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

American college basketball season August 2023 December 2025 Basketball 1944–45 William & Mary Indians Southern Conference SoCon 7–10 3–4 Rube McCray 2nd Blow Gymnasium 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.William & Mary season-by-season results sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2014 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/william-mary/ January 30, 2014 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. Schedule no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| Regular season yes Cheatham Annex Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 31–34 0–1 yes Langley Air Base Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 39–47 0–2 yes Virginia Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 37–24 1–2 yes Cheatham Annex Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 53–33 2–2 yes Hampden–Sydney Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 39–41 2–3 NC State Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 37–58 2–4 (0–1) 1/12/1945 Richmond Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 37–58 2–5 (0–2) NC State Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 43–38 3–5 (1–2) VMI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 43–24 4–5 (2–2) North Carolina Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 46–80 4–6 (2–3) VPI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 41–30 5–6 (3–3) yes Virginia Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 37–41 5–7 yes yes Hampden–Sydney Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 38–54 5–8 2/17/1945 Maryland Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 46–53 5–9 (3–4) yes Randolph–Macon Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 50–39 6–9 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| 1945 Southern Conference Tournament 2/22/1945 yes The Citadel Thompson Gym Raleigh, NC Quarterfinals 54–41 7–9 2/23/1945 yes Duke Thompson Gym Raleigh, NC Semifinals 32–59 7–10 Source2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide Year-by-year records College of William & Mary 2013 http://www.tribeathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=25100&ATCLID=209294887 January 30, 2015 References Category:William & Mary Tribe men's basketball seasons William and Mary Indians William and Mary Indians Men's Basketball Team William and Mary Indians Men's Basketball Team