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

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.

1943–44 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	10–11 (1–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Rube McCray (1st season)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

1943–44 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

	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
† Southern Conference Tournament winner

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	Rank#	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.

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