1997–98 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team

1997–98 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
1997–98 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
CAA Regular Season Co-Champions
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	20–7 (13–3 CAA)
Head coach	Charlie Woollum (4th season);
Home arena	William & Mary Hall
	Seasons ← 1996–97 1998–99 →

1997–98 CAA men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UNC Wilmington	13	–	3	.813	20	–	11	.645
William & Mary	13	–	3	.813	20	–	7	.741
Richmond †	12	–	4	.750	23	–	8	.742
Old Dominion	8	–	8	.500	12	–	16	.429
James Madison	6	–	10	.375	11	–	16	.407
George Mason	6	–	10	.375	9	–	18	.333
American	5	–	11	.313	9	–	19	.321
East Carolina	5	–	11	.313	10	–	17	.370
VCU	4	–	12	.250	9	–	19	.321

† 1998 CAA tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997–98 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1997–98 season. Under the fourth year of head coach Charlie Woollum, the team finished the season 20–7 and 13–3 in the Colonial Athletic Association. William & Mary played its home games at William & Mary Hall. This was the 93rd season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary.^[1]

William & Mary finished tied for first place in the CAA with UNC Wilmington, clinching just the second regular season conference title for the Tribe and first since 1982–83 (also the last time the Tribe won 20 games in a season). Even though the Tribe received the #2 seed for the 1998 CAA men's basketball tournament, they lost to American in the quarterfinals and were not invited to a post-season tournament.

Program notes

Charlie Woollum was named CAA Coach of the Year, the first William & Mary coach to win the award since Bruce Parkhill in 1983.
Randy Bracy was named to the First Team All-CAA, and Terence Jennings was named to the Second Team.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 15*	Stetson	W 72–61	1–0	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
November 19* 7:30 pm	at Virginia	L 45–59	1–1	University Hall (5,864) Charlottesville, VA
November 26*	Virginia Tech	L 64–66	1–2	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
November 29*	at UNC Greensboro	W 68–55	2–2	Fleming Gymnasium Greensboro, NC
December 1*	Hampton	W 69–54	3–2	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
December 3*	at Furman	W 80–57	4–2	Timmons Arena Greenville, SC
December 28*	at Wichita State Cessna Classic	L 74–76 ^OT	4–3	Levitt Arena Wichita, KS
December 29*	vs. Texas Southern Cessna Classic	W 83–76	5–3	Levitt Arena Wichita, KS
January 3	VCU	W 67–53	6–3 (1–0)	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
January 7	American	W 69–56	7–3 (2–0)	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
January 10	at East Carolina	W 72–63	8–3 (3–0)	Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum Greenville, NC
January 12*	Navy	W 83–68	9–3	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
January 14	at James Madison	W 89–60	10–3 (4–0)	JMU Convocation Center Harrisonburg, VA
January 17*	Centenary	W 78–48	11–3	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
January 19	at Richmond	L 59–70	11–4 (4–1)	Robins Center Richmond, VA
January 21	George Mason	W 84–66	12–4 (5–1)	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
January 24	Old Dominion	W 69–53	13–4 (6–1)	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
January 28	at UNC Wilmington	L 56–58	13–5 (6–2)	Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC
January 31	at American	L 56–61	13–6 (6–3)	Bender Arena Washington, DC
February 3	at Old Dominion	W 68–58	14–6 (7–3)	ODU Fieldhouse Norfolk, VA
February 7	Richmond	W 73–70	15–6 (8–3)	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
February 11	James Madison	W 53–52	16–6 (9–3)	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
February 14	UNC Wilmington	W 64–51	17–6 (10–3)	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
February 16	at George Mason	W 81–80 ^OT	18–6 (11–3)	Patriot Center Fairfax, VA
February 18	East Carolina	W 74–69	19–6 (12–3)	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
February 23	at VCU	W 72–67	20–6 (13–3)	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA
1998 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
February 27	vs. (7) American Quarterfinals	L 66–71	20–7	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, 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. 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
^ "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2015.

[SR-1] "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2015.

[2] "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2015.

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