2021β22 VMI Keydets basketball | |
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CBI, First Round | |
Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 16β16 (9β9 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Associate head coach | Ander Galfsky (3rd season) |
Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Cameron Hall |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga β | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wofford | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Greensboro | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2022 SoCon Tournament winner |
The 2021β22 VMI Keydets basketball team represents the Virginia Military Institute in the 2021β22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Keydets, led by seventh-year head coach Dan Earl, play their home games in Cameron Hall in Lexington, Virginia as members of the Southern Conference. They finished the regular season 16β15, 9β9 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the SoCon tournament, they lost to Wofford in the quarterfinals. They accepted an invitation to play in the College Basketball Invitational tournament marking their first postseason tournament appearance since 2014. [1] As a No. 8 seed, they lost to No. 9-seeded UNC Wilmington in the first round.
In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Keydets finished the 2020β21 season 13β12, 7β7 in SoCon play to finish in sixth place. They upset Furman in overtime in the quarterfinals of the SoCon tournament, [2] before falling to Mercer in the semifinals. [3]
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Roster |
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 9, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Carlow | W 111β55 | 1β0 |
Cameron Hall (1,039) Lexington, VA | |||||||
November 12, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Presbyterian | L 72β73 OT | 1β1 |
Templeton Physical Education Center (510) Clinton, SC | |||||||
November 16, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Keystone | W 97β35 | 2β1 |
Cameron Hall (347) Lexington, VA | |||||||
November 20, 2021* 5:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Marist | L 74β78 OT | 2β2 |
McCann Arena (1,183) Poughkeepsie, NY | |||||||
November 24, 2021* 4:00 pm |
vs. Presbyterian University of New Orleans Classic |
L 54β59 | 2β3 |
Lakefront Arena (301) New Orleans, LA | |||||||
November 25, 2021* 4:00 pm |
vs.
Central Arkansas University of New Orleans Classic |
W 73β67 | 3β3 |
Lakefront Arena (347) New Orleans, LA | |||||||
November 26, 2021* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at
New Orleans University of New Orleans Classic |
L 71β79 | 3β4 |
Lakefront Arena (856) New Orleans, LA | |||||||
November 30, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Clarks Summit | W 88β40 | 4β4 |
Cameron Hall (657) Lexington, VA | |||||||
December 3, 2021* 10:00 pm |
at Portland | W 90β82 | 5β4 |
Chiles Center (1,171) Portland, OR | |||||||
December 5, 2021* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Seattle | W 89β82 | 6β4 |
Climate Pledge Arena (1334) Seattle, WA | |||||||
December 11, 2021* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
GardnerβWebb | W 64β61 | 7β4 |
Cameron Hall (2,306) Lexington, VA | |||||||
December 14, 2021* 7:00 pm, ACCNX |
at Wake Forest | L 70β77 | 7β5 |
LJVM Coliseum (3,587) Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||
December 22, 2021* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Hampton | Cancelled due to COVID-19 Issues |
Hampton Convocation Center Hampton, VA | ||||||||
SoCon regular season | |||||||||||
December 29, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Wofford | W 80β73 | 8β5 (1β0) |
Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium (706) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
January 1, 2022 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Furman | W 76β67 | 9β5 (2β0) |
Cameron Hall (650) Lexington, VA | |||||||
January 5, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at East Tennessee State | L 79β80 | 9β6 (2β1) |
Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,922) Johnson City, TN | |||||||
January 8, 2022 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
UNC Greensboro | L 56β72 | 9β7 (2β2) |
Cameron Hall (747) Lexington, VA | |||||||
January 13, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Mercer | L 91β97 | 9β8 (2β3) |
Hawkins Arena (1,341) Macon, GA | |||||||
January 15, 2022 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at The Citadel | W 90β85 | 10β8 (3β3) |
McAlister Field House (1,256) Charleston, SC | |||||||
January 20, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Samford | W 99β80 | 11β8 (4β3) |
Cameron Hall (826) Lexington, VA | |||||||
January 22, 2022 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Chattanooga | L 74β78 | 11β9 (4β4) |
Cameron Hall (2,345) Lexington, VA | |||||||
January 26, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Furman | L 64β79 | 11β10 (4β5) |
Timmons Arena (1,464) Greenville, SC | |||||||
January 29, 2022 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
East Tennessee State | W 83β79 | 12β10 (5β5) |
Cameron Hall (2,245) Lexington, VA | |||||||
February 2, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at UNC Greensboro | W 76β65 | 13β10 (6β5) |
Greensboro Coliseum (1,559) Greensboro, NC | |||||||
February 4, 2022 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Western Carolina | W 76β69 | 14β10 (7β5) |
Cameron Hall (2,434) Lexington, VA | |||||||
February 10, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Mercer | W 85β79 | 15β10 (8β5) |
Cameron Hall (1,214) Lexington, VA | |||||||
February 12, 2022 3:30 pm, ESPN+ |
The Citadel | L 79β83 | 15β11 (8β6) |
Cameron Hall (3,745) Lexington, VA | |||||||
February 17, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Samford | L 99β100 OT | 15β12 (8β7) |
Pete Hanna Center (1,013) Homewood, AL | |||||||
February 19, 2022 8:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Chattanooga | W 80β75 | 16β12 (9β7) |
McKenzie Arena (3,651) Chattanooga, TN | |||||||
February 23, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Wofford | L 72β83 | 16β13 (9β8) |
Cameron Hall (1,067) Lexington, VA | |||||||
February 26, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Western Carolina | L 73β82 | 16β14 (9β9) |
Ramsey Center (2,026) Cullowhee, NC | |||||||
SoCon tournament | |||||||||||
March 5, 2022 2:30 pm, ESPN+ |
(5) | vs. (4) Wofford Quarterfinals |
L 66β68 | 16β15 |
Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, NC | ||||||
CBI | |||||||||||
March 20, 2022 12:00 pm, FloHoops |
(8) | vs. (9)
UNC Wilmington First Round |
L 78β93 | 16β16 |
Ocean Center Daytona Beach, FL | ||||||