2014–15 VMI Keydets basketball team

VMI graduated three seniors in 2014, including two of their top scorers, guard Rodney Glasgow and center D. J. Covington. Additionally, on October 29, 2014, head coach Duggar Baucom announced that brothers Ot and Jon Elmore would be withdrawing from the team as well as VMI.{{cite web|title=VMI Basketball Announces Roster Changes|url=http://www.vmikeydets.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209738816&DB_OEM_ID=9800|website=VMIKeydets.com|date=29 October 2014|accessdate=31 October 2014}} Ot was an academic sophomore who was redshirted in 2013–14 and did not appear in a game. Jon was a highly sought-after freshman. Their father, Gay Elmore, who once played at VMI and is currently second on the school's all-time point-scoring list, said in a statement to The Charleston Gazette that the brothers left the school because of a "personal family matter".{{cite news|last1=Vingle|first1=Mitch|title=Elmores leave VMI|url=http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20141028/GZ02/141029105|accessdate=31 October 2014|publisher=The Charleston Gazette|date=28 October 2014}}

Later in the year, shortly following a 63–75 road loss to UNC Greensboro, it was announced that VMI guard and leading scorer QJ Peterson was placed on a medical furlough and would not be attending VMI for the remainder of the academic year.{{cite web|title=Basketball Rallies Past ETSU for 85-79 SoCon Win|url=http://www.vmikeydets.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=3897&DB_OEM_ID=9800&ATCLID=209853733|website=VMIKeydets.com|date=17 January 2015|accessdate=8 March 2015}} Peterson ended the season averaging 19.6 points per game, but did so on only 34% overall shooting and 27% from the three-point line.

On May 22, 2014, it was announced that VMI hired Ben Thompson as an assistant coach to the program.{{cite web|title=Thompson Joins VMI Basketball Coaching Staff |url=http://www.vmikeydets.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=43813&SPID=3897&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209502860&DB_OEM_ID=9800|website=VMIKeydets.com|date=22 May 2014}} Thompson came from UNC Pembroke as an assistant and part of a Brave team that made back-to-back winning seasons from 2011 to 2013, the first time in over twenty years the school had accomplished that feat. He is a 2006 graduate of Virginia Tech. Thompson replaced longtime VMI assistant Jason Allison, who had been with the team since Baucom began coaching in 2005. Allison departed for an assistant coaching job with Appalachian State.

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| site_cityst = Lexington, VA

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| record = 2–2

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{{CBB schedule entry

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| time = 7:00 pm

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| opponent = West Virginia

| opprank = 21

| site_stadium = Charleston Civic Center

| site_cityst = Charleston, WV

| gamename =

| tv = ROOT

| score = 72–103

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| attend = 8,102

| record = 2–3

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| time = 6:00 pm

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| site_cityst = College Park, MD

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| score = 77–95

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| record = 2–4

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| time = 7:00 pm

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| site_cityst = Lexington, VA

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| score = 133–62

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| attend = 1,072

| record = 3–4

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| time = 7:00 pm

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| site_cityst = Homewood, AL

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| score = 88–66

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| attend = 921

| record = 4–4 (1–0)

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| time = 4:00 pm

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| site_cityst = Macon, GA

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| score = 81–90

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| attend = 2,327

| record = 4–5 (1–1)

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{{CBB schedule entry

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| time = 7:00 pm

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| opponent = Navy

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| site_cityst = Annapolis, MD

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| score = 66–84

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| attend = 578

| record = 4–6

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{{CBB schedule entry

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| time = 1:00 pm

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| opponent = Marist

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| site_cityst = Lexington, VA

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| score = 92–77

| overtime =

| attend = 1,048

| record = 5–6

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{{CBB schedule entry

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| time = 7:00 pm

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| away = yes

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| rank = no

| opponent = Virginia Tech

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Cassell Coliseum

| site_cityst = Blacksburg, VA

| gamename =

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| score = 74–87

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| attend = 5,326

| record = 5–7

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| time = 7:00 pm

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| opponent = George Washington

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| site_cityst = Washington, D.C.

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| score = 60–80

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| attend = 2,828

| record = 5–8

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| time = 7:00 pm

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| site_cityst = Johnson City, TN

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| score = 88–98

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| attend = 2,373

| record = 5–9 (1–2)

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| site_cityst = Lexington, VA

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| score = 75–85

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| attend = 977

| record = 5–10 (1–3)

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| time = 7:00 pm

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| site_cityst = Spartanburg, SC

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| score = 70–75

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| attend = 1,970

| record = 5–11 (1–4)

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| time = 4:00 pm

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| site_cityst = Greenville, SC

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| score = 83–73

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| attend = 1,701

| record = 6–11 (2–4)

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| score = 63–75

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| record = 6–12 (2–5)

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| time = 1:00 pm

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| site_cityst = Lexington, VA

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| score = 85–79

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| attend = 2,581

| record = 7–12 (3–5)

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{{CBB schedule entry

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| time = 7:00 pm

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| score = 64–86

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| record = 7–13 (3–6)

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{{CBB schedule entry

| date = January 24

| time = 1:00 pm

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| site_cityst = Lexington, VA

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| score = 85–75

| overtime =

| attend = 2,641

| record = 8–13 (4–6)

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| date = January 29

| time = 7:00 pm

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| site_cityst = Lexington, VA

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| score = 70–85

| overtime =

| attend = 1,404

| record = 8–14 (4–7)

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{{CBB schedule entry

| date = February 3

| time = 8:00 pm

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| opponent = UNC Greensboro

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Cameron Hall

| site_cityst = Lexington, VA

| gamename =

| tv = ASN

| score = 56–85

| overtime =

| attend = 1,690

| record = 8–15 (4–8)

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = February 7

| time = 1:00 pm

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| opponent = Wofford

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| site_stadium = Cameron Hall

| site_cityst = Lexington, VA

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| score = 62–65

| overtime =

| attend = 2,067

| record = 8–16 (4–9)

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = February 12

| time = 7:00 pm

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| opponent = Furman

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| site_stadium = Cameron Hall

| site_cityst = Lexington, VA

| gamename =

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| score = 93–59

| overtime =

| attend = 1,078

| record = 9–16 (5–9)

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = February 15

| time = 5:30 pm

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| rank = no

| opponent = The Citadel

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| site_stadium = McAlister Field House

| site_cityst = Charleston, SC

| gamename =

| tv = ASN

| score = 84–69

| overtime =

| attend = 4,248

| record = 10–16 (6–9)

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = February 21

| time = 4:30 pm

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| homecoming =

| away = yes

| neutral =

| rank = no

| opponent = Western Carolina

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Ramsey Center

| site_cityst = Cullowhee, NC

| gamename =

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 113–111

| overtime = 2OT

| attend = 3,060

| record = 11–16 (7–9)

}}

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| date = February 26

| time = 7:00 pm

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| homecoming =

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| rank = no

| opponent = Chattanooga

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Cameron Hall

| site_cityst = Lexington, VA

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 82–86

| overtime = 2OT

| attend = 1,127

| record = 11–17 (7–10)

}}

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| date = February 28

| time = 1:00 pm

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| homecoming =

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| rank = no

| opponent = Samford

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Cameron Hall

| site_cityst = Lexington, VA

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 69–80

| overtime =

| attend = 2,536

| record = 11–18 (7–11)

}}

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!colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#FFFF00;"| SoCon tournament

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = March 7

| time = 8:30 pm

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral = yes

| rank = no

| opponent = Mercer

| opprank =

| site_stadium = U.S. Cellular Center

| site_cityst = Asheville, NC

| gamename = Quarterfinals

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 61–89

| overtime =

| attend = 3,544

| record = 11–19

}}

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