolina State 7 5   .583     10 11   .476
William & Mary 3 4   .429     7 11   .389
Clemson 3 5   .375     8 8   .500
Maryland 2 5   .286     2 14   .125
Virginia Tech 1 3   .250     6 8   .429
Davidson 2 7   .222     9 9   .500
VMI 1 4   .200     2 10   .167
Wake Forest 0 6   .000     3 14   .176
Furman 0 8   .000     2 15   .118
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1945; Rankings from AP Poll
Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Regular season
*
Cheatham Annex L 31–34  0–1
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
*
Langley Air Base L 39–47  0–2
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
*
Virginia W 37–24  1–2
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
*
Cheatham Annex W 53–33  2–2
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
*
Hampden–Sydney L 39–41  2–3
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA

NC State L 37–58  2–4 (0–1)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
1/12/1945
Richmond L 37–58  2–5 (0–2)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA

NC State W 43–38  3–5 (1–2)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA

VMI W 43–24  4–5 (2–2)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA

North Carolina L 46–80  4–6 (2–3)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA

VPI W 41–30  5–6 (3–3)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
*
Virginia L 37–41  5–7
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
*
at Hampden–Sydney L 38–54  5–8
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
2/17/1945
Maryland L 46–53  5–9 (3–4)
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
*
Randolph–Macon W 50–39  6–9
Blow Gymnasium
Williamsburg, VA
1945 Southern Conference Tournament
2/22/1945
vs. The Citadel
Quarterfinals
W 54–41  7–9
Thompson Gym
Raleigh, NC
2/23/1945
vs. Duke
Semifinals
L 32–59  7–10
Thompson Gym
Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source[2]

References

  1. "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  2. "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
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