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QUICK FACTS Name of School Virginia Military Institute (VMI) City/Zip Lexington, Va. 24450 Table of Contents Founded 1839 Season Preview . .2-3 Enrollment 1,600 Nickname Keydets Coaching Staff Mascot Moe (Kangaroo) School Colors Red, Yellow & White Head Coach Duggar Baucom . .4-5 Arena (Capacity) Cameron Hall (5,000) Associate Head Coach Daniel Willis . .6 Conference Big South Conference Superintendent General J.H. Binford Peay III ‘62 Associate Coach Jason Allison/ Athletic Director Dave Diles (Ohio ‘83) Athletic Department Phone 540-464-7251 Assistant Coach Ryan Mattocks . .7 Ticket Office Phone 540-464-7266 2013-14 Rosters . .8 PROGRAM HISTORY Player Bios First Year of Basketball 1908-09 Overall All-Time Record 837-1417 D.J. Covington . .9 NCAA Appearances 3 Last NCAA Appearance 1976-77 (Sweet Sixteen) Rodney Glasgow . .10 Last Postseason Opp. Kentucky (L, 78-93) Drew Absher . .11 COACHING STAFF Head Coach Duggar Baucom (Charlotte ‘95) Brian Brown . .12 Record at VMI 118-127/Ninth Season Christian Burton . .13 Overall Record 155-146/11th Season To Reach Coach Contact SID Jarid Watson . .14 Associate Head Coach Daniel Willis (Lenoir-Rhyne ‘01) Assoc. Coach/Recruiting Coord. Jason Allison (Liberty ‘99) Jordan Weethee . .15 Assistant Coach Ryan Mattocks (Duke ‘11) Phillip Anglade . .16 Administrative Assistant Betsey Nicely Athletic Trainer (Basketball) Lance Fujiwara Tim Marshall . .17 TEAM INFORMATION 2013 Freshmen . .18-19 2012-13 Overall Record 14-17 Big South Record/Finish 8-8/2nd Big South North Media Information . .20 Postseason Lost in Big South Championship Semifinals Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 Keydets on the Air . .21 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 8/5 2012-13 Statistics . .22-27 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Associate A.D./Athletic Communications (BKB Contact) Wade Branner 2012-13 Game Box Scores . .28-33 SID Office Phone 540-464-7253 Record Book Home Phone 540-463-5033 Email [email protected] Year-by-Year Records . .34-35 Assoc. Athletic Communications Director (Sec. BKB) Brad Salois Press Row Phone 540-463-6725 Record versus All Opponents . .36 Sports Information Fax 540-464-7583 Single-Game Records . .37-38 Mailing Address 116 Smith Hall; Lexington, Va. 24450 Single-Season Records . .39-40 Website www.VMIKeydets.com Twitter @VMISID Career Records . .41-42 Annual Leaders . .43 The 2013-14 VMI Basketball Fact Book is a production of the VMI Athletic Communications Office. The publication has been produced to aid the media in Cameron Hall Records . .44 covering VMI Basketball during the 2013-14 season. Team Awards . .45 For additional information, the media may contact the Athletic Communications Office, 116 Smith Hall, Lexington, VA 24450. The office may also be reached via tele- Conference History . .46-47 phone at (540) 464-7253, or via fax at (540) 464-7583. We regret that we cannot make Year-by-Year Results . .46-56 printed copies of the Fact Book available to the public. Credits: The 2013-14 VMI Basketball Fact Book was produced and written by Wade Letterwinners . .57 Branner and Brad Salois of the VMI Athletic Communications Office. Special assistance 2013-14 Photo Roster . .58 by John Stark, who tirelessly formatted the box scores, and Joel Balthaser. Photography: Andre Studios, VMI Communications & Marketing, Chuck Steenburgh, B.R. Floyd, Kevin Remington, Wade Branner and Joel Balthaser. 2013-14 VMI Basketball Fact Book 1 2013-14 VMI Basketball Fact Book Season Preview At a glance: Weethee returns to action after redshirting in close to 100% , but Rodney had his hand bro- 2012-13 because of knee surgery. Weethee shot ken in September and we just got him back for VMI returns three starters from last year's 40.3% from 3-point range as a freshman... practice this week. Brian Brown had a good squad that posted a 14-17 overall mark and was Among the six new freshman on the team, one summer and has gotten better and the number two seed in the Big South North is Ot Elmore, son of Gay Elmore '86 who was JordanWeethee is much more mobile than I Division after going 8-8 in conference play... twice Southern Conference Player of the Year thought he would be at this point. When his Keydets return eight lettermen from last year's while playing for the Keydets in 1986 and shots start falling he will get his confidence back team and four of the team's top five scorers 1987...VMI head coach Duggar Baucom became and that will be a good thing.” from the 2012-13 season...VMI must replace VMI's all-time leader in wins last year and 2012-13 Big South Player of the Year Stan enters the season with 118 victories...The On replacing Stan Okoye : Okoye who led the Big South Conference in Keydets have advanced to the Big South tourna- scoring (21.5) and rebounding (9.4) and was ment semifinals in five of the last seven years “I told the guys the first day of practice that it's also named an NABC All-District 3 and made three championship game appear- going to have to be done by committee. That recipient...Senior center D.J. Covington was ances over the same time frame...VMI will be was the way we approached it when we lost named to the 2013-14 preseason Big South All- hosting its first ever Cameron Hall regular sea- Reggie Williams (2-time NCAA leading scorer) Conference team...Covington is VMI's leading son tournament when it opens up the season in in 2009. One guy can't replace him and it has to returning scorer and was the 2012-13 BSC the Third Annual All-Military Classic November be a collective effort. That 2008-09 team really Defensive Player of the Year and led the BSC in 8-9 that will be carried by ESPNU and bought into that. We had a good freshman class field goal pct. in both overall and conference ESPN3...VMI will be playing its final season in that year and also a really good sophomore in games...Senior guard Rodney Glasgow is VMI's the Big South Conference and will return to the Austin Kenon and that team won 24 games. I second leading returning scorer and ranked first Southern Conference in 2014-15 where it held see some similarities with this group with a in the league in assist-turnover ratio in both membership from 1924 through 2003. good freshman class and a sophomore in Jordan overall and conference games Whethee and some proven seniors in D.J. (2.46/3.19)...Sophomore forward Jordan VMI Head Coach Duggar Baucom Covington and Rodney Glasgow. I would cer- tainly like the same results as '09, but going in 2013-14 SCHEDULE On Preseason this team is facing a similar situation.” NOVEMBER 8 The Citadel - ESPNU Lexington, Va. 3:30 p.m. Practice up to 9 Conso./Champ. - ESPN3 at Lexington, Va. 6/8:30 p.m. date: On building team chemistry in preseason: 12 at Wake Forest - ESPN3 at Winston-Salem, N.C. 7 p.m. 16 Bluefield State Lexington, Va. 1 p.m. “I think our fresh- “Six guys on our roster had never had a col- 18 Virginia Tech - ESPN3 at Blacksburg, Va. 7 p.m. 20 Bridgewater College Lexington, Va. 7 p.m. men have played a lege practice until three weeks ago. So it is cer- 27 William & Mary at Williamsburg, Va. 7 p.m. little bit better in tainly new for them. They do have some tough- DECEMBER preseason practice ness to them which is good. They battle right 3 Elon at Elon, N.C. 7 p.m. than I thought they through the practices. We've had to throw QJ 7 Wright State Lexington, Va. 1 p.m. 9 Virginia University of Lynchburg Lexington, Va. 7 p.m. would. QJ Peterson (Peterson) into the fire with the injury to 19 East Carolina at Greenville, N.C. 7 p.m. has been awesome Rodney (Glasgow), and he is more or less a 30 Clemson - ESPN3 at Clemson, S.C. 7 p.m. and really good combo guard and we've had to play him exclu- JANUARY every practice and sively at the point guard position and he's 4 Washington College Lexington, Va. 1 p.m. 8 Longwood * Lexington, Va. 7 p.m. has been putting adjusted well to that. That bodes well for the 11 Liberty * Lexington, Va. 1 p.m. pressure on the future. 15 Radford * at Radford, Va. 7 p.m. team he's opposing. 18 Campbell * at Buies Creek, N.C. 2 p.m. He's not a tall guy, 22 High Point * Lexington, Va. 7 p.m. 25 Winthrop * - ESPN3 at Rock Hill, S.C. 4 p.m. but he has length 28 UNC Asheville * at Asheville, N.C. 7 p.m. and is very quick. 31 Presbyterian * Lexington, Va. 7 p.m. Craig Hinton is very FEBRUARY athletic and we 5 Gardner-Webb * at Boiling Springs, N.C. TBA 8 Charleston Southern * Lexington, Va. 1 p.m. knew that, but he's 12 Coastal Carolina * Lexington, Va. 7 p.m. making three's and 15 Liberty * - LFSN at Lynchburg, Va. 7 p.m. playing well and Trey 19 Campbell * Lexington, Va. 7 p.m. (Chapman) and 22 Radford * Lexington, Va. 1 p.m. 26 High Point * at High Point, N.C. 7 p.m. Julian (Eleby) have MARCH found their way, 1 Longwood * at Farmville, Va 4:30 p.m. too. D.J. Covington has been healthy March 5 - March 9 which is a good Big South Championship thing when he is * - Big South Conference Game All Times Eastern - Jordan Weethee Full broadcast schedule TBA 2 2013-14 VMI Basketball Fact Book 2013-14 VMI Basketball Fact Book We'll also get to pair QJ and Rodney together Rebounding was certainly one of them.