2017–18 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team

The 2017–18 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tribe were coached by 15th-year head coach Tony Shaver and played their home games at Kaplan Arena in Williamsburg, Virginia as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. The Tribe finished the season 19–12, 11–7 in CAA play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Towson in the quarterfinals of the CAA tournament before losing in the semifinals to College of Charleston.

2017–18 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Record19–12 (11–7 CAA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jonathan Holmes
  • Kotie Kimble
  • Austin Shaver
Home arenaKaplan Arena
Seasons
2017–18 CAA men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
College of Charleston  14 4   .778 26 8   .765
Northeastern 14 4   .778 23 10   .697
Hofstra 12 6   .667 19 12   .613
William & Mary 11 7   .611 19 12   .613
Towson 8 10   .444 18 14   .563
UNC Wilmington 7 11   .389 11 21   .344
Delaware 6 12   .333 14 19   .424
Drexel 6 12   .333 13 20   .394
James Madison 6 12   .333 10 22   .313
Elon 6 12   .333 14 18   .438
2018 CAA tournament winner

Previous season

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The Tribe finished the 2016–17 season 17–14, 10–8 in CAA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the CAA tournament, they defeated Elon in the quarterfinals before losing to UNC Wilmington in the semifinals.

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Daniel Dixon 0 G 6'6" 210 Senior Great Falls, VA Graduated
Omar Prewitt 4 G/F 6'7" 195 Senior Mount Sterling, KY Graduated
Greg Malinowski 5 G/F 6'6" 210 Junior Chantilly, VA Graduate transferred to Georgetown
Jack Whitman 41 F 6'9" 235 Junior Lexington, KY Graduate transferred

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Cole Harrison 15 C 6'11" 245 RS Senior Brentwood, TN Transferred from Dartmouth. Will eligible to play since Harrison graduated from Dartmouth.

Recruiting class of 2017

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Jihar Williams
SG
Baltimore, MD Friends School of Baltimore 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jun 22, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Luke Loewe
PG
Fond du Lac, WI Fond du Lac High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jul 28, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:   247Sports: 248
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved December 13, 2017.

Roster

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2017–18 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Jihar Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Friends School of Baltimore Baltimore, MD
G 1 Jamison Glover (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Battlefield Haymarket, VA
G 2 Matt Milon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS So Oviedo/Boston College Oviedo, FL
G 5 Tommy Papas (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Union Catholic Plainfield, NJ
G 10 Connor Burchfield 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Concord Concord, NC
G 12 Luke Loewe 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Fr Fond du Lac Fond du Lac, WI
C 13 Nathan Knight 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So Nottingham/Kimball Union Academy Syracuse, NY
C 15 Cole Harrison 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 252 lb (114 kg) RS Sr Montrose Christian
Dartmouth
Brentwood, TN
G 21 Oliver Tot 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Kimball Union Academy Bratislava, Slovakia
F 22 Paul Rowley 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Jr Loudoun Valley Purcellville, VA
G/F 23 Justin Pierce 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Glenbard West Glen Ellyn, IL
G 24 Omar Mostafa (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 204 lb (93 kg) So Don Bosco Prep Saddle River, NJ
G/F 33 Amir Shafi (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Westtown School Delran, NJ
G 34 David Cohn 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 168 lb (76 kg) RS Sr York/Colorado State Elmhurst, IL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Program notes

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  • On December 17, Tony Shaver recorded his 200th win as head coach in a 126–69 win against Milligan, becoming the first William & Mary head men's basketball coach to achieve this milestone. This was also the Tribe's highest single-game point total in program history. The previous record (116 points) had been set in a 1995 game against George Mason.[1]
  • On January 27, David Cohn recorded his 410th career assist in an 84–81 away win against UNC Wilmington, thus breaking the previous program record (409) set by David Coval between the 1982–83 and 1985–86 seasons. Cohn achieved this feat in only three seasons with the Tribe, having transferred from Colorado State after his freshman year.[2]
  • On March 5, William and Mary fell in the CAA Tournament semifinals 83-73 to eventual champion Charleston, nine days after defeating them 114-104 in overtime. This marked the fourth straight year that the Tribe defeated the CAA Champion in the regular season.
  • The Tribe finished the season 19–12, one win away from their fourth 20-win season in the last five years.
  • The Tribe finished the season with the best team three-point (43.4%) and free throw (81.0%) shooting percentages out of all teams competing in Division I .[3] They also finished with the second-highest overall field goal percentage (51.1%) behind Saint Mary's.[3]
  • Point guard David Cohn had 6.7 assists per game (best in the CAA; 11th-best in the NCAA).[4] He also had the best free throw percentage in the CAA (.911; fifth-best in the NCAA), and was second-best in steals per game (1.6).[5] He was the only player in the nation, out of the players on 351 Division I teams, who shot at least 50% from the field (52.9%), 40% on 3-point attempts (42.6%), and 90% in free-throw attempts (91.2%).[6][7] As of November 2020, he was one of only ten NCAA players to have joined the DI men's basketball's 50-40-90 club since 1993.[8][4]

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2017*
8:00 pm
at High Point L 66–100  0–1
Millis Athletic Convocation Center (1,173)
High Point, NC
Nov 15, 2017*
7:00 pm
Hampton W 83–76  1–1
Kaplan Arena (2,001)
Williamsburg, VA
Nov 18, 2017*
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at UCF L 64–75  1–2
CFE Arena (4,143)
Orlando, FL
Nov 21, 2017*
7:00 pm
Shenandoah W 103–54  2–2
Kaplan Arena (1,005)
Williamsburg, VA
Nov 25, 2017*
7:00 pm
Old Dominion
Rivalry
W 79–77  3–2
Kaplan Arena (2,423)
Williamsburg, VA
Nov 29, 2017*
7:00 pm
Marshall W 114–104  4–2
Kaplan Arena (1,727)
Williamsburg, VA
Dec 02, 2017*
4:00 pm
at Savannah State W 108–85  5–2
Tiger Arena (819)
Savannah, GA
Dec 06, 2017*
7:00 pm
at George Mason W 77–70  6–2
EagleBank Arena (3,406)
Fairfax, VA
Dec 09, 2017*
12:00 pm, BTN Plus
at Ohio State L 62–97  6–3
Value City Arena (11,158)
Columbus, OH
Dec 17, 2017*
2:00 pm
Milligan W 126–69  7–3
Kaplan Arena (2,880)
Williamsburg, VA
Dec 22, 2017*
9:00 pm, Facebook
at No. 15 TCU L 75–86  7–4
Schollmaier Arena (6,207)
Fort Worth, TX
CAA regular season
Dec 30, 2017
4:00 pm
Hofstra W 90–87  8–4
(1–0)
Kaplan Arena (3,784)
Williamsburg, VA
Jan 2, 2018
2:00 pm
at James Madison W 84–76  9–4
(2–0)
JMU Convocation Center (2,050)
Harrisonburg, VA
Jan 5, 2018
7:00 pm
at Delaware W 90–65  10–4
(3–0)
Bob Carpenter Center (2,208)
Newark, DE
Jan 7, 2018
4:00 pm
at Drexel W 85–63  11–4
(4–0)
Daskalakis Athletic Center (679)
Philadelphia, PA
Jan 11, 2018
7:00 pm
James Madison W 89–82 OT 12–4
(5–0)
Kaplan Arena (3,673)
Williamsburg, VA
Jan 13, 2018
4:00 pm
Towson L 73–99  12–5
(5–1)
Kaplan Arena (3,958)
Williamsburg, VA
Jan 18, 2018
7:00 pm
Northeastern L 70–90  12–6
(5–2)
Kaplan Arena (4,044)
Williamsburg, VA
Jan 20, 2018
7:00 pm
at Elon W 80–73  13–6
(6–2)
Alumni Gym (1,647)
Elon, NC
Jan 25, 2018
7:00 pm
at Towson L 82–96 OT 13–7
(6–3)
SECU Arena (1,307)
Towson, MD
Jan 27, 2018
7:00 pm
at UNC Wilmington W 84–81  14–7
(7–3)
Trask Coliseum (4,384)
Wilmington, NC
Feb 1, 2018
7:00 pm
Elon W 99–92  15–7
(8–3)
Kaplan Arena (3,508)
Williamsburg, VA
Feb 3, 2018
4:00 pm
Drexel L 79–91  15–8
(8–4)
Kaplan Arena (3,758)
Williamsburg, VA
Feb 8, 2018
7:00 pm
at College of Charleston L 77–82  15–9
(8–5)
TD Arena (3,857)
Charleston, SC
Feb 10, 2018
2:00 pm
Delaware W 83–66  16–9
(9–5)
Kaplan Arena (5,825)
Williamsburg, VA
Feb 15, 2018
7:00 pm
at Hofstra L 84–90  16–10
(9–6)
Mack Sports Complex (2,102)
Hempstead, NY
Feb 17, 2018
4:00 pm
at Northeastern L 67–69  16–11
(9–7)
Matthews Arena (1,129)
Boston, MA
Feb 22, 2018
7:00 pm
UNC Wilmington W 96–83  17–11
(10–7)
Kaplan Arena (3,912)
Williamsburg, VA
Feb 24, 2018
2:00 pm
College of Charleston W 114–104 OT 18–11
(11–7)
Kaplan Arena (3,649)
Williamsburg, VA
CAA Tournament
Mar 4, 2018
2:30 pm, CAA.tv
(4) vs. (5) Towson
Quarterfinals
W 80–66  19–11
North Charleston Coliseum (4,672)
North Charleston, SC
Mar 5, 2018
6:00 pm, CBSSN
(4) vs. (1) College of Charleston
Semifinals
L 73–83  19–12
North Charleston Coliseum (4,099)
North Charleston, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Tribe Athletics (December 18, 2017). "Men's Basketball tops program scoring record in win over Milligan". WY Daily. Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  2. ^ Tribe Athletics (February 1, 2018). "Men's Basketball hosts WhiteOut vs. Elon on Thursday night". WY Daily. Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "2017–18 School Stats". sports-reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "David Cohn Player Profile, William & Mary, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
  5. ^ "David Cohn College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  6. ^ Johnson, Dave (March 3, 2018). "David Cohn making history at William and Mary". Daily Press.
  7. ^ Narang, Bob (July 5, 2018). "York grad David Cohn pursues his dream with 76ers in NBA Summer League". Chicago Tribune.
  8. ^ Brenden Welper (November 18, 2020). "Every member of DI men's basketball's 50-40-90 club (since 1993)". NCAA.com.