2015 – 16 VMI Keydets basketball team represented Virginia Military Institute in the 2015 – 16 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Keydets were led by first-year head coach Dan Earl and played their home games out of Cameron Hall , their home since 1981 . Earl replaced Duggar Baucom , who departed for military rival The Citadel in March 2015 . The Keydets played as a member of the Southern Conference for the second consecutive year , having been in the Big South Conference from 2003 to 2014 . Prior to that , VMI was a member of the SoCon for nearly eighty years . They finished the 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
SoCon Tournament
2016 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2015–16 VMI Keydets basketball team