2018β19 VMI Keydets basketball | |
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Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 11β21 (4β14 SoCon) |
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Home arena | Cameron Hall |
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No. 19 Wofford β | 18 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | – | 5 | .857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Greensboro | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 29 | – | 7 | .806 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 25 | – | 8 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 7 | – | 25 | .219 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2019 SoCon tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 2018β19 VMI Keydets basketball team represented the Virginia Military Institute in the 2018β19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Keydets were led by fourth-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. The Keydets finished the season 11β21, 4β14 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the SoCon tournament, they defeated Western Carolina in the first round before losing to top-seeded Wofford in the quarterfinals.
The Keydets finished the 2017β18 campaign with a 9β21 overall record, and a 4β14 mark in SoCon play to finish in ninth place. The nine wins were three more than the previous season under Earl. They lost in the first round of the SoCon tournament to The Citadel. It was the fourth consecutive season that VMI had failed to advance in the Southern Conference tournament.
The Keydets lost only two seniors from the previous year's team in Fred Iruafemi and Armani Branch. Iruafemi was the team's fourth-leading rebounder and averaged 2.4 points per game. [1] Branch did not play the entire year as he was sidelined with an injury and received a medical redshirt. He chose to transfer and spend his final season of eligibility at Norfolk State.
Name | Position | Class | Reason |
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Keith Smith | G | So. | Transferred to Cal Poly |
Armani Branch | F | Sr. | Graduated; transferred to Norfolk State |
Fred Iruafemi | F | Sr. | Graduated |
On July 3, 2018, VMI head coach Dan Earl announced the addition of Steve Enright as an assistant coach. [2] Enright came from Bridgewater College where he had served for three years on the Eagles' coaching staff. He was also an assistant under head coach Dan Hurley at Rhode Island. Enright replaced Steve Lepore, who left for an assistant coaching position with Eastern Kentucky after three years of service under Earl. [3]
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Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Jake Stephens | Tyler Creammer | |
PF | Myles Lewis | Will Miller | Tragen Fahl |
SF | Garrett Gilkeson | Connor Arnold | |
SG | Sarju Patel | Ta'Vonne Bond | |
PG | Bubba Parham | Greg Parham |
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
November 6, 2018* 7:00 pm, SoCon Network |
Washington College | W 89β56 | 1β0 |
Cameron Hall (762) Lexington, VA | |||||||
November 9, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
at Pittsburgh | L 55β94 | 1β1 |
Petersen Events Center (4,321) Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
November 11, 2018* 1:00 pm |
Goucher | W 98β34 | 2β1 |
Cameron Hall (612) Lexington, VA | |||||||
November 14, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
USC Upstate | W 78β72 | 3β1 |
Cameron Hall (826) Lexington, VA | |||||||
November 18, 2018* 6:00 pm, SECN |
at No. 10 Kentucky | L 82β92 | 3β2 |
Rupp Arena (20,207) Lexington, KY | |||||||
November 20, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Kentucky Christian | W 106β80 | 4β2 |
Cameron Hall (594) Lexington, VA | |||||||
November 23, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Stetson | W 87β79 OT | 5β2 |
Edmunds Center (364) DeLand, FL | |||||||
November 27, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
American | L 64β74 | 5β3 |
Cameron Hall (922) Lexington, VA | |||||||
December 1, 2018* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Longwood | L 45β65 | 5β4 |
Willett Hall (1,428) Farmville, VA | |||||||
December 5, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
at Virginia Tech | L 68β89 | 5β5 |
Cassell Coliseum (7,748) Blacksburg, VA | |||||||
December 9, 2018 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Chattanooga | L 65β83 | 5β6 (0β1) |
McKenzie Arena (2,301) Chattanooga, TN | |||||||
December 12, 2018* 7:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at Presbyterian | L 70β103 | 5β7 |
Templeton Center (373) Clinton, SC | |||||||
December 21, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
North Alabama | W 89β68 | 6β7 |
Cameron Hall (600) Lexington, VA | |||||||
December 29, 2018 3:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Samford | L 68β96 | 6β8 (0β2) |
Pete Hanna Center (734) Homewood, AL | |||||||
January 5, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
UNC Greensboro | L 68β71 | 6β9 (0β3) |
Cameron Hall (600) Lexington, VA | |||||||
January 10, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Furman | L 57β89 | 6β10 (0β4) |
Cameron Hall (700) Lexington, VA | |||||||
January 12, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Wofford | L 76β90 | 6β11 (0β5) |
Cameron Hall (700) Lexington, VA | |||||||
January 17, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at East Tennessee State | L 82β85 | 6β12 (0β6) |
Freedom Hall Civic Center (4,286) Johnson City, TN | |||||||
January 19, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Western Carolina | W 91β83 | 7β12 (1β6) |
Cameron Hall (2,500) Lexington, VA | |||||||
January 24, 2019 7:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at Mercer | L 68β88 | 7β13 (1β7) |
Hawkins Arena (2,376) Macon, GA | |||||||
January 26, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at The Citadel | L 82β84 | 7β14 (1β8) |
McAlister Field House (3,864) Charleston, SC | |||||||
January 31, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at UNC Greensboro | L 66β93 | 7β15 (1β9) |
Greensboro Coliseum Complex (2,639) Greensboro, NC | |||||||
February 7, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Chattanooga | L 70β71 | 7β16 (1β10) |
Cameron Hall (657) Lexington, VA | |||||||
February 9, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Samford | L 77β84 (OT) | 7β17 (1β11) |
Cameron Hall (912) Lexington, VA | |||||||
February 14, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Wofford | L 84β95 | 7β18 (1β12) |
Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium (2,014) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
February 16, 2019 4:300 pm, ESPN+ |
at Furman | L 62β96 | 7β19 (1β13) |
Timmons Arena (2,381) Greenville, SC | |||||||
February 21, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
East Tennessee State | L 70β94 | 7β20 (1β14) |
Cameron Hall (715) Lexington, VA | |||||||
February 23, 2019 7:30 pm |
at Western Carolina | W 83β78 | 8β20 (2β14) |
Ramsey Center (2,587) Cullowhee, NC | |||||||
February 28, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Mercer | W 84β71 | 9β20 (3β14) |
Cameron Hall (833) Lexington, VA | |||||||
March 2, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
The Citadel | W 81β78 | 10β20 (4β14) |
Cameron Hall (2,900) Lexington, VA | |||||||
Southern Conference tournament | |||||||||||
March 8, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+ |
(8) | vs. (9) Western Carolina First round |
W 96β83 | 11β20 |
U.S. Cellular Center (2,138) Asheville, NC | ||||||
March 8, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN+ |
(8) | vs. (1) Wofford Quarterfinals |
L 72β99 | 11β21 |
U.S. Cellular Center (5,443) Asheville, NC | ||||||
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time Source [5]. |