2016–17 VMI Keydets basketball team

2016–17 VMI Keydets men's basketball

Conference	Southern Conference
2016–17 record	1–5 (0–0 SoCon)
Head coach	Dan Earl (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Steve Lepore (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Chris Kreider (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Jason Slay (2nd year)
Home arena	Cameron Hall

2016–17 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East Tennessee State	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Chattanooga	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
Mercer	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
UNC Greensboro	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
The Citadel	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500
Furman	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500
Samford	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500
Western Carolina	0	–	0	–	2	–	4	.333
VMI	0	–	0	–	1	–	4	.200
Wofford	0	–	0	–	1	–	5	.167

† 2017 SoCon Tournament winner As of December 6, 2016;

The 2016–17 VMI Keydets basketball team represents the Virginia Military Institute in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Keydets are led by second-year head coach Dan Earl and play their home games out of Cameron Hall, their home since 1981. The Keydets play as a member of the Southern Conference.

Previous season

They finished the 2015–16 season 9–21, 4–14 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the SoCon Tournament to Samford.

Roster

2016–17 VMI Keydets men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	0	Vereen, AustinAustin Vereen	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2.0 !So	Maret School	Washington, D.C.
1.5 !G	1	Smith, KeithKeith Smith	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1.0 !Fr	San Ramon Valley	Danville, California
1.5 !G	2	Gilkeson, GarrettGarrett Gilkeson	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Parkersburg South	Parkersburg, West Virginia
1.5 !G	3	Rich, AdrianAdrian Rich	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2.0 !So	Fishburne Military	Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina
2.5 !G/F	3	Enechionyia, ChuchuChuchu Enechionyia	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1.0 !Fr	South County	Springfield, Virginia
5.0 !C	5	Iruafemi, FredFred Iruafemi	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Middle Creek	Raleigh, North Carolina
3.5 !F	12	Mahaffey, D'AndreD'Andre Mahaffey	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2.0 !So	Cedar Shoals	Athens, Georgia
3.5 !F	14	Weethee, WillWill Weethee	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2.0 !So	East Forsyth High School	Greensboro, North Carolina
3.5 !F	15	Chapman, TreyTrey Chapman	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Wesleyan Christian	Greensboro, North Carolina
1.5 !G	20	Larsson, MarcusMarcus Larsson	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Fork Union	Freemont, California
3.5 !F	21	Branch, ArmaniArmani Branch	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Genesis Academy	Hampton, Virginia
1.5 !G	22	Peterson, QJQJ Peterson	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Hedgesville/Massanutten	Hedgesville, West Virginia
1.5 !G	24	Miller, WillWill Miller	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Halifax County	South Boston, Virginia
3.5 !F	25	Creammer, TylerTyler Creammer	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Miller School	Parkton, North Carolina
1.5 !G	35	Eleby, JulianJulian Eleby	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Village Christian/Fork Union	Fayetteville, North Carolina

Head coach

Dan Earl (Penn State '97)

Assistant coach(es)

Steve Lepore (Wake Forest '03)
Chris Kreider (Lebanon Valley '03)
Jason Slay (West Va. State '08)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm	at Richmond	L 69–72	0–1	Robins Center (7,201) Richmond, VA
11/15/2016* 7:00 pm	Southern Virginia	W 78–47	1–1	Cameron Hall (896) Lexington, VA
11/19/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	at Virginia Tech	L 72–88	1–2	Cassell Coliseum (7,714) Blacksburg, VA
11/22/2016* 7:00 pm	at Presbyterian	L 67–77	1–3	Templeton Center (430) Clinton, SC
11/26/2016* 7:00 pm	Campbell	L 53–67	1–4	Cameron Hall (912) Lexington, VA
11/30/2016* 7:00 pm	at Radford	L 67–74	1–5	Dedmon Center (1,329) Radford, VA
12/03/2016* 7:00 pm	Gardner–Webb			Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
12/10/2016* 2:00 pm, RTPT	at West Virginia			WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
12/13/2016* 7:00 pm	Charleston Southern			Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
12/20/2016* 7:00 pm	Frostburg State			Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
12/23/2016* 7:00 pm, SPCSN	at Dayton			UD Arena Dayton, OH
SoCon regular season
12/31/2016 4:00 pm	at East Tennessee State			Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN
01/05/2017 7:30 pm	at Mercer			Hawkins Arena Macon, GA
01/07/2017 1:00 pm	at The Citadel			McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
01/12/2017 7:00 pm	Western Carolina			Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
01/14/2017 1:00 pm	UNC Greensboro			Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
01/19/2017 7:00 pm	at Wofford			Benjamin Johnson Arena Spartanburg, SC
01/21/2017 4:00 pm	at Furman			Timmons Arena Greenville, SC
01/25/2017 7:00 pm	at Chattanooga			McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN
01/28/2017 1:00 pm	Samford			Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
02/02/2017 7:00 pm	East Tennessee State			Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
02/09/2017 7:00 pm	Mercer			Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
02/11/2017 1:00 pm	The Citadel			Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
02/13/2017 7:00 pm, ASN	Furman			Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
02/15/2017 7:00 pm	Chattanooga			Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
02/18/2017 7:00 pm	at Samford			Pete Hanna Center Homewood, AL
02/22/2017 7:00 pm	Wofford			Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
02/25/2017 5:00 pm	at UNC Greensboro			Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
02/27/2017 7:00 pm	at Western Carolina			Ramsey Center Cullowhee, NC
SoCon Tournament
03/03/2017– 03/06/2017	vs.			U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time Source^[1].

References

↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/virginia-military-institute/2017-schedule.html

VMI Keydets basketball

Venues	Cormack Field House (1930s–1981) Cameron Hall (1981–present)

Culture & lore	All–Military Classic Brother Rat Brother Rat and a Baby

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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