1942–43 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1942–43 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
1942–43 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	11–10 (6–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Dwight Steussey (4th season);
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1941–42 1943–44 →

The 1942–43 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1942–43 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the fourth, and final, year of head coach Dwight Steussey, the team finished the season 11–10 and 6–4 in the Southern Conference. This was the 38th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.^[1]

The Indians finished in 6th place in the conference and qualified for the 1943 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 George Washington.

Schedule

1942–43 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Duke	12	–	1	.923	20	–	6	.769
George Washington †	8	–	2	.800	17	–	6	.739
South Carolina	6	–	3	.667	13	–	6	.684
Davidson	7	–	4	.636	18	–	6	.750
The Citadel	5	–	3	.625	8	–	5	.615
William & Mary	6	–	4	.600	11	–	10	.524
VMI	7	–	5	.583	8	–	8	.500
North Carolina State	7	–	5	.583	7	–	9	.438
Maryland	5	–	5	.500	8	–	8	.500
Richmond	4	–	4	.500	11	–	5	.688
North Carolina	8	–	9	.471	12	–	10	.545
Virginia Tech	3	–	6	.333	7	–	7	.500
Washington and Lee	2	–	10	.167	7	–	12	.368
Wake Forest	1	–	10	.091	1	–	10	.091
Clemson	0	–	10	.000	3	–	13	.188

† Southern Conference Tournament winner

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
*	Randolph–Macon	W 58–38	1–0	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	at Apprentice School	L 46–60	1–1	Newport News, VA
	at VMI	L 38–41	1–2 (0–1)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
	at VPI	L 34–49	1–3 (0–2)	War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA
	at Washington and Lee	W 34–33	2–3 (1–2)	Doremus Gymnasium Lexington, VA
1/12/1943	Richmond	W 40–27	3–3 (2–2)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 57–28	4–3	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Apprentice School	W 45–41	5–3	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/2/1943	at Richmond	W 40–20	6–3 (3–2)	Millhiser Gymnasium Richmond, VA
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 48–38	7–3	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	George Washington	W 53–51	8–3 (4–2)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	VPI	W 55–25	9–3 (5–2)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Norfolk NAS	L 34–65	9–4	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
*	Fort Eustis	W 50–43	10–4	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	VMI	L 33–41	10–5 (5–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	Washington and Lee	W 52–42	11–5 (6–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/23/1943	at Maryland	L 36–51	11–6 (6–4)	Ritchie Coliseum College Park, MD
2/24/1943*	at Navy	L 30–57	11–7	Dahlgren Hall Annapolis, MD
*	at Randolph–Macon	L 52–54	11–8	Ashland, VA
*	Norfolk NTS	L 34–62	11–9	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1943 Southern Conference Tournament
3/4/1943	vs. George Washington Quarterfinals	L 23–49	11–10	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 28, 2014.
^ "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2015.

[SR-1] "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2014.

[2] "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2015.

[1]

[2]

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