2017β18 VMI Keydets basketball | |
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Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 9β21 (4β14 SoCon) |
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Home arena | Cameron Hall |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Greensboro β | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 25 | – | 9 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wofford | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 10 | – | 23 | .303 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 SoCon Tournament winner |
The 2017β18 VMI Keydets basketball team represented the Virginia Military Institute in the 2017β18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Keydets were led by third-year head coach Dan Earl and played their home games out of Cameron Hall in Lexington, Virginia, their home since 1981, as members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 9β21, 4β14 in SoCon play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the SoCon tournament to The Citadel.
The Keydets finished the 2016β17 season with an overall record of 6β24, and a 3β15 mark in SoCon play to finish in last place. [1] They lost in the first round of the SoCon tournament to Samford. [2] [3] They lost their three leading scorers and rebounders in QJ Peterson, Julian Eleby, and Trey Chapman.
VMI experienced noticeable roster turnover from the previous year, losing their three starting seniors as well as several other players to transfer. This included the Keydets' leading scorer and rebounder, QJ Peterson, who averaged nearly 20 points per game. [4] Overall, VMI lost 71% of their point production, over half of their rebounding, and 63% of their assists to either graduation or transfer.
Name | Position | Class | Reason |
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Chuchu Enechionyia | G/F | Fr. | Transferred to Lincoln Trail College ( NJCAA) |
Kuony Deng | F | Fr. | Transferred to Independence Community College |
Marcus Larsson | G | Fr. | Transferred to West Virginia Wesleyan |
Adrian Rich | G | So. | Left school |
Will Weethee | G | So. | Left team |
D'Andre Mahaffey | F | So. | Transferred to Talladega College ( NAIA) |
Trey Chapman | F | Sr. | Graduated |
QJ Peterson | G | Sr. | Graduated |
Julian Eleby | G | Sr. | Graduated |
The offseason saw the departure of two VMI assistant coaches. On April 7, 2017, Rice head coach Scott Pera announced the hiring of Chris Kreider as an assistant coach. [5] Kreider had been with the Keydets for the previous two seasons under head coach Dan Earl. Five days later, on April 12, 2017, it was announced that Jason Slay, who had also been in his second year with the program, was given an assistant coaching position at Youngstown State. [6]
In May, Earl announced the hiring of VMI basketball standout Austin Kenon as an assistant. [7] Kenon played for VMI and ranks first in program history with 349 made three-pointers. Also that month, Earl added Kevin Carroll to the coaching staff, who had previously been the head coach at Division II Maryville University for seven seasons.
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Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Tyler Creammer | Fred Iruafemi | |
G/F | Austin Vereen | Will Miller | Tragen Fahl |
SF | Garrett Gilkeson | Sarju Patel | Myles Lewis |
SG | Bubba Parham | Jordan Ratliffe | Ta'Vonne Bond |
PG | Keith Smith | Greg Parham |
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 10, 2017* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
at N.C. State | L 67β102 | 0β1 |
PNC Arena (14,805) Raleigh, NC | |||||||
November 14* 7:00 pm |
at Duquesne | L 61β77 | 0β2 |
A.J. Palumbo Center (1,307) Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
November 18* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Presbyterian | W 78β58 | 1β2 |
Cameron Hall (765) Lexington, VA | |||||||
November 21* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Ohio Valley | W 81β66 | 2β2 |
Cameron Hall (765) Lexington, VA | |||||||
November 25* 4:00 pm |
American | L 64β69 | 2β3 |
Bender Arena (422) Washington, DC | |||||||
November 28* 7:30 pm |
at Charleston Southern | W 76β68 | 3β3 |
CSU Field House (881) North Charleston, SC | |||||||
December 2* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Radford | L 50β63 | 3β4 |
Cameron Hall (2,681) Lexington, VA | |||||||
December 5* 7:00 pm |
at Davidson | L 51β74 | 3β5 |
John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC | |||||||
December 9* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Longwood | W 81β70 | 4β5 |
Cameron Hall (2,642) Lexington, VA | |||||||
December 14* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Southern Wesleyan | W 90β52 | 5β5 |
Cameron Hall (661) Lexington, VA | |||||||
December 22* 7:00 pm, CBS6 |
at VCU | L 65β75 | 5β6 |
Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA | |||||||
Southern Conference regular season | |||||||||||
December 30 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Furman | L 57β87 | 5β7 (0β1) |
Cameron Hall (637) Lexington, VA | |||||||
January 4, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Wofford | L 53β92 | 5β8 (0β2) |
Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium (1,879) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
January 6 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
UNC Greensboro | L 61β63 | 5β9 (0β3) |
Cameron Hall (571) Lexington, VA | |||||||
January 13 4:00 pm |
at East Tennessee State | L 48β89 | 5β10 (0β4) |
Freedom Hall Civic Center (4,218) Johnson City, TN | |||||||
January 15 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Western Carolina | L 58β65 | 5β11 (0β5) |
Ramsey Center (1,420) Cullowhee, NC | |||||||
January 18 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Mercer | L 56β62 | 5β12 (0β6) |
Cameron Hall (961) Lexington, VA | |||||||
January 20 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
The Citadel | W 88β81 | 6β12 (1β6) |
Cameron Hall (3,500) Lexington, VA | |||||||
January 24 7:00 pm |
Wofford | L 46β63 | 6β13 (1β7) |
Cameron Hall (882) Lexington, VA | |||||||
January 27 5:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Chattanooga | W 70β69 | 7β13 (2β7) |
McKenzie Arena (4,778) Chattanooga, TN | |||||||
January 29 8:00 pm |
at Samford | L 79β93 | 7β14 (2β8) |
Pete Hanna Center (1,006) Homewood, AL | |||||||
February 1 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at UNC Greensboro | L 51β73 | 7β15 (2β9) |
Greensboro Coliseum (2,572) Greensboro, NC | |||||||
February 8 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Western Carolina | L 60β72 | 7β16 (2β10) |
Cameron Hall (1,043) Lexington, VA | |||||||
February 10 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
East Tennessee State | L 56β70 | 7β17 (2β11) |
Cameron Hall (3,253) Lexington, VA | |||||||
February 15 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Mercer | L 58β82 | 7β18 (2β12) |
Hawkins Arena (2,702) Macon, GA | |||||||
February 17 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at The Citadel | W 75β71 | 8β18 (3β12) |
McAlister Field House (3,213) Charleston, SC | |||||||
February 20 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Furman | L 54β76 | 8β19 (3β13) |
Timmons Arena (1,403) Greenville, SC | |||||||
February 23 7:00 pm |
Samford | L 82β89 | 8β20 (3β14) |
Cameron Hall (2,899) Lexington, VA | |||||||
February 25 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Chattanooga | W 68β65 | 9β20 (4β14) |
Cameron Hall (1,147) Lexington, VA | |||||||
Southern Conference tournament | |||||||||||
March 2 5:00 pm, ESPN3 |
(9) | vs. (8) The Citadel First round |
L 70β78 | 9β21 |
U.S. Cellular Center (2,138) Asheville, NC | ||||||
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time Source [9]. |