2021–22 VMI Keydets basketball team

2021–22 VMI Keydets basketball
CBI, First Round
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record16–16 (9–9 SoCon)
Head coach
Associate head coachAnder Galfsky (3rd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Austin Kenon (5th season)
  • Logan Dahms (3rd season)
Home arenaCameron Hall
2021–22 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Chattanooga144 .778278  .771
Furman126 .6672212  .647
Samford108 .5562111  .656
Wofford108 .5561913  .594
VMI99 .5001616  .500
UNC Greensboro99 .5001715  .531
Mercer810 .4441617  .485
East Tennessee State711 .3891517  .469
The Citadel612 .3331317  .433
Western Carolina513 .2781121  .344
2022 SoCon Tournament winner

The 2021–22 VMI Keydets basketball team represented the Virginia Military Institute in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Keydets, led by seventh-year head coach Dan Earl, played their home games in Cameron Hall in Lexington, Virginia as members of the Southern Conference. They finished the regular season 16–15, 9–9 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the SoCon tournament, they lost to Wofford in the quarterfinals. They accepted an invitation to play in the College Basketball Invitational tournament marking their first postseason tournament appearance since 2014. As a No. 8 seed, they lost to No. 9-seeded UNC Wilmington in the first round.