After finishing the regular season with a 22 – 7 mark , VMI cruised through their first two Big South tournament games , beating Coastal Carolina 96 – 76 in the quarterfinals and besting Liberty 78 – 58 in the semifinals . The Keydets ultimately fell to Radford 108 – 94 in the Big South Championship game , ending their season at 24 – 8 . The 24 wins in a season were the school 's second-most all-time , trailing only the 1976 – 77 team who 26 wins en route to a Sweet 16 appearance
Big South tournament
2009 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2008–09 VMI Keydets basketball team