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

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.

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

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

	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	Rank#	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.

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