1997–98 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team

1997–98 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
CAA Regular Season Co-Champions
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
1997–98 record 20–7 (13–3 CAA)
Head coach Charlie Woollum (4th year)
Home arena William & Mary Hall
1997–98 CAA men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
UNC Wilmington 13 3   .813     20 11   .645
William & Mary 13 3   .813     20 7   .741
Richmond 12 4   .750     23 8   .742
Old Dominion 8 8   .500     12 16   .429
James Madison 6 10   .375     11 16   .407
George Mason 6 10   .375     9 18   .333
American 5 11   .313     9 19   .321
East Carolina 5 11   .313     10 17   .370
VCU 4 12   .250     9 19   .321
1998 CAA Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997–98 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1997–98 season. Under the fourth year of head coach Charlie Woollum, the team finished the season 20–7 and 13–3 in the Colonial Athletic Association. William & Mary played its home games at William & Mary Hall. This was the 93rd season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary.[1]

William & Mary finished tied for first place in the CAA with UNC Wilmington, clinching just the second regular season conference title for the Tribe and first since 1982–83 (also the last time the Tribe won 20 games in a season). Even though the Tribe received the #2 seed for the 1998 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament, they lost to American in the quarterfinals and were not invited to a post-season tournament.

Program notes

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Regular season
November 15*
Stetson W 72–61  1–0
William & Mary Hall
Williamsburg, VA
November 19*
at Virginia L 45–59  1–1
University Hall
Charlottesville, VA
November 26*
Virginia Tech L 64–66  1–2
William & Mary Hall
Williamsburg, VA
November 29*
at UNC Greensboro W 68–55  2–2
Fleming Gymnasium
Greensboro, NC
December 1*
Hampton W 69–54  3–2
William & Mary Hall
Williamsburg, VA
December 3*
at Furman W 80–57  4–2
Timmons Arena
Greenville, SC
December 28*
at Wichita State
Cessna Classic
L 74–76 OT 4–3
Levitt Arena
Wichita, KS
December 29*
vs. Texas Southern
Cessna Classic
W 83–76  5–3
Levitt Arena
Wichita, KS
January 3
VCU W 67–53  6–3 (1–0)
William & Mary Hall
Williamsburg, VA
January 7
American W 69–56  7–3 (2–0)
William & Mary Hall
Williamsburg, VA
January 10
at East Carolina W 72–63  8–3 (3–0)
Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum
Greenville, NC
January 12*
Navy W 83–68  9–3
William & Mary Hall
Williamsburg, VA
January 14
at James Madison W 89–60  10–3 (4–0)
JMU Convocation Center
Harrisonburg, VA
January 17*
Centenary W 78–48  11–3
William & Mary Hall
Williamsburg, VA
January 19
at Richmond L 59–70  11–4 (4–1)
Robins Center
Richmond, VA
January 21
George Mason W 84–66  12–4 (5–1)
William & Mary Hall
Williamsburg, VA
January 24
Old Dominion W 69–53  13–4 (6–1)
William & Mary Hall
Williamsburg, VA
January 28
at UNC Wilmington L 56–58  13–5 (6–2)
Trask Coliseum
Wilmington, NC
January 31
at American L 56–61  13–6 (6–3)
Bender Arena
Washington, DC
February 3
at Old Dominion W 68–58  14–6 (7–3)
ODU Fieldhouse
Norfolk, VA
February 7
Richmond W 73–70  15–6 (8–3)
William & Mary Hall
Williamsburg, VA
February 11
James Madison W 53–52  16–6 (9–3)
William & Mary Hall
Williamsburg, VA
February 14
UNC Wilmington W 64–51  17–6 (10–3)
William & Mary Hall
Williamsburg, VA
February 16
at George Mason W 81–80 OT 18–6 (11–3)
Patriot Center
Fairfax, VA
February 18
East Carolina W 74–69  19–6 (12–3)
William & Mary Hall
Williamsburg, VA
February 23
at VCU W 72–67  20–6 (13–3)
Richmond Coliseum
Richmond, VA
1998 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
February 27
vs. (7) American
Quarterfinals
L 66–71  20–7
Richmond Coliseum
Richmond, VA
*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. 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  2. "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
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