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

1938–39 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
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
	Seasons ← 1937–38 1939–40 →

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.^[1]

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
v t e	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	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.

Source^[2]

References

^ "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
^ "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2014.

[SR-1] "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014.

[2] "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2014.

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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	List of 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 2024–25