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VMI Keydets basketball, 1990–1999

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ17514609 ↗
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The VMI Keydets basketball teams represented the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. The program began in 1908, and played their games out of Cameron Hall, as they have since 1981. The Keydets were members of the Southern Conference. Their primary rival is The Citadel.

1989–90

1990–91

1991–92

1992–93

1993–94

1994–95

1995–96

1996–97

1997–98

1998–99

References

2013–14 VMI Basketball Fact Book (PDF). VMI. pp. 54–55. Retrieved July 18, 2014.

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