List of VMI Keydets basketball seasons

The following is a list of VMI Keydets basketball seasons. VMI competes in the Southern Conference of the NCAA's Division I. Since 1981, the Keydets have played their home games out of 5,800–seat Cameron Hall.

The history of VMI basketball dates back to 1908, with the formation of the school's first team. The Keydets played as an independent until 1918, when they joined the now-defunct South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Following the league's demise, VMI returned to playing as an independent before joining the Southern Conference in 1924, where they would remain for the next eighty years. VMI left the SoCon for the Big South Conference in 2003, but returned to the league in 2014.

VMI has won three conference championships in their history, all of them while in the Southern Conference. The first came in 1964 under head coach Weenie Miller, a season in which the Keydets upset Lefty Driesell and his top-ranked Davidson Wildcats in the SoCon Tournament. Later in 1976, VMI, led by Hall of Fame forward Ron Carter, achieved a 22–10 record en route to a conference championship and upset run to the Elite 8 round of the NCAA tournament. The Keydets advanced to the Sweet 16 the following year in 1977, and have not been to the NCAA tournament since. In 2014, however, VMI accepted an invitation to participate in the 2014 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, where they advanced to the semifinals before falling to Yale.

As of the end of the 2017–18 season, VMI has achieved an 894–1,515 all-time record since its inception in 1908.

Seasons

Conference regular season champion^†	Conference tournament champion^‡	Postseason bid^{^}	Shared standing

Season	Head coach	Conference	Season results					Tournament results		Final poll
			Overall		Conference			Conference	Postseason	AP	Coaches'
			Wins	Losses	Wins	Losses	Finish^[a]	Conference	Postseason	AP	Coaches'
VMI Keydets
1908–09	Pete Krebs	Independent	3	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1909–10	F. J. Pratt		2	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1910–11	J. Mitchell		3	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1911–12	Alpha Brummage		6	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1912–13	Alpha Brummage		8	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1913–14	W. C. Raftery		6	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1914–15	Frank Gorton		8	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1915–16			9	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1916–17			9	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1917–18	Earl Abell		6	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1918–19	Earl Abell		8	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1919–20	Pinky Spruhan		11	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1920–21			16	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1921–22			11	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1922–23	W. C. Raftery		8	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1923–24			9	5	—	—	—	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1924–25			6	5	—	—	—	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1925–26		SoCon	7	8	3	5	13th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1926–27			3	12	0	7	21st	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1927–28			7	6	5	5	9th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1928–29			6	7	1	7	22nd	—	—	—	—
1929–30			4	10	2	6	17th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1930–31			4	12	2	8	20th	—	—	—	—
1931–32			0	14	0	9	23rd	—	—	—	—
1932–33			4	11	2	8	8th	—	—	—	—
1933–34			4	10	3	6	7th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1934–35	Frank Summers		3	14	2	9	9th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1935–36	Frank Summers		3	14	0	10	10th	—	—	—	—
1936–37	Allison Hubert		6	11	5	11	13th	—	—	—	—
1937–38	Albert Elmore		4	11	2	7	13th	—	—	—	—
1938–39	Jimmy Walker		7	10	6	6	9th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1939–40			3	12	2	9	14th	—	—	—	—
1940–41			10	6	8	4	5th	Semifinal	—	—	—
1941–42			7	11	5	9	10th	—	—	—	—
1942–43	Allison Hubert		8	8	7	5	7th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1943–44	Joe Daher		0	14	0	5	12th	—	—	—	—
1944–45	Joe Daher		2	10	1	4	12th	—	—	—	—
1945–46	Jay McWilliams		1	10	1	6	14th	—	—	—	—
1946–47	Lloyd Roberts		4	15	1	11	15th	—	—	—	—
1947–48	Frank Summers		3	17	1	12	16th	—	—	—	—
1948–49	Frank Summers		3	16	3	8	15th	—	—	—	—
1949–50	Bill O'Hara		4	17	2	11	16th	—	—	—	—
1950–51			3	18	3	11	13th	—	—	—	—
1951–52			3	21	2	13	16th	—	—	—	—
1952–53	Chuck Noe		5	19	1	14	15th	—	—	—	—
1953–54			11	12	6	7	6th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1954–55			8	15	4	9	8th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1955–56	Jack Null		4	19	3	11	9th	—	—	—	—
1956–57			4	22	1	13	10th	—	—	—	—
1957–58			4	17	1	12	10th	—	—	—	—
1958–59	Weenie Miller		5	13	2	11	9th	—	—	—	—
1959–60			4	16	3	11	7th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1960–61			5	17	3	11	8th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1961–62			9	11	6	8	6th	Semifinal	—	—	—
1962–63			6	15	6	10	7th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1963–64			12	12	7	7	4th	Champions^‡	NCAA First Round^{^}	—	—
1964–65	Gary McPherson		8	13	5	9	8th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1965–66			5	18	5	11	7th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1966–67			5	16	4	12	9th	—	—	—	—
1967–68			9	12	8	7	4th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1968–69			5	18	3	11	8th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1969–70	Mike Schuler		6	19	3	10	8th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1970–71			1	25	1	11	7th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1971–72			6	19	2	10	7th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1972–73	Bill Blair		7	19	3	9	8th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1973–74			6	18	3	9	7th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1974–75			13	13	6	6	5th	Semifinal	—	—	—
1975–76			22	10	9	3	1st	Champions^‡	NCAA Elite 8^{^}	—	—
1976–77	Charlie Schmaus		26	4	8	2	1st	Champions^‡	NCAA Sweet Sixteen^{^}	20	—
1977–78			21	7	7	3	2nd	Semifinal	—	—	—
1978–79			12	15	2	8	8th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1979–80			11	16	6	10	6th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1980–81			4	23	3	13	8th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1981–82			1	25	1	15	9th	—	—	—	—
1982–83	Marty Fletcher		2	25	1	15	9th	—	—	—	—
1983–84			8	19	4	12	9th	—	—	—	—
1984–85			16	14	7	9	5th	Final	—	—	—
1985–86			11	17	5	11	7th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1986–87	Joe Cantafio		11	17	5	11	6th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1987–88			13	17	6	10	7th	Final	—	—	—
1988–89			11	17	5	9	7th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1989–90		14	15	7	7	4th	Semifinal	—	—	—
1990–91		10	18	5	9	6th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1991–92		10	18	3	11	6th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1992–93		5	22	3	15	9th	First Round	—	—	—
1993–94		11	17	5	11	10th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1994–95	Bart Bellairs	10	17	6	8	4th (North)	First Round	—	—	—
1995–96		18	10	10	4	2nd (North)	Semifinal	—	—	—
1996–97		12	16	7	7	4th (North)	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1997–98		14	13	8	7	3rd (North)	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
1998–99		12	15	9	7	3rd (North)	First Round	—	—	—
1999–00		6	23	1	15	6th (North)	First Round	—	—	—
2000–01		9	19	5	11	5th (North)	First Round	—	—	—
2001–02		10	18	5	11	5th (North)	First Round	—	—	—
2002–03		10	20	3	13	8th	Semifinal	—	—	—
2003–04		Big South	6	22	4	12	8th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
2004–05			9	18	3	13	9th	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Duggar Baucom		7	20	2	14	9th	—	—	—	—
2006–07			14	19	5	9	6th	Final	—	—	—
2007–08			14	15	6	8	5th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
2008–09			24	8	13	5	2nd	Final	—	—	—
2009–10			10	19	5	13	8th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
2010–11			18	13	10	8	4th	Semifinal	—	—	—
2011–12			17	16	8	10	7th	Final	—	—	—
2012–13			14	17	8	8	2nd (North)	Semifinal	—	—	—
2013–14			22	13	11	5	2nd (North)	Semifinal	CIT Semifinals^{^}	—	—
2014–15		SoCon	11	19	7	11	6th	Quarterfinal	—	—	—
2015–16	Dan Earl		9	21	4	14	9th	First Round	—	—	—
2016–17			6	24	3	15	10th	First Round	—	—	—
2017–18			9	21	4	14	9th	First Round	—	—	—

^ The Southern Conference used a divisional format from 1994–95 until 2012–13. The Big South also did this from 2012 to 2014.

Postseason playoff results

The Keydets have appeared in three NCAA Tournaments, all by way of winning their conference tournament and the subsequent automatic bid. VMI made two upset tournament runs in 1976 and 1977 which culminated in Elite Eight and Sweet Sixteen appearances, respectively. After a 37-year postseason drought, VMI accepted an invitation to participate in the 2014 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.^[1] A field of 32 teams, the Keydets won three games and lost in the semifinal round of the tournament.

Tournament	Seed	Results	Reference
1964 NCAA Tournament	26—	4.0NCAA First Round Lost First Round vs. Princeton, 60–86	^[2]
1976 NCAA Tournament	26—	02.0NCAA Elite 8 Won First Round vs. Tennessee, 81–75 Won Semifinals vs. DePaul, 71–66 OT Lost Final vs. Rutgers, 75–91	^[3]
1977 NCAA Tournament	26—	01.0NCAA Sweet 16 Won First Round vs. Duquesne, 73–66 Lost Semifinals vs. Kentucky, 78–93	^[4]
2014 CIT	26—	02.0CIT Semifinals Won First Round vs. Canisius, 111–100 Won Second Round vs. IPFW, 106–95 Won Quarterfinals vs. Ohio, 92–90 Lost Semifinals vs. Yale, 62–75	^[5]

Statistics

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

Coaches	Overall			Conference			Postseason
Coaches	Wins	Losses	Win%	Wins	Losses	Win%	Wins	Losses	Win%
Pete Krebs	3	3	.500
F. J. Pratt	2	5	.286
J. Mitchell	3	5	.375
Alpha Brummage	14	9	.609
W. C. Raftery	68	112	.378	18	61	.228
Frank Gorton	26	10	.722
Earl Abell	14	12	.538
Pinky Spruhan	38	9	.809
Frank Summers	12	61	.164
Allison Hubert	14	19	.424	12	16	.429
Albert Elmore	4	11	.267	2	7	.222
Jimmy Walker	27	39	.409	21	28	.429
Joe Daher	2	24	.077	1	9	.100
Jay McWilliams	1	10	.091	1	6	.143
Lloyd Roberts	4	15	.211	1	11	.083
Bill O'Hara	10	56	.152	7	35	.167
Chuck Noe	24	46	.300	11	30	.268
Jack Null	12	58	.171	5	36	.122
Weenie Miller	41	83	.331	27	58	.318	0	1	.000
Gary McPherson	32	77	.294	25	50	.333
Mike Schuler	13	63	.171	6	31	.162
Bill Blair	48	60	.444	21	27	.438	2	1	.667
Charlie Schmaus	75	90	.455	27	51	.346	1	1	.500
Marty Fletcher	37	75	.330	17	47	.266
Joe Cantafio	79	147	.350	36	88	.290
Bart Bellairs	116	191	.378	61	108	.361
Duggar Baucom	151	159	.487	75	91	.452	3	1	.750
Dan Earl	24	66	.267	11	43	.204
All-time record	894	1,515	.371	391	872	.310	6	4	.600

References

General

2013–14 VMI Basketball Fact Book

Specific

^ March 12, 2014. "VMI Accepts Invitation to CollegeInsider.com Basketball Tournament." VMIKeydets.com. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
^ 1964 NCAA Tournament
^ 1976 NCAA Tournament
^ 1977 NCAA Tournament
^ 2014 CIT Tournament

[1] The Southern Conference used a divisional format from 1994–95 until 2012–13. The Big South also did this from 2012 to 2014.

[2] March 12, 2014. "VMI Accepts Invitation to CollegeInsider.com Basketball Tournament." VMIKeydets.com. Retrieved August 8, 2014.

[3] 1964 NCAA Tournament

[4] 1976 NCAA Tournament

[5] 1977 NCAA Tournament

[6] 2014 CIT Tournament

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