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

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.

2013–14 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Record20–12 (10–6 CAA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jonathan Holmes
  • Kotie Kimble
  • Austin Shaver
Home arenaKaplan Arena
Seasons
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 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 Division I men's 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

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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

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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

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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
Rivalry
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)
Mack Sports Complex (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

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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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  1. ^ "Gameday Page Splash". caasports.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  2. ^ "Men's Basketball - Roster - William & Mary - Athletics at William & Mary". Archived from the original on November 22, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
  3. ^ "Men's Basketball - Schedule - William & Mary - Athletics at William & Mary". Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "Marcus Thornton Named NABC All-District, CollegeInsider.com CAA MVP - William & Mary - Athletics at William & Mary". www.tribeathletics.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2014.