VMI Keydets basketball, 1960–69

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, nicknamed “The Pit”. The Keydets were members of the Southern Conference. Their primary rival is The Citadel.

Contents:	1959–60 - 1960–61 - 1961–62 - 1962–63 - 1963–64 - 1964–65 - 1965–66 - 1966–67 - 1967–68 - 1968–69

1959–60

1959–60 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1959–60 record	4–16 (3–11 SoCon)
Head coach	Weenie Miller
Home arena	Cormack Field House

1959–60 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Virginia Tech	12	–	1		.923			20	–	6		.769
West Virginia †	9	–	2		.818			26	–	5		.839
William & Mary	10	–	5		.667			15	–	11		.577
The Citadel	8	–	4		.667			15	–	8		.652
George Washington	7	–	5		.583			15	–	11		.577
Furman	6	–	7		.462			9	–	16		.360
VMI	3	–	11		.214			4	–	16		.200
Richmond	2	–	12		.143			7	–	18		.280
Davidson	0	–	10		.000			5	–	19		.208
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1960; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
December 3 no, no	William & Mary	L 78–79	0–1 (0–1)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 5* no, no	at Bridgewater	L 68–70	0–2	Nininger Hall  Bridgewater, VA
December 8 no, no	George Washington	L 77–90	0–3 (0–2)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 10* no, no	Hampden–Sydney	W 108–96 3OT	1–3	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 14 no, no	at West Virginia	L 76–91	1–4 (0–3)	Stansbury Hall  Morgantown, WV
December 18* no, no	at Kentucky Wesleyan All-America Tournament	L 90–102	1–5	Owensboro, KY
December 19* no, no	vs. Middle Tennessee All-America Tournament	L 61–74	1–6	Owensboro, KY
January 6* no, no	Virginia	L 71–83	1–7	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 9 no, no	at The Citadel	L 53–74	1–8 (0–4)	The Citadel Armory  Charleston, SC
January 11 no, no	at Davidson	W 70–38	2–8 (1–4)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
January 16 no, no	at Richmond	W 77–76 OT	3–8 (2–4)	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
January 19 no, no	Virginia Tech	L 93–95 OT	3–9 (2–5)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 1 no, no	at West Virginia	L 71–101	3–10 (2–6)	Stansbury Hall  Morgantown, WV
February 5 no, no	The Citadel	L 45–76	3–11 (2–7)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 9 no, no	Davidson	W 72–60	4–11 (3–7)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 11 no, no	at George Washington	L 78–95	4–12 (3–8)	Washington, D.C.
February 12 no, no	at William & Mary	L 67–89	4–13 (3–9)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
February 15 no, no	Richmond	L 58–64	4–14 (3–10)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 19 no, no	at Virginia Tech	L 71–100	4–15 (3–11)	War Memorial Gymnasium  Blacksburg, VA
1960 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 25 no, no	vs. West Virginia	L 83–90	4–16	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1960–61

1960–61 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1960–61 record	5–17 (3–11 SoCon)
Head coach	Weenie Miller
Home arena	Cormack Field House

1960–61 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
West Virginia	11	–	1		.917			23	–	4		.852
Virginia Tech	12	–	3		.800			15	–	7		.682
The Citadel	10	–	3		.769			17	–	8		.680
William & Mary	9	–	6		.600			14	–	10		.583
Furman	6	–	7		.462			15	–	11		.577
Richmond	5	–	11		.313			9	–	14		.391
George Washington †	3	–	9		.250			9	–	17		.346
VMI	3	–	11		.214			5	–	17		.227
Davidson	2	–	10		.167			9	–	14		.391
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1961; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
December 1* no, no	at Kentucky	L 56–72	0–1	Memorial Coliseum  Lexington, KY
December 3* no, no	at Pennsylvania	L 80–84	0–2	The Palestra  Philadelphia, PA
December 8 no, no	Davidson	W 72–68	1–2 (1–0)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 10 no, no	at William & Mary	L 58–66	1–3 (1–1)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
December 13* no, no	at Virginia	W 75–63	2–3	Memorial Gymnasium  Charlottesville, VA
December 17 no, no	George Washington	L 86–90	2–4 (1–2)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 29* no, no	at Richmond Richmond Invitational	L 90–100	2–5	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
December 30* no, no	vs. Virginia Richmond Invitational	L 68–76	2–6	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
January 5 no, no	at West Virginia	L 72–87	2–7 (1–3)	Stansbury Hall  Morgantown, WV
January 7 no, no	The Citadel	L 69–70	2–8 (1–4)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 12 no, no	at Virginia Tech	L 63–78	2–9 (1–5)	War Memorial Gymnasium  Blacksburg, VA
January 14 no, no	at Richmond	L 62–69	2–10 (1–6)	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
January 17 no, no	at George Washington	W 93–77	3–10 (2–6)	Washington, D.C.
January 28* no, no	Bucknell	W 101–79	4–10	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 31 no, no	vs. West Virginia	L 91–102	4–11 (2–7)	Bluefield, WV
February 4 no, no	at Davidson	L 79–88	4–12 (2–8)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
February 6 no, no	Virginia Tech	L 85–86	4–13 (2–9)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 8 no, no	at The Citadel	L 83–91	4–14 (2–10)	The Citadel Armory  Charleston, SC
February 17 no, no	William & Mary	L 77–86	4–15 (2–11)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 21 no, no	Richmond	W 78–75	5–15 (3–11)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 25* no, no	at Morris Harvey	L 85–88	5–16	Charleston, WV
1961 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
March 2 no, no	vs. West Virginia	L 71–89	5–17	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1961–62

1961–62 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1961–62 record	9–11 (6–8 SoCon)
Head coach	Weenie Miller
Home arena	Cormack Field House

1961–62 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
West Virginia †	12	–	1		.923			24	–	6		.800
Virginia Tech	9	–	3		.750			19	–	6		.760
Furman	8	–	5		.615			15	–	12		.556
George Washington	6	–	7		.462			9	–	15		.375
Davidson	5	–	6		.455			14	–	11		.560
VMI	6	–	8		.429			9	–	11		.450
The Citadel	4	–	8		.333			8	–	15		.348
Richmond	5	–	11		.313			6	–	21		.222
William & Mary	5	–	11		.313			7	–	17		.292
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1962; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
December 2* no, no	at Clemson	L 84–87	0–1	Clemson Field House  Clemson, SC
December 5 no, no	at West Virginia	L 56–90	0–2 (0–1)	Stansbury Hall  Morgantown, WV
December 9 no, no	Davidson	W 84–60	1–2 (1–1)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 14 no, no	at George Washington	L 85–105	1–3 (1–2)	Washington, D.C.
December 29* no, no	vs. George Washington Richmond Invitational	W 75–67	2–3	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
December 30* no, no	vs. Georgetown Richmond Invitational	L 59–67	2–4	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
January 3 no, no	at West Virginia	L 79–101	2–5 (1–3)	Stansbury Hall  Morgantown, WV
January 6 no, no	Virginia Tech	L 75–97	2–6 (1–4)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 10 no, no	The Citadel	W 71–69 OT	3–6 (2–4)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 13 no, no	at Richmond	L 52–72	3–7 (2–5)	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
January 16 no, no	William & Mary	W 74–71	4–7 (3–5)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 31 no, no	George Washington	W 80–72	5–7 (4–5)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 3 no, no	at The Citadel	W 73–70	6–7 (5–5)	The Citadel Armory  Charleston, SC
February 7 no, no	Richmond	L 81–82 OT	6–8 (5–6)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 10 no, no	at Davidson	W 68–66	7–8 (6–6)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
February 14 no, no	at Virginia Tech	L 71–85	7–9 (6–7)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
February 17 no, no	at William & Mary	L 84–102	7–10 (6–8)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
February 24* no, no	at Marshall	W 76–65	8–10	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse  Huntington, WV
1962 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
March 1 no, no	vs. Furman	W 76–61	9–10	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
March 2 no, no	vs. Virginia Tech	L 66–70	9–11	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1962–63

1962–63 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1962–63 record	6–15 (6–10 SoCon)
Head coach	Weenie Miller
Home arena	Cormack Field House

1962–63 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
West Virginia †	11	–	2		.846			23	–	8		.742
Davidson	8	–	3		.727			20	–	7		.741
William & Mary	10	–	5		.667			15	–	9		.625
Furman	9	–	6		.600			14	–	14		.500
George Washington	6	–	6		.500			8	–	15		.348
Virginia Tech	6	–	6		.500			12	–	12		.500
VMI	6	–	10		.375			6	–	15		.286
Richmond	3	–	13		.188			7	–	18		.280
The Citadel	2	–	10		.167			3	–	20		.130
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1963; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
December 1* no, no	East Carolina	L 66–76	0–1	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 4* no, no	vs. West Virginia	L 74–100	0–2 (0–1)	Charleston, WV
December 8 no, no	at Davidson	L 62–64	0–3 (0–2)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
December 11 no, no	George Washington	W 74–73	1–3 (1–2)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 15 no, no	Furman	W 88–68	2–3 (2–2)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 3 no, no	at West Virginia	L 74–86	2–4 (2–3)	Stansbury Hall  Morgantown, WV
January 5 no, no	The Citadel	W 106–71	3–4 (3–3)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 8 no, no	at Virginia Tech	L 70–74	3–5 (3–4)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
January 11 no, no	Richmond	W 79–77	4–5 (4–4)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 15 no, no	at William & Mary	L 71–80	4–6 (4–5)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
January 26* no, no	at Marshall	L 82–98	4–7	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse  Huntington, WV
January 28* no, no	Clemson	L 58–68	4–8	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 1 no, no	Virginia Tech	L 66–77	4–9 (4–6)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 5 no, no	at George Washington	L 69–81	4–10 (4–7)	Washington, D.C.
February 8 no, no	Davidson	L 57–64	4–11 (4–8)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 11 no, no	at Furman	L 85–91	4–12 (4–9)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
February 12 no, no	at The Citadel	W 70–65 OT	5–12 (5–9)	The Citadel Armory  Charleston, SC
February 15 no, no	William & Mary	L 65–75	5–13 (5–10)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 20 no, no	at Richmond	W 85–60	6–13 (6–10)	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
February 23* no, no	at NC State	L 72–88	6–14	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
1963 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 28 no, no	vs. Davidson	L 69–108	6–15	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1963–64

1963–64 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1963–64 record	12–12 (7–7 SoCon)
Head coach	Weenie Miller
Home arena	Cormack Field House

1963–64 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Davidson	9	–	2		.818			22	–	4		.846
West Virginia	11	–	3		.786			18	–	10		.643
Virginia Tech	7	–	3		.700			16	–	7		.696
VMI †	7	–	7		.500			12	–	12		.500
Furman	7	–	8		.467			11	–	15		.423
George Washington	5	–	7		.417			11	–	15		.423
William & Mary	5	–	9		.357			9	–	13		.409
The Citadel	4	–	8		.333			11	–	10		.524
Richmond	4	–	12		.250			6	–	16		.273
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1964; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 30* no, no	at NC State	L 57–69	0–1	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
December 2* no, no	at Tennessee	L 59–71	0–2	Stokely Athletic Center  Knoxville, TN
December 6 no, no	William & Mary	L 51–56	0–3 (0–1)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 10 no, no	at George Washington	W 80–75	1–3 (1–1)	Washington, D.C.
December 13 no, no	at West Virginia	W 68–64	2–3 (2–1)	Stansbury Hall  Morgantown, WV
December 15 no, no	Furman	W 64–51	3–3 (3–1)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 20* no, no	at Clemson	L 80–100	3–4	Clemson Field House  Clemson, SC
December 31* no, no	at Vanderbilt	L 71–87	3–5	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, TN
January 4* no, no	Florida State	W 83–72	4–5	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 7 no, no	Davidson	L 58–70	4–6 (3–2)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 9 no, no	at West Virginia	L 73–75	4–7 (3–3)	Stansbury Hall  Morgantown, WV
January 28* no, no	East Carolina	W 86–78	5–7	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 1 no, no	at Davidson	L 91–129	5–8 (3–4)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
February 4 no, no	George Washington	W 94–75	6–8 (4–4)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 8 no, no	at Richmond	L 90–96	6–9 (4–5)	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
February 11 no, no	The Citadel	W 89–88	7–9 (5–5)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 15 no, no	at William & Mary	W 70–65	8–9 (6–5)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
February 18 no, no	Richmond	W 98–83	9–9 (7–5)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 21 no, no	at The Citadel	L 77–79	9–10 (7–6)	The Citadel Armory  Charleston, SC
February 22 no, no	at Furman	L 64–70	9–11 (7–7)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
1964 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 27 no, no	vs. Furman	W 77–73	10–11	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
February 28 no, no	vs. Davidson	W 82–81	11–11	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
March 1 no, no	vs. George Washington	W 61–56	12–11	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
1964 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
March 9* no, no	vs. Princeton First Round	L 60–86	12–12	The Palestra  Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1964–65

1964–65 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1964–65 record	8–13 (5–9 SoCon)
Head coach	Gary McPherson
Home arena	Cormack Field House

1964–65 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Davidson	12	–	0		1.000			24	–	2		.923
Virginia Tech	9	–	5		.643			13	–	10		.565
The Citadel	8	–	4		.667			13	–	11		.542
West Virginia †	8	–	6		.571			14	–	15		.483
George Washington	6	–	7		.462			10	–	13		.435
William & Mary	6	–	8		.429			12	–	13		.480
Richmond	6	–	10		.375			10	–	16		.385
VMI	5	–	9		.357			8	–	13		.381
Furman	2	–	13		.133			6	–	19		.240
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1965; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
December 2* no, no	at Florida	L 59–68	0–1	Florida Gymnasium  Gainesville, FL
December 3* no, no	at Florida State	L 72–76	0–2	Tully Gymnasium  Tallahassee, FL
December 9* no, no	Virginia	W 95–75	1–2	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 11 no, no	vs. West Virginia	L 73–79	1–3 (0–1)	Charleston, WV
December 15 no, no	at Davidson	L 69–91	1–4 (0–2)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
December 17 no, no	at William & Mary	L 63–66	1–5 (0–3)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
December 29* no, no	at Centenary Gulf South Classic	W 91–86	2–5	Shreveport, LA
December 30* no, no	vs. Arkansas Gulf South Classic	W 72–70	3–5	Shreveport, LA
January 2 no, no	at George Washington	L 62–70	3–6 (0–4)	Washington, D.C.
January 4 no, no	The Citadel	W 71–70	4–6 (1–4)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 6 no, no	at West Virginia	L 79–87	4–7 (1–5)	Stansbury Hall  Morgantown, WV
January 12 no, no	at Richmond	L 65–71	4–8 (1–6)	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
January 18* no, no	at Georgia Tech	L 71–82	4–9	Alexander Memorial Coliseum  Atlanta, GA
January 30 no, no	at Furman	W 98–83	5–9 (2–6)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
February 2 no, no	Davidson	L 78–84	5–10 (2–7)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 5 no, no	at The Citadel	L 72–84	5–11 (2–8)	The Citadel Armory  Charleston, SC
February 6 no, no	at Furman	W 69–67	6–11 (3–8)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
February 10 no, no	William & Mary	W 61–57	7–11 (4–8)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 16 no, no	Richmond	L 80–81	7–12 (4–9)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 18 no, no	George Washington	W 87–79	8–12 (5–9)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
1965 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 25 no, no	vs. Davidson	L 73–86	8–13	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1965–66

1965–66 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1965–66 record	5–18 (5–11 SoCon)
Head coach	Gary McPherson
Home arena	Cormack Field House

1965–66 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Davidson †	11	–	1		.917			21	–	7		.750
West Virginia	8	–	2		.800			19	–	9		.679
William & Mary	8	–	3		.727			13	–	12		.520
Richmond	9	–	7		.563			12	–	13		.480
East Carolina	5	–	7		.417			11	–	15		.423
Furman	4	–	8		.333			9	–	17		.346
VMI	5	–	11		.313			5	–	18		.217
The Citadel	4	–	9		.308			7	–	16		.304
George Washington	3	–	9		.250			3	–	18		.143
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1966; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
December 1 no, no	vs. West Virginia	L 58–69	0–1 (0–1)	Charleston, WV
December 4 no, no	Richmond	L 73–77	0–2 (0–2)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 8 no, no	at West Virginia	L 75–93	0–3 (0–3)	Stansbury Hall  Morgantown, WV
December 14 no, no	Davidson	L 64–67	0–4 (0–4)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 17* no, no	at Centenary Gulf South Classic	L 77–78	0–5	Shreveport, LA
December 18* no, no	vs. LSU Gulf South Classic	L 70–73	0–6	Shreveport, LA
December 20* no, no	vs. Florida State Tampa Invitational	L 64–65	0–7	Tampa, FL
December 21* no, no	vs. Columbia Tampa Invitational	L 73–80	0–8	Tampa, FL
January 3 no, no	at George Washington	W 97–74	1–8 (1–4)	Washington, D.C.
January 8 no, no	William & Mary	W 89–74	2–8 (2–4)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 10 no, no	Furman	W 90–83	3–8 (3–4)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 13 no, no	at Richmond	L 88–103	3–9 (3–5)	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
January 15* no, no	at Georgia Tech	L 73–86	3–10	Alexander Memorial Coliseum  Atlanta, GA
January 17 no, no	at East Carolina	L 85–87	3–11 (3–6)	Minges Coliseum  Greenville, NC
January 29 no, no	East Carolina	L 80–93	3–12 (3–7)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 1 no, no	at Davidson	L 84–97	3–13 (3–8)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
February 5 no, no	George Washington	W 109–92	4–13 (4–8)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 8 no, no	The Citadel	W 80–77	5–13 (5–8)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 12 no, no	at William & Mary	L 67–94	5–14 (5–9)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
February 14 no, no	at The Citadel	L 69–71	5–15 (5–10)	The Citadel Armory  Charleston, SC
February 15 no, no	at Furman	L 72–73	5–16 (5–11)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
February 19* no, no	at Virginia	L 65–79	5–17	University Hall  Charlottesville, VA
1966 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 24 no, no	vs. West Virginia	L 80–95	5–18	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1966–67

1966–67 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1966–67 record	5–16 (4–12 SoCon)
Head coach	Gary McPherson
Home arena	Cormack Field House

1966–67 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
West Virginia †	9	–	1		.900			19	–	9		.679
Davidson	8	–	4		.667			15	–	12		.556
William & Mary	8	–	5		.615			14	–	11		.560
Richmond	9	–	7		.563			11	–	12		.478
The Citadel	6	–	7		.462			8	–	16		.333
George Washington	5	–	7		.417			6	–	18		.250
Furman	4	–	6		.400			9	–	15		.375
East Carolina	4	–	8		.333			7	–	17		.292
VMI	4	–	12		.250			5	–	16		.238
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1967; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
December 1* no, no	at NC State	L 58–67	0–1	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
December 3 no, no	Richmond	L 74–76	0–2 (0–1)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 7 no, no	at West Virginia	L 75–99	0–3 (0–2)	Stansbury Hall  Morgantown, WV
December 10 no, no	Furman	W 105–96	1–3 (1–2)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 13 no, no	Davidson	L 80–82	1–4 (1–3)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 20 no, no	at Richmond	L 65–89	1–5 (1–4)	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
December 28* no, no	at Arkansas State Arkansas State Invitational	L 71–81	1–6	Jonesboro, AR
December 29* no, no	vs. Kent State Arkansas State Invitational	W 66–63 OT	2–6	Jonesboro, AR
January 7 no, no	at East Carolina	L 72–79	2–7 (1–5)	Minges Coliseum  Greenville, NC
January 11 no, no	George Washington	L 62–65	2–8 (1–6)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 14* no, no	Wake Forest	L 70–71	2–9	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 16 no, no	vs. West Virginia	L 77–91	2–10 (1–7)	Charleston, WV
January 28 no, no	East Carolina	W 68–67	3–10 (2–7)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 30 no, no	vs. George Washington	L 66–71	3–11 (2–8)	Fort Myer, VA
February 3 no, no	The Citadel	L 70–73	3–12 (2–9)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 7 no, no	at William & Mary	L 57–64	3–13 (2–10)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
February 11 no, no	at Furman	W 71–57	4–13 (3–10)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
February 13 no, no	at The Citadel	L 78–81 OT	4–14 (3–11)	The Citadel Armory  Charleston, SC
February 17 no, no	William & Mary	W 81–67	5–14 (4–11)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 21 no, no	at Davidson	L 69–73	5–15 (4–12)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
February 24* no, no	Samford	L 71–81	5–16	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1967–68

1967–68 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1967–68 record	9–12 (8–7 SoCon)
Head coach	Gary McPherson
Home arena	Cormack Field House

1967–68 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Davidson †	9	–	1		.900			24	–	5		.828
West Virginia	9	–	2		.818			19	–	9		.679
The Citadel	6	–	5		.545			11	–	14		.440
VMI	8	–	7		.533			9	–	12		.429
Furman	6	–	6		.500			13	–	14		.481
Richmond	8	–	8		.500			12	–	13		.480
East Carolina	6	–	7		.462			9	–	16		.360
William & Mary	4	–	10		.286			6	–	18		.250
George Washington	2	–	12		.143			5	–	19		.208
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1968; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
December 2 no, no	at Davidson	L 73–80	0–1 (0–1)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
December 4* no, no	at Samford	L 79–80	0–2	Seibert Hall  Homewood, AL
December 7* no, no	Virginia	L 79–84	0–3	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 11 no, no	Furman	W 83–80	1–3 (1–1)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 16* no, no	Old Dominion	W 96–88	2–3	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 20 no, no	at William & Mary	L 82–96	2–4 (1–2)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
December 22 no, no	at West Virginia	L 57–77	2–5 (1–3)	Stansbury Hall  Morgantown, WV
January 3 no, no	vs. West Virginia	W 92–90	3–5 (2–3)	Beckley, WV
January 6* no, no	at Wake Forest	L 60–92	3–6	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
January 9 no, no	Richmond	W 91–85	4–6 (3–3)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 27 no, no	George Washington	W 70–58	5–6 (4–3)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 30* no, no	at Georgia Tech	L 70–90	5–7	Alexander Memorial Coliseum  Atlanta, GA
February 2 no, no	The Citadel	W 81–67	6–7 (5–3)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 5 no, no	William & Mary	W 68–62	7–7 (6–3)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 7 no, no	vs. George Washington	L 59–60	7–8 (6–4)	Fort Myer, VA
February 10 no, no	at Furman	L 73–76	7–9 (6–5)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
February 12 no, no	at The Citadel	W 87–77	8–9 (7–5)	The Citadel Armory  Charleston, SC
February 15 no, no	East Carolina	W 69–64	9–9 (8–5)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 17 no, no	at Richmond	L 76–86	9–10 (8–6)	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
February 24 no, no	at East Carolina	L 68–79	9–11 (8–7)	Minges Coliseum  Greenville, NC
1968 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 29 no, no	vs. Furman	L 52–62	9–12	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1968–69

1968–69 VMI Keydets men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1968–69 record	5–18 (3–11 SoCon)
Head coach	Gary McPherson
Home arena	Cormack Field House

1968–69 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Davidson †	9	–	0		1.000			27	–	3		.900
East Carolina	9	–	2		.818			17	–	11		.607
George Washington	7	–	5		.583			14	–	11		.560
Richmond	6	–	7		.462			13	–	14		.481
Furman	5	–	6		.455			9	–	17		.346
The Citadel	5	–	8		.385			13	–	12		.520
William & Mary	3	–	8		.273			6	–	20		.231
VMI	3	–	11		.214			5	–	18		.217
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1969; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 30 no, no	at Davidson	L 72–82	0–1 (0–1)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
December 2 no, no	at The Citadel	L 70–88	0–2 (0–2)	The Citadel Armory  Charleston, SC
December 5 no, no	Furman	W 83–55	1–2 (1–2)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
December 10 no, no	at George Washington	L 72–83	1–3 (1–3)	Washington, D.C.
December 19* no, no	vs. Richmond Big 5 Tournament	L 80–90	1–4	Salem, VA
December 27* no, no	at Utah Utah Classic	L 75–83	1–5	Nielsen Fieldhouse  Salt Lake City, UT
December 28* no, no	vs. Rutgers Utah Classic	L 72–79	1–6	Nielsen Fieldhouse  Salt Lake City, UT
December 30* no, no	at Indiana State	L 53–73	1–7	College Arena  Terre Haute, IN
January 8* no, no	vs. West Virginia	L 65–68	1–8	Beckley, WV
January 11 no, no	Richmond	L 74–89	1–9 (1–4)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 15* no, no	at West Virginia	W 87–84	2–9	Stansbury Hall  Morgantown, WV
January 18 no, no	Davidson	L 64–66	2–10 (1–5)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 20 no, no	East Carolina	L 75–83	2–11 (1–6)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 25 no, no	at Furman	L 68–71	2–12 (1–7)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
January 27* no, no	Old Dominion	W 99–93	3–12	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 30 no, no	William & Mary	W 72–71	4–12 (2–7)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 5* no, no	vs. Georgia Tech	L 74–87	4–13	Salem, VA
February 8 no, no	at Richmond	L 88–104	4–14 (2–8)	Richmond Arena  Richmond, VA
February 10 no, no	The Citadel	L 77–79	4–15 (2–9)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 15 no, no	at William & Mary	L 78–83	4–16 (2–10)	Blow Gymnasium  Williamsburg, VA
February 18 no, no	George Washington	W 90–86	5–16 (3–10)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 22 no, no	at East Carolina	L 62–78	5–17 (3–11)	Minges Coliseum  Greenville, NC
1969 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 27 no, no	vs. Davidson	L 75–99	5–18	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.