2016β17 VMI Keydets basketball | |
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Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 6β24 (3β15 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Cameron Hall |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State β | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Greensboro | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wofford | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 20 | – | 16 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 12 | – | 21 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 6 | – | 24 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017 SoCon Tournament winner |
The 2016β17 VMI Keydets basketball team represented the Virginia Military Institute in the 2016β17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Keydets were led by second-year head coach Dan Earl and played their home games out of Cameron Hall in Lexington, Virginia, their home since 1981. The Keydets played as a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 6β24, 3β15 in SoCon play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the SoCon tournament to Samford.
The Keydets finished the 2015β16 season with an overall record 9β21, and a 4β14 mark in SoCon play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the SoCon tournament to Samford.
VMI lost only three seniors from the previous season.
Name | Position | Class | Reason |
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Tim Marshall | SG | Sr. | Graduated |
Phillip Anglade | F | Sr. | Graduated |
Jordan Weethee | F | Sr. | Graduated |
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Tyler Creammer C |
Parkton, NC | The Miller School | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Oct 17, 2015 | |
Recruiting star ratings:
Rivals: N/A
247Sports: N/A
ESPN:
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Will Miller SF |
South Boston, VA | Halifax County High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Nov 11, 2015 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Chuchu Enechionyia SG |
Lorton, VA | South County High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Apr 14, 2016 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Garrett Gilkeson SG |
Parkersburg, WV | Parkersburg South High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Apr 14, 2016 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Keith Smith PG |
Danville, CA | Montverde Academy | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Apr 14, 2016 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: | ||||||
Sources:
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Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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F/C | Armani Branch | Fred Iruafemi | Tyler Creammer |
SF | Trey Chapman | Will Miller | |
SG | QJ Peterson | Garrett Gilkeson | |
SG | Julian Eleby | Austin Vereen | |
PG | Adrian Rich | Keith Smith |
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm |
at Richmond | L 69β72 | 0β1 |
Robins Center (7,201) Richmond, VA | |||||||
11/15/2016* 7:00 pm |
Southern Virginia | W 78β47 | 1β1 |
Cameron Hall (896) Lexington, VA | |||||||
11/19/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
at Virginia Tech | L 72β88 | 1β2 |
Cassell Coliseum (7,714) Blacksburg, VA | |||||||
11/22/2016* 7:00 pm |
at Presbyterian | L 67β77 | 1β3 |
Templeton Center (430) Clinton, SC | |||||||
11/26/2016* 7:00 pm |
Campbell | L 53β67 | 1β4 |
Cameron Hall (912) Lexington, VA | |||||||
11/30/2016* 7:00 pm |
at Radford | L 67β74 | 1β5 |
Dedmon Center (1,329) Radford, VA | |||||||
12/03/2016* 7:00 pm |
GardnerβWebb | L 68β86 | 1β6 |
Cameron Hall (1,097) Lexington, VA | |||||||
12/10/2016* 2:00 pm, RTPT |
at No. 15 West Virginia | L 55β90 | 1β7 |
WVU Coliseum (9,023) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
12/13/2016* 7:00 pm |
Charleston Southern | W 88β83 | 2β7 |
Cameron Hall (902) Lexington, VA | |||||||
12/20/2016* 7:00 pm |
Frostburg State | W 72β53 | 3β7 |
Cameron Hall (770) Lexington, VA | |||||||
12/23/2016* 7:00 pm, SPCSN |
at Dayton | L 56β92 | 3β8 |
UD Arena (12,612) Dayton, OH | |||||||
SoCon regular season | |||||||||||
12/31/2016 4:00 pm |
at East Tennessee State | L 75β102 | 3β9 (0β1) |
Freedom Hall Civic Center (3,051) Johnson City, TN | |||||||
01/05/2017 7:30 pm |
at Mercer | L 50β68 | 3β10 (0β2) |
Hawkins Arena (2,754) Macon, GA | |||||||
01/07/2017 1:00 pm |
at The Citadel | L 74β79 | 3β11 (0β3) |
McAlister Field House (1,301) Charleston, SC | |||||||
01/12/2017 7:00 pm |
Western Carolina | W 79β78 | 4β11 (1β3) |
Cameron Hall (718) Lexington, VA | |||||||
01/14/2017 1:00 pm |
UNC Greensboro | L 82β91 | 4β12 (1β4) |
Cameron Hall (889) Lexington, VA | |||||||
01/19/2017 7:00 pm |
at Wofford | L 70β88 | 4β13 (1β5) |
Benjamin Johnson Arena (1,458) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
01/21/2017 4:00 pm |
at Furman | L 72β89 | 4β14 (1β6) |
Timmons Arena (1,734) Greenville, SC | |||||||
01/25/2017 7:00 pm |
at Chattanooga | W 80β64 | 5β14 (2β6) |
McKenzie Arena (2,847) Chattanooga, TN | |||||||
01/28/2017 1:00 pm |
Samford | L 67β69 | 5β15 (2β7) |
Cameron Hall (2,387) Lexington, VA | |||||||
02/02/2017 7:00 pm |
East Tennessee State | L 71β81 | 5β16 (2β8) |
Cameron Hall (1,094) Lexington, VA | |||||||
02/09/2017 7:00 pm |
Mercer | L 51β81 | 5β17 (2β9) |
Cameron Hall (1,023) Lexington, VA | |||||||
02/11/2017 1:00 pm |
The Citadel | W 101β78 | 6β17 (3β9) |
Cameron Hall (3,479) Lexington, VA | |||||||
02/13/2017 7:00 pm, ASN |
Furman | L 52β80 | 6β18 (3β10) |
Cameron Hall (866) Lexington, VA | |||||||
02/15/2017 7:00 pm |
Chattanooga | L 68β74 | 6β19 (3β11) |
Cameron Hall (969) Lexington, VA | |||||||
02/18/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Samford | L 61β80 | 6β20 (3β12) |
Pete Hanna Center (2,358) Homewood, AL | |||||||
02/22/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Wofford | L 63β81 | 6β21 (3β13) |
Cameron Hall (1,310) Lexington, VA | |||||||
02/25/2017 5:00 pm |
at UNC Greensboro | L 67β74 | 6β22 (3β14) |
Greensboro Coliseum (2,132) Greensboro, NC | |||||||
02/27/2017 7:00 pm |
at Western Carolina | L 68β81 | 6β23 (3β15) |
Ramsey Center (981) Cullowhee, NC | |||||||
SoCon tournament | |||||||||||
03/03/2017 7:30 pm, ESPN3 |
(10) | vs. (7) Samford First Round |
L 61β79 | 6β24 |
U.S. Cellular Center (2,930) Asheville, NC | ||||||
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time Source [1]. |
2016β17 VMI Keydets basketball | |
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Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 6β24 (3β15 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Cameron Hall |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State β | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Greensboro | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wofford | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 20 | – | 16 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 12 | – | 21 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 6 | – | 24 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017 SoCon Tournament winner |
The 2016β17 VMI Keydets basketball team represented the Virginia Military Institute in the 2016β17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Keydets were led by second-year head coach Dan Earl and played their home games out of Cameron Hall in Lexington, Virginia, their home since 1981. The Keydets played as a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 6β24, 3β15 in SoCon play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the SoCon tournament to Samford.
The Keydets finished the 2015β16 season with an overall record 9β21, and a 4β14 mark in SoCon play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the SoCon tournament to Samford.
VMI lost only three seniors from the previous season.
Name | Position | Class | Reason |
---|---|---|---|
Tim Marshall | SG | Sr. | Graduated |
Phillip Anglade | F | Sr. | Graduated |
Jordan Weethee | F | Sr. | Graduated |
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tyler Creammer C |
Parkton, NC | The Miller School | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Oct 17, 2015 | |
Recruiting star ratings:
Rivals: N/A
247Sports: N/A
ESPN:
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Will Miller SF |
South Boston, VA | Halifax County High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Nov 11, 2015 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Chuchu Enechionyia SG |
Lorton, VA | South County High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Apr 14, 2016 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Garrett Gilkeson SG |
Parkersburg, WV | Parkersburg South High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Apr 14, 2016 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Keith Smith PG |
Danville, CA | Montverde Academy | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Apr 14, 2016 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: | ||||||
Sources:
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Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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F/C | Armani Branch | Fred Iruafemi | Tyler Creammer |
SF | Trey Chapman | Will Miller | |
SG | QJ Peterson | Garrett Gilkeson | |
SG | Julian Eleby | Austin Vereen | |
PG | Adrian Rich | Keith Smith |
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm |
at Richmond | L 69β72 | 0β1 |
Robins Center (7,201) Richmond, VA | |||||||
11/15/2016* 7:00 pm |
Southern Virginia | W 78β47 | 1β1 |
Cameron Hall (896) Lexington, VA | |||||||
11/19/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
at Virginia Tech | L 72β88 | 1β2 |
Cassell Coliseum (7,714) Blacksburg, VA | |||||||
11/22/2016* 7:00 pm |
at Presbyterian | L 67β77 | 1β3 |
Templeton Center (430) Clinton, SC | |||||||
11/26/2016* 7:00 pm |
Campbell | L 53β67 | 1β4 |
Cameron Hall (912) Lexington, VA | |||||||
11/30/2016* 7:00 pm |
at Radford | L 67β74 | 1β5 |
Dedmon Center (1,329) Radford, VA | |||||||
12/03/2016* 7:00 pm |
GardnerβWebb | L 68β86 | 1β6 |
Cameron Hall (1,097) Lexington, VA | |||||||
12/10/2016* 2:00 pm, RTPT |
at No. 15 West Virginia | L 55β90 | 1β7 |
WVU Coliseum (9,023) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
12/13/2016* 7:00 pm |
Charleston Southern | W 88β83 | 2β7 |
Cameron Hall (902) Lexington, VA | |||||||
12/20/2016* 7:00 pm |
Frostburg State | W 72β53 | 3β7 |
Cameron Hall (770) Lexington, VA | |||||||
12/23/2016* 7:00 pm, SPCSN |
at Dayton | L 56β92 | 3β8 |
UD Arena (12,612) Dayton, OH | |||||||
SoCon regular season | |||||||||||
12/31/2016 4:00 pm |
at East Tennessee State | L 75β102 | 3β9 (0β1) |
Freedom Hall Civic Center (3,051) Johnson City, TN | |||||||
01/05/2017 7:30 pm |
at Mercer | L 50β68 | 3β10 (0β2) |
Hawkins Arena (2,754) Macon, GA | |||||||
01/07/2017 1:00 pm |
at The Citadel | L 74β79 | 3β11 (0β3) |
McAlister Field House (1,301) Charleston, SC | |||||||
01/12/2017 7:00 pm |
Western Carolina | W 79β78 | 4β11 (1β3) |
Cameron Hall (718) Lexington, VA | |||||||
01/14/2017 1:00 pm |
UNC Greensboro | L 82β91 | 4β12 (1β4) |
Cameron Hall (889) Lexington, VA | |||||||
01/19/2017 7:00 pm |
at Wofford | L 70β88 | 4β13 (1β5) |
Benjamin Johnson Arena (1,458) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
01/21/2017 4:00 pm |
at Furman | L 72β89 | 4β14 (1β6) |
Timmons Arena (1,734) Greenville, SC | |||||||
01/25/2017 7:00 pm |
at Chattanooga | W 80β64 | 5β14 (2β6) |
McKenzie Arena (2,847) Chattanooga, TN | |||||||
01/28/2017 1:00 pm |
Samford | L 67β69 | 5β15 (2β7) |
Cameron Hall (2,387) Lexington, VA | |||||||
02/02/2017 7:00 pm |
East Tennessee State | L 71β81 | 5β16 (2β8) |
Cameron Hall (1,094) Lexington, VA | |||||||
02/09/2017 7:00 pm |
Mercer | L 51β81 | 5β17 (2β9) |
Cameron Hall (1,023) Lexington, VA | |||||||
02/11/2017 1:00 pm |
The Citadel | W 101β78 | 6β17 (3β9) |
Cameron Hall (3,479) Lexington, VA | |||||||
02/13/2017 7:00 pm, ASN |
Furman | L 52β80 | 6β18 (3β10) |
Cameron Hall (866) Lexington, VA | |||||||
02/15/2017 7:00 pm |
Chattanooga | L 68β74 | 6β19 (3β11) |
Cameron Hall (969) Lexington, VA | |||||||
02/18/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Samford | L 61β80 | 6β20 (3β12) |
Pete Hanna Center (2,358) Homewood, AL | |||||||
02/22/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Wofford | L 63β81 | 6β21 (3β13) |
Cameron Hall (1,310) Lexington, VA | |||||||
02/25/2017 5:00 pm |
at UNC Greensboro | L 67β74 | 6β22 (3β14) |
Greensboro Coliseum (2,132) Greensboro, NC | |||||||
02/27/2017 7:00 pm |
at Western Carolina | L 68β81 | 6β23 (3β15) |
Ramsey Center (981) Cullowhee, NC | |||||||
SoCon tournament | |||||||||||
03/03/2017 7:30 pm, ESPN3 |
(10) | vs. (7) Samford First Round |
L 61β79 | 6β24 |
U.S. Cellular Center (2,930) Asheville, NC | ||||||
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time Source [1]. |