2014β15 VMI Keydets men's basketball | |
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Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 11β19 (7β11 SoCon) |
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Home arena | Cameron Hall |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wofford β | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 28 | – | 7 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 19 | – | 16 | .543 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Greensboro | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 11 | – | 22 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 11 | – | 22 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2015 SoCon Tournament winner |
The 2014β15 VMI Keydets basketball team represented the Virginia Military Institute in the 2014β15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Keydets were led by tenth-year head coach Duggar Baucom and played their home games out of Cameron Hall, their home since 1981. VMI rejoined the Southern Conference after an eleven-year absence, having been a member of the Big South from 2003 to 2014. VMI was a member of the SoCon from 1924 until 2003. They finished the season 11β19, 7β11 in SoCon play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SoCon tournament to Mercer.
On March 28, head coach Duggar Baucom resigned to take the same position at The Citadel. He finished with a record of 151β159 in ten seasons.
VMI graduated three seniors in 2014, including two of their top scorers, guard Rodney Glasgow and center D. J. Covington. Additionally, on October 29, 2014, head coach Duggar Baucom announced that brothers Ot and Jon Elmore would be withdrawing from the team as well as VMI. [1] Ot was an academic sophomore who was redshirted in 2013β14 and did not appear in a game. Jon was a highly sought-after freshman. Their father, Gay Elmore, who once played at VMI and is currently second on the school's all-time point-scoring list, said in a statement to The Charleston Gazette that the brothers left the school because of a "personal family matter". [2]
Later in the year, shortly following a 63β75 road loss to UNC Greensboro, it was announced that VMI guard and leading scorer QJ Peterson was placed on a medical furlough and would not be attending VMI for the remainder of the academic year. [3] Peterson ended the season averaging 19.6 points per game, but did so on only 34% overall shooting and 27% from the three-point line.
Name | Position | Class | Reason |
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Rodney Glasgow | PG | Sr. | Graduated |
D. J. Covington | C | Sr. | Graduated |
Drew Absher | PG | Sr. | Graduated |
Ot Elmore | G | RβFr. | Left school, personal reasons |
Jon Elmore | G | Fr. | Left school, personal reasons |
On May 22, 2014, it was announced that VMI hired Ben Thompson as an assistant coach to the program. [4] Thompson came from UNC Pembroke as an assistant and part of a Brave team that made back-to-back winning seasons from 2011 to 2013, the first time in over twenty years the school had accomplished that feat. He is a 2006 graduate of Virginia Tech. Thompson replaced longtime VMI assistant Jason Allison, who had been with the team since Baucom began coaching in 2005. Allison departed for an assistant coaching job with Appalachian State.
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Jon Elmore PG |
Charleston, WV | Christ School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Oct 19, 2013 | |
Recruiting star ratings:
Rivals: N/A
247Sports:
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Armani Branch SF |
Hampton, VA | Genesis Academy | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 172 lb (78 kg) | Jan 22, 2014 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Fred Iruafemi C |
Apex, NC | Middle Creek High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Apr 29, 2014 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
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Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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F/C | Phillip Anglade | Jarid Watson | Fred Iruafemi |
F | Jordan Weethee | Craig Hinton | Armani Branch |
G/F | Tim Marshall | Trey Chapman | Tyrell Mason |
G | Brian Brown | Michael Donovan | Niles Tate |
PG | Julian Eleby | Christian Burton |
Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
November 14* 5:30 pm |
vs.
The Citadel All-Military Classic |
W 66β65 | 1β0 |
Christl Arena (1,597) West Point, NY | |||||||
November 15* 8:00 pm |
at
Army All-Military Classic |
L 86β92 | 1β1 |
Christl Arena (1,060) West Point, NY | |||||||
November 18* 7:00 pm |
Johnson University | W 124β42 | 2β1 |
Cameron Hall (884) Lexington, VA | |||||||
November 22* 7:00 pm |
UNC Wilmington | L 93β110 | 2β2 |
Cameron Hall (1,897) Lexington, VA | |||||||
November 26* 7:00 pm, ROOT |
vs. No. 21 West Virginia | L 72β103 | 2β3 |
Charleston Civic Center (8,102) Charleston, WV | |||||||
November 30* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Maryland | L 77β95 | 2β4 |
Xfinity Center (8,896) College Park, MD | |||||||
December 2* 7:00 pm |
Mid-Atlantic Christian | W 133β62 | 3β4 |
Cameron Hall (1,072) Lexington, VA | |||||||
December 4 7:00 pm |
at Samford | W 88β66 | 4β4 (1β0) |
Pete Hanna Center (921) Homewood, AL | |||||||
December 6 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Mercer | L 81β90 | 4β5 (1β1) |
Hawkins Arena (2,327) Macon, GA | |||||||
December 9* 7:00 pm |
at Navy | L 66β84 | 4β6 |
Alumni Hall (578) Annapolis, MD | |||||||
December 13* 1:00 pm |
Marist | W 92β77 | 5β6 |
Cameron Hall (1,048) Lexington, VA | |||||||
December 22* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Virginia Tech | L 74β87 | 5β7 |
Cassell Coliseum (5,326) Blacksburg, VA | |||||||
December 30* 7:00 pm |
at George Washington | L 60β80 | 5β8 |
Charles E. Smith Center (2,828) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
January 2 7:00 pm |
at East Tennessee State | L 88β98 | 5β9 (1β2) |
Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,373) Johnson City, TN | |||||||
January 5 7:00 pm |
Mercer | L 75β85 | 5β10 (1β3) |
Cameron Hall (977) Lexington, VA | |||||||
January 8 7:00 pm |
at Wofford | L 70β75 | 5β11 (1β4) |
Benjamin Johnson Arena (1,970) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
January 10 4:00 pm |
at Furman | W 83β73 | 6β11 (2β4) |
Timmons Arena (1,701) Greenville, SC | |||||||
January 14 7:00 pm |
at UNC Greensboro | L 63β75 | 6β12 (2β5) |
Greensboro Coliseum (1,986) Greensboro, NC | |||||||
January 17 1:00 pm |
East Tennessee State | W 85β79 | 7β12 (3β5) |
Cameron Hall (2,581) Lexington, VA | |||||||
January 22 7:00 pm |
at Chattanooga | L 64β86 | 7β13 (3β6) |
McKenzie Arena (3,190) Chattanooga, TN | |||||||
January 24 1:00 pm |
The Citadel | W 85β75 | 8β13 (4β6) |
Cameron Hall (2,641) Lexington, VA | |||||||
January 29 7:00 pm |
Western Carolina | L 70β85 | 8β14 (4β7) |
Cameron Hall (1,404) Lexington, VA | |||||||
February 3 8:00 pm, ASN |
UNC Greensboro | L 56β85 | 8β15 (4β8) |
Cameron Hall (1,690) Lexington, VA | |||||||
February 7 1:00 pm |
Wofford | L 62β65 | 8β16 (4β9) |
Cameron Hall (2,067) Lexington, VA | |||||||
February 12 7:00 pm |
Furman | W 93β59 | 9β16 (5β9) |
Cameron Hall (1,078) Lexington, VA | |||||||
February 15 5:30 pm, ASN |
at The Citadel | W 84β69 | 10β16 (6β9) |
McAlister Field House (4,248) Charleston, SC | |||||||
February 21 4:30 pm, ESPN3 |
at Western Carolina | W 113β111 2OT | 11β16 (7β9) |
Ramsey Center (3,060) Cullowhee, NC | |||||||
February 26 7:00 pm |
Chattanooga | L 82β86 2OT | 11β17 (7β10) |
Cameron Hall (1,127) Lexington, VA | |||||||
February 28 1:00 pm |
Samford | L 69β80 | 11β18 (7β11) |
Cameron Hall (2,536) Lexington, VA | |||||||
SoCon tournament | |||||||||||
March 7* 8:30 pm, ESPN3 |
vs. Mercer Quarterfinals |
L 61β89 | 11β19 |
U.S. Cellular Center (3,544) Asheville, NC | |||||||
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |