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

1944–45 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	7–10 (3–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Rube McCray (2nd season)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium
Seasons ← 1943–44 1945–46 →

1944–45 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	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

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.

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Date time, TV	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

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

v t e William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
Venues	Blow Gymnasium (1925–1971) Norfolk Municipal Auditorium (alternate; 1952–1965) Kaplan Arena (1971–present)
Rivalries	Old Dominion
Culture & lore	Colonel Ebirt Griffin Hershberger Award hoax Scandal of 1951
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

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