2013–14 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team

2013–14 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
2013–14 record 20–12 (10–6 CAA)
Head coach Tony Shaver (11th year)
Assistant coach Jonathan Holmes
Assistant coach Kotie Kimble
Assistant coach Austin Shaver
Home arena Kaplan Arena
2013–14 CAA men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Delaware 14 2   .875     25 10   .714
Towson 13 3   .813     25 11   .694
William & Mary 10 6   .625     20 12   .625
Drexel 8 8   .500     16 14   .533
Northeastern 7 9   .438     11 21   .344
College of Charleston 6 10   .375     14 18   .438
James Madison 6 10   .375     11 20   .355
Hofstra 5 11   .313     10 23   .303
UNC Wilmington 3 13   .188     9 23   .281
2014 CAA Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013–14 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tribe, led by 11th year head coach Tony Shaver, played their home games at Kaplan Arena and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association. With his 11th season, Shaver became the longest-tenured coach in program history.

The team finished the season 20–12, 10–6 in CAA play and lost in the championship game of the 2014 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament to Delaware, 74–75. The one-point margin is the closest that William & Mary has come to qualifying for the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament; the Tribe lost all seven of its previous tournament bid-clinching games including three prior CAA championship games (1983, 2008, and 2010). Despite the team's final record, William & Mary elected not to participate in a postseason tournament, which would have been its first postseason bid since 2010.

Preseason

On October 22, 2013, William & Mary was picked to finish fifth, out of nine teams, in the Colonial Athletic Association's pre-season coaches poll. Junior guard Marcus Thornton was picked to the first all-conference team while senior forward Tim Rusthoven was selected to the second all-conference team.[1]

Roster

Source[2]

# Name Height Weight Position Class Hometown Previous team(s)
0 Daniel Dixon 6'5" 200 G Fr. Great Falls, Virginia Langley High School (Virginia) / Fishburne Military School
2 Julian Boatner 6'2" 185 G Sr. Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington High School North
3 Marcus Thornton 6'4" 185 G Jr. Upper Marlboro, Maryland Bishop McNamara High School
4 Omar Prewitt 6'6" 180 G/F Fr. Mount Sterling, Kentucky Montgomery County High School (KY)
5 Ben Whitlatch 6'1" 180 G Sr. Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington High School South
11 Michael Schlotman 6'4" 190 G Fr. Munster, Indiana Munster High School
12 Brandon Britt 6'2" 200 G Sr. Chesapeake, Virginia Atlantic Shores Christian School
22 Tim Rusthoven 6'9" 235 F Sr. Winfield, Illinois Wheaton Academy
23 Kyle Gaillard 6'8" 220 F Sr. Huntersville, North Carolina North Mecklenburg High School
24 Fred Heldring 6'9" 245 F Sr. Winnetka, Illinois Menomonee Falls High School
25 Terry Tarpey 6'5" 200 G So. Stamford, Connecticut Fairfield College Preparatory School
31 Sean Sheldon 6'9" 245 F So. Traverse City, Michigan St. Francis High School
41 Jack Whitman 6'9" 225 F Fr. Lexington, Kentucky Lexington Catholic High School
43 Tom Schalk 6'8" 220 F Jr. Burnsville, Minnesota Apple Valley High School

Schedule and results

Source[3]

Date
Time, TV
Opponent Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Non-conference schedule

11/08/2013*
7:00 p.m.
at Hampton L 69–77  0–1
Hampton Convocation Center (4,824)
Hampton, Virginia

11/12/2013*
7:00 p.m.
Liberty W 84–72  1–1
Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall (2,250)
Williamsburg, Virginia

11/14/2013*
8:00 p.m.
at No. 16 Wichita State
CBE Hall of Fame Classic
L 62–79  1–2
Charles Koch Arena (10,506)
Wichita, Kansas

11/20/2013*
7:00 p.m.
High Point L 69–80  1–3
Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall (2,275)
Williamsburg, Virginia

11/23/2013*
2:00 p.m.
at Rutgers W 72–62  2–3
The RAC (4,027)
Piscataway, New Jersey

11/27/2013*
7:00 pm
VMI W 97–67  3–3
Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall (3,111)
Williamsburg, Virginia

11/30/2013*
7:00 p.m.
at Howard W 84–79 OT 4–3
Burr Gymnasium (752)
Washington, D.C.

12/04/2013*
7:00 p.m.
Richmond L 60–71  4–4
Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall (2,621)
Williamsburg, Virginia

12/07/2013*
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Wofford W 63–60  5–4
Benjamin Johnson Arena (1,012)
Spartanburg, South Carolina

12/20/2013*
7:00 p.m.
Goucher W 94–60  6–4
Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall (2,703)
Williamsburg, Virginia

12/29/2013*
3:00 p.m., RTPT
vs. West Virginia L 45–82  6–5
Charleston Civic Center (8,885)
Charleston, West Virginia

01/01/2014*
7:00 p.m.
Old Dominion W 74–68  7–5
Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall (2,806)
Williamsburg, Virginia

01/04/2014*
8:00 p.m.
at Western Illinois W 78–67  8–5
Western Hall (1,096)
Macomb, Illinois
Conference schedule

01/08/2014
7:00 p.m.
Drexel W 85–73  9–5 (1–0)
Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall (2,729)
Williamsburg, Virginia

01/15/2014
7:00 p.m.
at Delaware L 71–76  9–6 (1–1)
Bob Carpenter Center (2,793)
Newark, Delaware

01/18/2014
4:00 p.m., CSNMA
James Madison W 78–56  10–6 (2–1)
Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall (4,102)
Williamsburg, Virginia

01/22/2014
7:00 p.m.
at Hofstra L 60–77  10–7
(2–2)
Hofstra Arena (748)
Hempstead, New York

01/25/2014
4:00 p.m.
at Drexel W 68–66  11–7 (3–2)
Daskalakis Athletic Center (2,457)
Philadelphia

01/27/2014
7:00 p.m.
College of Charleston W 74–63  12–7
(4–2)
Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall (2,730)
Williamsburg, Virginia

01/29/2014
7:00 p.m.
Delaware L 72–89  12–8
(4–3)
Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall (3,112)
Williamsburg, Virginia

02/02/2014
2:30 p.m., NBCSN
at James Madison W 81–79  13–8
(5–3)
JMU Convocation Center (3,357)
Harrisonburg, Virginia

02/05/2014
7:00 p.m.
at UNC Wilmington W 54–50  14–8
(6–3)
Trask Coliseum (3,030)
Wilmington, North Carolina

02/08/2014
7:00 p.m.
at Northeastern W 82–70  15–8
(7–3)
Matthews Arena (1,309)
Boston

02/15/2014
4:00 p.m., CSNMA
Towson L 70–85  15–9
(7–4)
Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall (3,306)
Williamsburg, Virginia

02/17/2014
7:00 p.m.
UNC Wilmington W 93–70  16–9
(8–4)
Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall (2,606)
Williamsburg, Virginia

02/19/2014
7:00 p.m.
at College of Charleston L 54–87  16–10
(8–5)
TD Arena (2,654)
Charleston, South Carolina

02/22/2014
4:00 p.m., CSNMA
Northeastern W 81–67  17–10
(9–5)
Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall (3,112)
Williamsburg, Virginia

02/26/2014
7:00 p.m.
Hofstra W 79–74  18–10
(10–5)
Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall (2,284)
Williamsburg, Virginia

03/01/2014
4:00 p.m., CSNMA
at Towson L 68–70  18–11
(10–6)
Tiger Arena at Towson Center (4,119)
Towson, Maryland
2014 CAA Tournament

03/08/2014
8:30 p.m., CSN
vs. (6) College of Charleston
Quarterfinals
W 70–59  19–11
Baltimore Arena (4,897)
Baltimore

03/09/2014
5:00 p.m., NBCSN
vs. (2) Towson
Semifinals
W 75–71  20–11
Baltimore Arena (4,051)
Baltimore

03/10/2014
7:00 p.m., NBCSN
vs. (1) Delaware
Championship
L 74–75  20–12
Baltimore Arena (5,414)
Baltimore
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Postseason

Three William & Mary players received CAA end-of-season accolades. Junior guard Marcus Thornton was named to the first all-conference team, the first Tribe player to receive this distinction since Adam Hess in 2004. He was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 10 First Team for the second time, tying him for the most NABC First Team selections in program history.[4] CollegeInsider.com named Thornton their CAA Most Valuable Player (which is not technically the same thing as the player of the year, according to CollegeInsider.com).[4] Thornton's 599 points on the season ranked fifth all-time in school history and the most by a player for the Tribe since 1959–60.[4]

Other accolades went to senior forward Tim Rusthoven, who was selected to the all-conference second team, and freshman Omar Prewitt, who was named the CAA Rookie of the Year, becoming only the second William & Mary men's player to receive this honor.

References

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