1939–40 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1939–40 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
1939–40 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	13–10 (6–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Dwight Steussey (1st season);
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1938–39 1940–41 →

The 1939–40 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1939–40 season. Under the first year of head coach Dwight Steussey, the team finished the season 13–10 and 6–5 in the Southern Conference. This was the 35th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.^[1]

The Indians finished in a tie for 8th in the conference and did not quality for the 1940 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament.

William & Mary played its first overtime game in program history in February 1940 against Washington and Lee in a 33–36 loss. Additionally, the Indians played several teams for the first time this season, including St. Francis (NY), Seton Hall, The Citadel, and Furman.

Schedule

1939–40 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Duke	13	–	2	.867	19	–	7	.731
North Carolina †	11	–	2	.846	23	–	3	.885
Washington and Lee	7	–	3	.700	13	–	5	.722
Wake Forest	10	–	5	.667	13	–	9	.591
Maryland	7	–	5	.583	14	–	9	.609
Clemson	9	–	7	.563	9	–	12	.429
Richmond	5	–	4	.556	11	–	6	.647
The Citadel	6	–	5	.545	8	–	9	.471
William & Mary	6	–	5	.545	12	–	11	.522
Furman	4	–	6	.400	11	–	11	.500
North Carolina State	5	–	10	.333	8	–	11	.421
Davidson	4	–	11	.267	8	–	13	.381
South Carolina	3	–	10	.231	5	–	13	.278
VMI	2	–	9	.182	3	–	12	.200
Virginia Tech	1	–	9	.100	4	–	15	.211

† Southern Conference Tournament winner

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
*	at Norfolk NTS	L 44–46	0–1	Norfolk, Virginia
*	Newport News Apprentice School	W 50–37	1–1	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, Virginia
*	at Randolph–Macon	W 33–22	2–1	Ashland, Virginia
*	at Langley Field	W 62–50	3–1	Hampton, Virginia
*	Norfolk NTS	W 55–44	4–1	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, Virginia
*	at Panser	L 44–50	4–2
*	at St. Francis (NY)	W 32–28	5–2	Park Slope Armory Brooklyn, New York
1/8/1940*	at Seton Hall	L 35–51	5–3	Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, New Jersey
1/10/1940	at Richmond	L 33–35	5–4 (0–1)	Millhiser Gymnasium Richmond, Virginia
*	at Virginia	L 31–49	5–5	Memorial Gymnasium Charlottesville, Virginia
	at The Citadel	L 35–36	5–6 (0–2)	The Citadel Armory Charleston, South Carolina
1/29/1940	at Furman	W 47–37	6–6 (1–2)	Greenville, South Carolina
	VPI	W 38–33	7–6 (2–2)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, Virginia
	at NC State	L 29–36	7–7 (2–3)	Thompson Gym Raleigh, North Carolina
*	Virginia	W 29–28	8–7	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, Virginia
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 42–31	9–7	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, Virginia
	at Washington and Lee	L 39–49	9–8 (2–4)	Doremus Gymnasium Lexington, Virginia
	at VPI	W 49–29	10–8 (3–4)	War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, Virginia
	at VMI	W 50–48	11–8 (4–4)	Cormack Field House Lexington, Virginia
2/19/1940	Richmond	W 43–38	12–8 (5–4)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, Virginia
	Washington and Lee	L 33–36 ^OT	12–9 (5–5)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, Virginia
	VMI	W 59–36	13–9 (6–5)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, Virginia
2/24/1940*	at Navy	L 46–52	13–10	Annapolis, Maryland
*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 26, 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 January 26, 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