VMI Keydets basketball, 1980–89

The VMI Keydets basketball teams represented the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. The program began in 1908, and played their games out of Cormack Field House until 1981, when the construction of Cameron Hall was completed. The Keydets were members of the Southern Conference. Their primary rival is The Citadel.

Contents:	1979–80 - 1980–81 - 1981–82 - 1982–83 - 1983–84 - 1984–85 - 1985–86 - 1986–87 - 1987–88 - 1988–89

1979–80

1979–80 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1979–80 record	11–16 (6–10 SoCon)
Head coach	Charlie Schmaus
Home arena	Cormack Field House

1979–80 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Furman†	14	–	1		.933			23	–	7		.767
Marshall	10	–	6		.625			17	–	12		.586
Western Carolina	9	–	7		.563			17	–	10		.630
East Tennessee State	8	–	7		.533			15	–	13		.536
Chattanooga	7	–	9		.438			13	–	14		.481
Appalachian State	6	–	10		.375			12	–	16		.429
The Citadel	6	–	10		.375			14	–	13		.519
VMI	6	–	10		.375			11	–	16		.407
Davidson	4	–	11		.267			8	–	18		.308
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1980; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
December 1 no, no	Lebanon*	W 43–33	1–0	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 3 no, no	Davidson	L 73–74	1–1 (0–1)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 6 no, no	Bluefield*	W 99–66	2–1	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 8 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 57–66	2–2 (0–2)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, NC
December 10 no, no	at Chattanooga	W 56–55	3–2 (1–2)	Maclellan Gymnasium  Chattanooga, TN
December 12 no, no	Concord*	W 101–80	4–2	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 15 no, no	Marshall	L 58–60	4–3 (1–3)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 5 no, no	at Cleveland State*	L 82–102	4–4	Woodling Gym  Cleveland, OH
January 7 no, no	at Davidson	W 70–69 ^OT	5–4 (2–3)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
January 10 no, no	at East Tennessee State	L 65–97	5–5 (2–4)	Memorial Center  Johnson City, TN
January 12 no, no	at Marshall	W 75–63	6–5 (3–4)	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse  Huntington, WV
January 16 no, no	Baptist College*	W 102–82	7–5	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 18 no, no	UVA–Wise*	L 76–87	7–6	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 21 no, no	at Western Carolina	W 72–71	8–6 (4–4)	Cullowhee, NC
January 24 no, no	George Mason*	W 95–81	9–6	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 26 no, no	Furman	L 67–84	9–7 (4–5)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 28 no, no	The Citadel	W 72–71	10–7 (5–5)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 30 no, no	Baltimore*	L 60–71	10–8	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 2 no, no	at Richmond*	L 92–104	10–9	Robins Center  Richmond, VA
February 4 no, no	East Tennessee State	L 78–89	10–10 (5–6)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 7 no, no	at Fairleigh Dickinson*	L 71–78	10–11	Hackensack, NJ
February 9 no, no	Chattanooga	L 55–59	10–12 (5–7)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 11 no, no	Western Carolina	W 78–73	11–12 (6–7)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 14 no, no	Appalachian State	L 49–55	11–13 (6–8)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 16 no, no	at The Citadel	L 77–79	11–14 (6–9)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 18 no, no	at Furman	L 75–107	11–15 (6–10)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
1980 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 23 no, no	vs. Furman	L 75–87	11–16	Roanoke Civic Center  Roanoke, VA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1980–81

1980–81 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1980–81 record	4–23 (3–13 SoCon)
Head coach	Charlie Schmaus
Home arena	Cormack Field House

1980–81 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Chattanooga†	11	–	5		.688			21	–	9		.700
Davidson	11	–	5		.688			13	–	14		.481
Appalachian State	11	–	5		.688			20	–	9		.690
East Tennessee State	9	–	7		.563			13	–	14		.481
Western Carolina	9	–	7		.563			18	–	10		.643
Furman	8	–	8		.500			11	–	16		.407
Marshall	8	–	8		.500			18	–	10		.643
VMI	3	–	13		.188			4	–	23		.148
The Citadel	2	–	14		.125			9	–	17		.346
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1981; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 28 no, no	at UCLA*	L 61–99	0–1	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
November 29 no, no	at UC Irvine*	L 96–125	0–2	Crawford Hall  Irvine, CA
December 3 no, no	Furman	L 82–87 ^OT	0–3 (0–1)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 6 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 53–63	0–4 (0–2)	Maclellan Gymnasium  Chattanooga, TN
December 9 no, no	Navy*	L 61–71	0–5	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 12 no, no	at Louisiana–Lafayette* Bayou Classic	L 52–80	0–6	Blackham Coliseum  Lafayette, LA
December 13 no, no	vs. Western Michigan* Bayou Classic	L 68–89	0–7	Blackham Coliseum  Lafayette, LA
January 3 no, no	Marshall	L 81–99	0–8 (0–3)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 7 no, no	at East Tennessee State	W 43–42	1–8 (1–3)	Memorial Center  Johnson City, TN
January 10 no, no	at Furman	L 63–75	1–9 (1–4)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
January 12 no, no	at The Citadel	W 58–49	2–9 (2–4)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 14 no, no	at Baptist College*	W 57–44	3–9	CSU Field House  North Charleston, SC
January 17 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 68–78	3–10 (2–5)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, NC
January 19 no, no	East Tennessee State	L 67–68	3–11 (2–6)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 21 no, no	at Davidson	L 63–79	3–12 (2–7)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
January 24 no, no	at Baltimore*	L 41–46	3–13	Campus Recreation and Wellness  Baltimore, MD
January 26 no, no	Marshall	L 53–63	3–14 (2–8)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 29 no, no	Richmond*	L 73–79	3–15	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 31 no, no	Western Carolina	L 71–86	3–16 (2–9)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 2 no, no	The Citadel	W 65–62	4–16 (3–9)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 4 no, no	vs. William & Mary*	L 63–75	4–17	Roanoke Civic Center  Roanoke, VA
February 7 no, no	at Western Carolina	L 75–91	4–18 (3–10)	Cullowhee, NC
February 9 no, no	Appalachian State	L 51–70	4–19 (3–11)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 11 no, no	Davidson	L 82–95	4–20 (3–12)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 16 no, no	Chattanooga	L 68–90	4–21 (3–13)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 19 no, no	vs. Campbell*	L 65–89	4–22	Raleigh, NC
1981 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 28 no, no	vs. Chattanooga	L 63–89	4–23	Roanoke Civic Center  Roanoke, VA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1981–82

This was the first year in which the Keydets played in newly built Cameron Hall, which replaced aging Cormack Field House. Cameron Hall, with a capacity of 5,029, continues to serve as VMI's home today.

1981–82 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1981–82 record	1–25 (1–15 SoCon)
Head coach	Charlie Schmaus
Home arena	Cameron Hall

1981–82 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Chattanooga†	15	–	1		.938			27	–	4		.871
Western Carolina	11	–	5		.688			19	–	8		.704
Davidson	9	–	7		.563			14	–	15		.483
East Tennessee State	8	–	8		.500			13	–	15		.464
Marshall	8	–	8		.500			16	–	11		.593
Furman	7	–	9		.438			11	–	16		.407
The Citadel	7	–	9		.438			14	–	14		.500
Appalachian State	6	–	10		.375			11	–	15		.423
VMI	1	–	15		.063			1	–	25		.038
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1982; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 27 no, no	at Navy*	L 37–63	0–1	Halsey Field House  Annapolis, MD
December 2 no, no	at William & Mary*	L 57–84	0–2	William & Mary Hall  Williamsburg, VA
December 5 no, no	Virginia*	L 49–76	0–3	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 8 no, no	James Madison*	L 43–64	0–4	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 9 no, no	at Richmond*	L 48–83	0–5	Robins Center  Richmond, VA
January 4 no, no	at Marshall	L 63–90	0–6 (0–1)	Cam Henderson Center  Huntington, WV
January 6 no, no	at Maine*	L 71–81	0–7	Memorial Gymnasium  Orono, ME
January 8 no, no	vs. Illinois State* Worcester Co. National Classic	L 56–74	0–8	Hart Center  Worcester, MA
January 9 no, no	vs. Manhattan* Worcester Co. National Classic	L 75–84	0–9	Hart Center  Worcester, MA
January 13 no, no	Old Dominion*	L 51–88	0–10	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 16 no, no	Western Carolina	L 57–72	0–11 (0–2)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 18 no, no	The Citadel	L 61–72	0–12 (0–3)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 21 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 61–81	0–13 (0–4)	Maclellan Gymnasium  Chattanooga, TN
January 23 no, no	at Western Carolina	L 69–99	0–14 (0–5)	Cullowhee, NC
January 25 no, no	at Davidson	L 63–79	0–15 (0–6)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
January 28 no, no	at East Tennessee State	L 68–92	0–16 (0–7)	Memorial Center  Johnson City, TN
January 30 no, no	Appalachian State	W 67–62 ^OT	1–16 (1–7)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 1 no, no	at Davidson	L 63–79	1–17 (1–8)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
February 4 no, no	at Virginia Tech*	L 76–101	1–18	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
February 6 no, no	East Tennessee State	L 69–104	1–19 (1–9)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 8 no, no	Chattanooga	L 50–80	1–20 (1–10)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 11 no, no	Marshall	L 67–103	1–21 (1–11)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 13 no, no	at Furman	L 80–102	1–22 (1–12)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
February 15 no, no	at The Citadel	L 74–91	1–23 (1–13)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 20 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 58–91	1–24 (1–14)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, NC
February 22 no, no	Furman	L 83–92	1–25 (1–15)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1982–83

1982–83 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1982–83 record	2–25 (1–15 SoCon)
Head coach	Marty Fletcher
Home arena	Cameron Hall

1982–83 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Chattanooga†	15	–	1		.938			26	–	4		.867
Marshall	13	–	3		.813			20	–	8		.714
East Tennessee State	12	–	4		.750			22	–	9		.710
Western Carolina	9	–	7		.563			17	–	12		.586
Davidson	8	–	8		.500			13	–	15		.464
The Citadel	7	–	9		.438			12	–	16		.429
Furman	4	–	12		.250			9	–	20		.310
Appalachian State	3	–	13		.188			6	–	21		.222
VMI	1	–	15		.063			2	–	25		.074
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1983; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 28 no, no	at James Madison*	L 33–58	0–1	JMU Convocation Center  Harrisonburg, VA
November 30 no, no	Longwood*	L 49–54	0–2	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 4 no, no	at Virginia*	L 41–86	0–3	University Hall  Charlottesville, VA
December 7 no, no	at Old Dominion*	L 45–71	0–4	ODU Fieldhouse  Norfolk, VA
December 11 no, no	North Carolina Wesleyan*	L 47–58	0–5	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 13 no, no	Emory and Henry*	W 75–70	1–5	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 3 no, no	at South Florida*	L 76–93	1–6	USF Sun Dome  Tampa, FL
January 8 no, no	at Marshall	L 64–95	1–7 (0–1)	Cam Henderson Center  Huntington, WV
January 15 no, no	at Furman	L 58–87	1–8 (0–2)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
January 17 no, no	at The Citadel	L 50–57	1–9 (0–3)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 22 no, no	at Davidson	L 43–75	1–10 (0–4)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
January 24 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 61–69	1–11 (0–5)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, NC
January 27 no, no	Navy*	L 53–57	1–12	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 29 no, no	Chattanooga	L 68–82	1–13 (0–6)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 31 no, no	Western Carolina	L 55–75	1–14 (0–7)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 3 no, no	Richmond*	L 69–75	1–15	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 5 no, no	at Western Carolina	L 50–64	1–16 (0–8)	Cullowhee, NC
February 7 no, no	Chattanooga	L 54–64	1–17 (0–9)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 9 no, no	East Tennessee State	L 63–86	1–18 (0–10)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 14 no, no	Appalachian State	L 61–65	1–19 (0–11)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 16 no, no	William & Mary*	L 65–83	1–20	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 19 no, no	at East Tennessee State	L 64–83	1–21 (0–12)	Memorial Center  Johnson City, TN
February 21 no, no	Marshall	L 91–110	1–22 (0–13)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 23 no, no	Virginia Tech*	L 54–72	1–23	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 26 no, no	The Citadel	W 65–63	2–23 (1–13)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 28 no, no	Furman	L 64–65	2–24 (1–14)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
March 3 no, no	Davidson	L 68–83	2–25 (1–15)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1983–84

1983–84 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1983–84 record	8–19 (4–12 SoCon)
Head coach	Marty Fletcher
Home arena	Cameron Hall

1983–84 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Marshall†	13	–	3		.813			25	–	6		.806
Chattanooga	12	–	4		.750			24	–	7		.774
Western Carolina	9	–	7		.563			15	–	13		.536
Appalachian State	8	–	8		.500			13	–	16		.448
The Citadel	8	–	8		.500			14	–	14		.500
Furman	7	–	9		.438			12	–	17		.414
East Tennessee State	6	–	10		.375			9	–	19		.321
Davidson	5	–	11		.313			9	–	19		.321
VMI	4	–	12		.250			8	–	19		.296
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1984; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 28 no, no	Emory and Henry*	W 75–48	1–0	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
November 30 no, no	at Navy*	L 57–73	1–1	Halsey Field House  Annapolis, MD
December 3 no, no	Radford*	L 64–75	1–2	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 5 no, no	Bridgewater*	W 83–73	2–2	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 7 no, no	Averett*	W 75–58	3–2	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 10 no, no	Old Dominion*	L 65–82	3–3	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 17 no, no	at Virginia Tech*	L 61–122	3–4	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
January 4 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 38–55	3–5 (0–1)	McKenzie Arena  Chattanooga, TN
January 7 no, no	at East Tennessee State	W 62–56	4–5 (1–1)	Memorial Center  Johnson City, TN
January 9 no, no	at Richmond*	L 58–61	4–6	Robins Center  Richmond, VA
January 11 no, no	at Marshall	L 53–79	4–7 (1–2)	Cam Henderson Center  Huntington, WV
January 14 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 54–74	4–8 (1–3)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, NC
January 16 no, no	Chattanooga	L 49–56	4–9 (1–4)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 18 no, no	at William & Mary*	L 55–73	4–10	William & Mary Hall  Williamsburg, VA
January 21 no, no	at Bucknell*	L 49–66	4–11	Davis Gym  Lewisburg, PA
January 23 no, no	East Tennessee State	L 55–56	4–12 (1–5)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 28 no, no	at Davidson	L 55–62	4–13 (1–6)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
January 30 no, no	Western Carolina	W 68–65 ^OT	5–13 (2–6)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 4 no, no	at Western Carolina	L 82–86	5–14 (2–7)	Cullowhee, NC
February 6 no, no	at Furman	L 58–70	5–15 (2–8)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
February 8 no, no	at The Citadel	L 61–65	5–16 (2–9)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 11 no, no	Appalachian State	W 67–58	6–16 (3–9)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 13 no, no	Davidson	L 44–47	6–17 (3–10)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 16 no, no	Marshall	L 61–99	6–18 (3–11)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 20 no, no	The Citadel	W 64–62	7–18 (4–11)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 22 no, no	James Madison*	W 62–60 ^OT	8–18	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 27 no, no	Furman	L 65–81	8–19 (4–12)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1984–85

1984–85 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1984–85 record	16–14 (7–9 SoCon)
Head coach	Marty Fletcher
Home arena	Cameron Hall

1984–85 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Chattanooga	14	–	2		.875			24	–	8		.750
Marshall†	12	–	4		.750			21	–	13		.618
The Citadel	11	–	5		.688			18	–	11		.621
Western Carolina	8	–	8		.500			14	–	14		.500
VMI	7	–	9		.438			16	–	14		.533
Appalachian State	7	–	9		.438			14	–	14		.500
Davidson	6	–	10		.375			10	–	20		.333
Furman	4	–	12		.250			7	–	21		.250
East Tennessee State	3	–	13		.188			9	–	18		.333
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1985; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 25 no, no	at James Madison*	L 64–67 ^OT	0–1	JMU Convocation Center  Harrisonburg, VA
November 26 no, no	Bridgewater*	W 86–46	1–1	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
November 28 no, no	at Old Dominion*	L 50–56	1–2	ODU Fieldhouse  Norfolk, VA
December 1 no, no	Lynchburg*	W 76–60	2–2	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 3 no, no	Virginia*	L 57–68	2–3	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 6 no, no	Radford*	W 53–51	3–3	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 8 no, no	Hampden–Sydney*	W 80–55	4–3	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 5 no, no	at Marshall	W 58–54	5–3 (1–0)	Cam Henderson Center  Huntington, WV
January 14 no, no	Chattanooga	L 60–78	5–4 (1–1)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 17 no, no	at Appalachian State	W 52–47	6–4 (2–1)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, NC
January 19 no, no	Western Carolina	W 60–57	7–4 (3–1)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 21 no, no	Davidson	W 57–51	8–4 (4–1)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 24 no, no	Furman	W 71–62	9–4 (5–1)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 26 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 54–70	9–5 (5–2)	McKenzie Arena  Chattanooga, TN
January 28 no, no	Marshall	L 63–65	9–6 (5–3)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 30 no, no	Bluefield*	W 81–61	10–6	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 2 no, no	Bucknell*	L 60–63	10–7	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 4 no, no	East Tennessee State	W 60–53	11–7 (6–3)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 6 no, no	William & Mary*	W 50–48	12–7	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 9 no, no	Appalachian State	W 64–56	13–7 (7–3)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 12 no, no	at The Citadel	L 61–64 ^OT	13–8 (7–4)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 14 no, no	at Furman	L 58–63	13–9 (7–5)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
February 18 no, no	at Western Carolina	L 54–61	13–10 (7–6)	Cullowhee, NC
February 21 no, no	at Davidson	L 63–71	13–11 (7–7)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
February 23 no, no	at East Tennessee State	L 70–71 ^OT	13–12 (7–8)	Memorial Center  Johnson City, TN
February 25 no, no	The Citadel	L 53–69	13–13 (7–9)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 27 no, no	Richmond*	W 48–47	14–13	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
1985 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
March 1 no, no	vs. Western Carolina	W 65–63 ^OT	15–13	Asheville Civic Center  Asheville, NC
March 2 no, no	vs. Chattanooga	W 71–69 ^OT	16–13	Asheville Civic Center  Asheville, NC
March 3 no, no	vs. Marshall	L 65–70	16–14	Asheville Civic Center  Asheville, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1985–86

1985–86 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1985–86 record	11–17 (5–11 SoCon)
Head coach	Marty Fletcher
Home arena	Cameron Hall

1985–86 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Chattanooga	12	–	4		.750			21	–	10		.677
Davidson†	10	–	6		.625			20	–	11		.645
Marshall	10	–	6		.625			19	–	11		.633
Appalachian State	9	–	7		.563			17	–	12		.586
Western Carolina	8	–	8		.500			14	–	14		.500
East Tennessee State	8	–	8		.500			13	–	16		.448
VMI	5	–	11		.313			11	–	17		.393
The Citadel	5	–	11		.313			10	–	18		.357
Furman	5	–	11		.313			10	–	17		.370
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1986; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 23 no, no	Christopher Newport*	W 63–52	1–0	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
November 25 no, no	Averett*	W 106–67	2–0	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
November 26 no, no	Radford*	W 69–59	3–0	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 2 no, no	James Madison*	W 91–88	4–0	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 4 no, no	at Virginia*	L 58–101	4–1	University Hall  Charlottesville, VA
December 10 no, no	at Richmond*	L 61–69	4–2	Robins Center  Richmond, VA
December 11 no, no	Lynchburg*	W 76–72	5–2	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 30 no, no	vs. #13 Kentucky*	L 55–93	5–3	Freedom Hall  Louisville, KY
January 9 no, no	at Appalachian State	W 63–56	6–3 (1–0)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, NC
January 11 no, no	at East Tennessee State	L 74–88	6–4 (1–1)	Memorial Center  Johnson City, TN
January 16 no, no	Marshall	L 82–84	6–5 (1–2)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 18 no, no	Furman	W 71–64	7–5 (2–2)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 20 no, no	The Citadel	W 66–64	8–5 (3–2)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 22 no, no	at William & Mary*	L 64–71	8–6	William & Mary Hall  Williamsburg, VA
January 25 no, no	Western Carolina	L 55–57	8–7 (3–3)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 27 no, no	Chattanooga	L 70–72	8–8 (3–4)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 30 no, no	at Marshall	L 77–85	8–9 (3–5)	Cam Henderson Center  Huntington, WV
February 1 no, no	at Davidson	L 68–75	8–10 (3–6)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
February 3 no, no	East Tennessee State	L 74–77	8–11 (3–7)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 8 no, no	at The Citadel	W 83–76	9–11 (4–7)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 10 no, no	at Furman	L 70–72 ^OT	9–12 (4–8)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
February 12 no, no	Bluefield*	W 70–68	10–12	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 15 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 64–74	10–13 (4–9)	McKenzie Arena  Chattanooga, TN
February 17 no, no	at Western Carolina	L 96–99 ^OT	10–14 (4–10)	Cullowhee, NC
February 19 no, no	#18 Virginia Tech*	L 73–88	10–15	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 22 no, no	Appalachian State	L 67–69	10–16 (4–11)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 24 no, no	Davidson	W 76–70	11–16 (5–11)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
1986 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 28 no, no	vs. Davidson	L 62–71	11–17	Asheville Civic Center  Asheville, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1986–87

1986–87 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1986–87 record	11–17 (5–11 SoCon)
Head coach	Joe Cantafio
Home arena	Cameron Hall

1986–87 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Marshall†	15	–	1		.938			25	–	6		.806
Chattanooga	14	–	2		.875			21	–	8		.724
Davidson	12	–	4		.750			20	–	10		.667
Furman	10	–	6		.625			17	–	12		.586
The Citadel	6	–	10		.375			13	–	15		.464
VMI	5	–	11		.313			11	–	17		.393
Western Carolina	4	–	12		.250			10	–	19		.345
Appalachian State	3	–	13		.188			7	–	21		.250
East Tennessee State	3	–	13		.188			7	–	21		.250
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1987; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 30 no, no	Shenandoah*	W 80–64	1–0	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 1 no, no	at James Madison*	L 68–74	1–1	JMU Convocation Center  Harrisonburg, VA
December 3 no, no	at Virginia*	L 69–81	1–2	University Hall  Charlottesville, VA
December 6 no, no	Richmond*	W 68–57	2–2	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 8 no, no	Elon*	W 77–72	3–2	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 10 no, no	at Radford*	L 51–56	3–3	Dedmon Center  Radford, VA
December 11 no, no	Roanoke*	W 70–59	4–3	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 22 no, no	at Tennessee*	L 60–99	4–4	Stokely Athletic Center  Knoxville, TN
January 7 no, no	at Virginia Tech*	L 68–99	4–5	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
January 10 no, no	at East Tennessee State	L 66–68	4–6 (0–1)	Memorial Center  Johnson City, TN
January 12 no, no	Appalachian State	W 68–64	5–6 (1–1)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 15 no, no	Marshall	L 71–83	5–7 (1–2)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 17 no, no	at Furman	L 71–90	5–8 (1–3)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
January 19 no, no	at The Citadel	L 78–82 ^OT	5–9 (1–4)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 21 no, no	Bluefield*	W 113–83	6–9	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 24 no, no	at Western Carolina	W 65–56	7–9 (2–4)	Ramsey Center  Cullowhee, NC
January 26 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 63–75	7–10 (2–5)	McKenzie Arena  Chattanooga, TN
January 29 no, no	at Marshall	L 77–104	7–11 (2–6)	Cam Henderson Center  Huntington, WV
January 31 no, no	Davidson	L 65–90	7–12 (2–7)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 7 no, no	The Citadel	W 68–62	8–12 (3–7)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 9 no, no	Furman	L 78–84 ^OT	8–13 (3–8)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 11 no, no	William & Mary*	W 76–68	9–13	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 14 no, no	Chattanooga	L 60–75	9–14 (3–9)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 16 no, no	Western Carolina	L 62–64	9–15 (3–10)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 19 no, no	East Tennessee State	W 81–65	10–15 (4–10)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 21 no, no	at Appalachian State	W 86–84	11–15 (5–10)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, NC
February 23 no, no	at Davidson	L 69–72	11–16 (5–11)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
1987 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 27 no, no	vs. Davidson	L 63–92	11–17	Asheville Civic Center  Asheville, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1987–88

1987–88 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1987–88 record	13–17 (6–10 SoCon)
Head coach	Joe Cantafio
Home arena	Cameron Hall

1987–88 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Marshall	14	–	2		.875			24	–	8		.750
Furman	11	–	5		.688			18	–	10		.643
Davidson	9	–	7		.563			15	–	13		.536
East Tennessee State	9	–	7		.563			14	–	15		.483
Appalachian State	8	–	8		.500			16	–	13		.552
Chattanooga†	8	–	8		.500			20	–	13		.606
VMI	6	–	10		.375			13	–	17		.433
The Citadel	5	–	11		.313			8	–	20		.286
Western Carolina	2	–	14		.125			8	–	19		.296
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1988; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 30 no, no	Bridgewater*	W 78–77 ^OT	1–0	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 2 no, no	Radford*	L 68–88	1–1	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 5 no, no	at #17 Georgetown*	L 45–81	1–2	Capital Centre  Washington, D.C.
December 9 no, no	Roanoke*	L 50–51	1–3	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 12 no, no	Shenandoah*	W 71–55	2–3	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 28 no, no	at Texas*	L 76–85	2–4	Frank Erwin Center  Austin, TX
January 2 no, no	at Oral Roberts*	W 84–78	3–4	Mabee Center  Tulsa, OK
January 6 no, no	at Richmond*	L 55–88	3–5	Robins Center  Richmond, VA
January 11 no, no	at William & Mary*	L 59–69	3–6	William & Mary Hall  Williamsburg, VA
January 13 no, no	Davidson	L 64–66	3–7 (0–1)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 16 no, no	at East Tennessee State	L 65–86	3–8 (0–2)	Memorial Center  Johnson City, TN
January 18 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 82–98	3–9 (0–3)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, NC
January 21 no, no	Marshall	L 62–64	3–10 (0–4)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 23 no, no	Furman	W 69–60	4–10 (1–4)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 25 no, no	The Citadel	W 77–63	5–10 (2–4)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 27 no, no	Bluefield*	W 94–80	6–10	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 30 no, no	Western Carolina	W 79–80	7–10 (2–5)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 1 no, no	Chattanooga	W 68–61	7–10 (3–5)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 4 no, no	at Marshall	L 91–95 ^OT	7–11 (3–6)	Cam Henderson Center  Huntington, WV
February 4 no, no	at Davidson	W 59–55	8–11 (4–6)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
February 8 no, no	East Tennessee State	L 61–77	8–12 (4–7)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 11 no, no	James Madison*	W 71–66	9–12	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 13 no, no	at The Citadel	L 59–64	9–13 (4–8)	John Kresse Arena  Charleston, SC
February 15 no, no	at Furman	L 64–82	9–14 (4–9)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
February 20 no, no	Appalachian State	W 66–65	10–14 (5–9)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 27 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 70–77	10–15 (5–10)	McKenzie Arena  Chattanooga, TN
February 29 no, no	at Western Carolina	W 75–69	11–16 (6–10)	Ramsey Center  Cullowhee, NC
1988 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
March 4 no, no	vs. Furman	W 78–73	12–16	Asheville Civic Center  Asheville, NC
March 5 no, no	vs. East Tennessee State	W 79–60	13–16	Asheville Civic Center  Asheville, NC
March 6 no, no	vs. Chattanooga	L 61–75	13–17	Asheville Civic Center  Asheville, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1988–89

1988–89 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1988–89 record	11–17 (5–9 SoCon)
Head coach	Joe Cantafio
Home arena	Cameron Hall

1988–89 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Chattanooga	10	–	4		.714			18	–	12		.600
Furman	9	–	5		.643			17	–	12		.586
Appalachian State	8	–	6		.571			20	–	8		.714
East Tennessee State†	7	–	7		.500			20	–	11		.645
The Citadel	7	–	7		.500			16	–	12		.571
Marshall	6	–	8		.429			15	–	15		.500
VMI	5	–	9		.357			11	–	17		.393
Western Carolina	4	–	10		.286			12	–	16		.429
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1988; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 28 no, no	at James Madison	L 92–94	0–1	JMU Convocation Center  Harrisonburg, VA
December 1 no, no	Shenandoah*	W 78–58	1–1	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 5 no, no	at #20 Tennessee*	L 82–84 ^2OT	1–2	Thompson–Boling Arena  Knoxville, TN
December 8 no, no	Eastern Mennonite*	W 96–50	2–2	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 10 no, no	UNC Greensboro*	W 76–55	3–2	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
December 30 no, no	at #18 North Carolina State*	L 79–105	3–3	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
January 7 no, no	at UNC Asheville*	L 70–74	3–4	Justice Center  Asheville, NC
January 9 no, no	at Marshall	W 63–61	4–4 (1–0)	Cam Henderson Center  Huntington, WV
January 14 no, no	at Western Carolina	L 71–75	4–5 (1–1)	Ramsey Center  Cullowhee, NC
January 16 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 76–80 ^OT	4–6 (1–2)	McKenzie Arena  Chattanooga, TN
January 19 no, no	vs. Virginia Tech*	L 83–90 ^OT	4–7	Roanoke Civic Center  Roanoke, VA
January 21 no, no	Furman	W 91–82 ^OT	5–7 (2–2)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 23 no, no	The Citadel	L 61–73	5–8 (2–3)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 25 no, no	Bluefield*	W 95–75	6–8	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 28 no, no	East Tennessee State	L 81–91	6–9 (2–4)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
January 30 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 69–76	6–10 (2–5)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, NC
February 2 no, no	Richmond*	L 79–87	6–11	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 4 no, no	Marshall	W 65–63	7–11 (3–5)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 6 no, no	William & Mary*	W 66–64	8–11	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 9 no, no	at Radford*	W 76–66	9–11	Dedmon Center  Radford, VA
February 11 no, no	Chattanooga	W 68–66	10–11 (4–5)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 13 no, no	Western Carolina	W 79–66	11–11 (5–5)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 16 no, no	at Virginia*	L 79–92	11–12	University Hall  Charlottesville, VA
February 18 no, no	at The Citadel	L 79–88	11–13 (5–6)	Deas Hall  Charleston, SC
February 20 no, no	at Furman	L 71–87	11–14 (5–7)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
February 25 no, no	Appalachian State	L 60–67	11–15 (5–8)	Cameron Hall  Lexington, VA
February 27 no, no	at East Tennessee State	L 80–82	11–16 (5–9)	Memorial Center  Johnson City, TN
1989 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
March 3 no, no	vs. Furman	L 73–81	11–17	Asheville Civic Center  Asheville, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

1. 2013–14 VMI Basketball Fact Book (PDF). VMI. pp. 53–54. Retrieved July 19, 2014.