1938–39 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

The 1938–39 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1938–39 season. Under the second year of head coach John Kellison's second stint with William & Mary, the team finished the season 9–12 and 4–9 in the Southern Conference. This was the 34th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.

1938–39 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	9–12 (4–9 SoCon)
Head coach	John Kellison (7th season)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

The Indians finished 12th in the conference and did not quality for the 1939 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament. However, the Indians did record their first ever conference victories during 1939.

Schedule

1938–39 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wake Forest	15	–	3		.833			18	–	6		.750
Maryland	8	–	3		.727			15	–	9		.625
Washington and Lee	8	–	3		.727			13	–	9		.591
The Citadel	7	–	3		.700			14	–	5		.737
Davidson	9	–	7		.563			19	–	10		.655
North Carolina	8	–	7		.533			10	–	11		.476
North Carolina State	7	–	6		.538			10	–	7		.588
Duke	8	–	8		.500			10	–	12		.455
Clemson †	6	–	6		.500			16	–	8		.667
VMI	6	–	6		.500			7	–	10		.412
Richmond	5	–	5		.500			10	–	10		.500
William & Mary	4	–	9		.308			9	–	12		.429
South Carolina	2	–	8		.200			5	–	18		.217
Virginia Tech	2	–	10		.167			3	–	14		.176
Furman	0	–	10		.000			6	–	16		.273
† Southern Conference Tournament winner

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
		Davidson	L 35–45	0–1 (0–1)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
		at NC State	W 32–28	1–1 (1–1)	Thompson Gym  Raleigh, NC
		at Wake Forest	L 35–58	1–2 (1–2)	Gore Gymnasium  Wake Forest, NC
*		Virginia	W 48–38	2–2	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
		at Washington and Lee	L 42–62	2–3 (1–3)	Doremus Gymnasium  Lexington, VA
		at VPI	W 46–33	3–3 (2–3)	War Memorial Gymnasium  Blacksburg, VA
		VMI	L 43–48	3–4 (2–4)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
*		Randolph–Macon	W 60–37	4–4	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
*		Virginia	L 37–39	4–5	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
*		Hampden–Sydney	W 64–40	5–5	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
*		at Langley Field	W 46–38	6–5	Hampton, VA
		VPI	W 57–30	7–5 (3–4)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
*		at Randolph–Macon	W 36–25	8–5	Ashland, VA
2/11/1939		Richmond	L 37–39	8–6 (3–5)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
2/13/1939*		at Saint Joseph's	L 43–52	8–7	Philadelphia, PA
2/14/1939		at Maryland	W 57–49	9–7 (4–5)	Ritchie Coliseum  College Park, MD
2/15/1939*		at Navy	L 29–52	9–8	Annapolis, MD
		Washington and Lee	L 37–46	9–9 (4–6)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
		Wake Forest	L 42–46	9–10 (4–7)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
2/23/1939		at Richmond	L 31–40	9–11 (4–8)	Millhiser Gymnasium  Richmond, VA
		VMI	L 31–45	9–12 (4–9)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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