2025–26 VMI Keydets basketball team

2025–26 VMI Keydets basketball
2025–26 VMI Keydets basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	6–26 (1–17 SoCon)
Head coach	Andrew Wilson (4th season);
Associate head coach	Xavier Silas
Assistant coaches	Paul Harrison; Austin Kenon; Nick Korta; Michael Caswell;
Home arena	Cameron Hall

2025–26 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East Tennessee State	13	–	5	.722	23	–	11	.676
Wofford	11	–	7	.611	19	–	13	.594
Samford	11	–	7	.611	18	–	14	.563
Mercer	11	–	7	.611	19	–	13	.594
Western Carolina	10	–	8	.556	15	–	16	.484
Furman †	10	–	8	.556	22	–	13	.629
UNC Greensboro	9	–	9	.500	15	–	19	.441
Chattanooga	7	–	11	.389	13	–	19	.406
The Citadel	7	–	11	.389	11	–	22	.333
VMI	1	–	17	.056	6	–	26	.188

† 2026 SoCon tournament winner

The 2025–26 VMI Keydets basketball team represented the Virginia Military Institute during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Keydets, who were led by fourth-year head coach Andrew Wilson, played their home games at Cameron Hall in Lexington, Virginia as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon).

Previous season

The Keydets finished the 2024–25 season 15–19, 7–11 in SoCon play, to finish in seventh place.^[1] They defeated The Citadel^[2] and upset #2 seed UNC Greensboro,^[3] before falling to eventual tournament champions Wofford in the semifinals of the SoCon tournament.^[4]

Preseason

On October 1, 2025, the SoCon released their preseason coaches poll. VMI was picked to finish sixth in the conference.^[5]

Preseason rankings

SoCon Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Points
1	Chattanooga	77 (5)
2	Furman	73 (5)
3	Samford	62
4	East Tennessee State	61
5	UNC Greensboro	43
6	VMI	41
7	Western Carolina	32
8	Mercer	30
9	Wofford	21
10	The Citadel	10
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[5]

Preseason SoCon Player of the Year

Preseason SoCon Player of the Year
Player	Year	Position
Rickey Bradley Jr.	Senior	Guard

Source:^[5]

Preseason All-SoCon Team

Preseason All-SoCon Team
Player	Year	Position
Rickey Bradley Jr.	Senior	Guard

Source:^[5]

Roster

2025–26 VMI Keydets men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Cal Liston	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	So	Lassiter High School	Marietta, Georgia
G	1	Rickey Bradley Jr.	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Georgia State	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G	2	Mario Tatum Jr.	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Our Lady of Mount Carmel School	Edgewood, Maryland
F	3	Mason Hagedorn	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Wake Forest	Rochester, New York
G	4	Linus Holmström	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Colorado Prep	Stockholm, Sweden
G	5	AJ Clark	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	Jr	Menchville High School	Suffolk, Virginia
F	6	Kaden Stuckey	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	So	Orangeville Prep	Buffalo, New York
G	7	Jaylen Pazon	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Shaun Dumas Academy	New Orleans, Louisiana
F	9	Alexander Daushvili	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	Fr	The Guivy Zaldastanishvili American Academy	Tbilisi, Georgia
G	14	Walker Andrews	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS So	Northfield Mount Hermon School	Fincastle, Virginia
G	21	Branford Edmonds III	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	La Plata High School	La Plata, Maryland
G	30	Tan Yildizoglu	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Pacific	Istanbul, Turkey
F	32	Robert Peters	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Nathan Hale High School	West Allis, Wisconsin
G	42	Mason Lawson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Boston Latin Academy	Boston, Massachusetts
F	44	TJ Johnson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Lipscomb	Belton, Texas

Head coach

Andrew Wilson (Florida State)

Assistant coach(es)

Xavier Silas (Northern Illinois)
Paul Harrison (Washington and Lee)
Austin Kenon (VMI)
Nick Korta (Cleveland State)
Michael Caswell (Florida State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 26, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Johnson & Wales Charlotte	W 122–58	1–0	Cameron Hall (1,017) Lexington, VA
November 7, 2025* 8:30 pm, ESPN+		at Southern Indiana	W 78–74	2–0	Liberty Arena (1,669) Evansville, IN
November 9, 2025* 2:00 pm, SECN		at Missouri	L 68–106	2–1	Mizzou Arena (7,986) Columbia, MO
November 12, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Virginia Lynchburg	W 106–54	3–1	Cameron Hall (1,035) Lexington, VA
November 15, 2025* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Jacksonville SoCon/ASUN Challenge	L 67–69	3–2	Cameron Hall (2,256) Lexington, VA
November 19, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Richmond	L 54–87	3–3	Robins Center (4,393) Richmond, VA
November 22, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Stetson SoCon/ASUN Challenge	L 80–99	3–4	Edmunds Center (742) DeLand, FL
November 24, 2025* 2:30 pm, PTB Live		vs. Buffalo Fort Myers Tip-Off Palms Division	L 70–78	3–5	Suncoast Credit Union Arena (682) Fort Myers, FL
November 26, 2025* 11:00 am, PTB Live		vs. Bowling Green Fort Myers Tip-Off Palms Division	L 48–81	3–6	Suncoast Credit Union Arena (680) Fort Myers, FL
November 29, 2025* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at UCF	L 57–82	3–7	Addition Financial Arena (4,905) Orlando, FL
December 5, 2025* 7:30 pm, ESPN+		Christendom	W 89–36	4–7	Cameron Hall (2,365) Lexington, VA
December 9, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Loyola (MD)	W 86–70	5–7	Cameron Hall (2,831) Lexington, VA
December 21, 2025* 2:30 pm, ESPN+		at Radford	L 90–97	5–8	Dedmon Center (954) Radford, VA
SoCon regular season
January 1, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Samford	L 58–78	5–9 (0–1)	Cameron Hall (652) Lexington, VA
January 3, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Chattanooga	W 79–71	6–9 (1–1)	Cameron Hall (965) Lexington, VA
January 7, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at East Tennessee State	L 67–81	6–10 (1–2)	Freedom Hall (3,074) Johnson City, TN
January 10, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Furman	L 48–69	6–11 (1–3)	Timmons Arena (2,447) Greenville, SC
January 15, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Mercer	L 67–77	6–12 (1–4)	Cameron Hall (1,276) Lexington, VA
January 17, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		The Citadel	L 68–82	6–13 (1–5)	Cameron Hall (4,923) Lexington, VA
January 21, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		UNC Greensboro	L 78–85	6–14 (1–6)	Cameron Hall (1,275) Lexington, VA
January 24, 2026 3:30 pm, ESPN+		at Western Carolina	L 58–88	6–15 (1–7)	Ramsey Center (1,418) Cullowhee, NC
January 29, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at The Citadel	L 56–80	6–16 (1–8)	McAlister Field House (2,191) Charleston, SC
January 31, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Mercer	L 81–95	6–17 (1–9)	Hawkins Arena (1,520) Macon, GA
February 4, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Wofford	L 67–81	6–18 (1–10)	Cameron Hall (1,264) Lexington, VA
February 7, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		East Tennessee State	L 70–87	6–19 (1–11)	Cameron Hall (1,433) Lexington, VA
February 11, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at UNC Greensboro	L 71–92	6−20 (1−12)	Bodford Arena (1,115) Greensboro, NC
February 14, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Furman	L 72–90	6–21 (1–13)	Cameron Hall (2,233) Lexington, VA
February 18, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Wofford	L 76–82	6–22 (1–14)	Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium (1,091) Spartanburg, SC
February 21, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Western Carolina	L 62–81	6–23 (1–15)	Cameron Hall (2,284) Lexington, VA
February 26, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Samford	L 61–80	6–24 (1–16)	Pete Hanna Center (1,213) Homewood, AL
February 28, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Chattanooga	L 79–86	6–25 (1–17)	McKenzie Arena (3,824) Chattanooga, TN
SoCon tournament
March 5, 2026 7:30 pm, ESPN+	(10)	vs. (7) UNC Greensboro First round	L 70–84	6–26	Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[6]^[7]

References

^ "2024-25 Standings". SoCon. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
^ "Yildizoglu scores 17 as VMI downs Citadel 73-62 in Southern Conference Tournament opener". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
^ "Bradley scores 23 as VMI downs UNC Greensboro 64-57 in Southern Conference Tournament quarterfinal". FOX Sports. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
^ "Wofford beats VMI 85-65, will play Furman for Southern Conference Tournament title". WSLS News 10. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "SoCon men's hoops preseason all-conference team, poll announced". SoCon. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Virginia Military Institute. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
^ "VMI Keydets 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 26, 2025.

[1] "2024-25 Standings". SoCon. Retrieved October 26, 2025.

[2] "Yildizoglu scores 17 as VMI downs Citadel 73-62 in Southern Conference Tournament opener". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 26, 2025.

[3] "Bradley scores 23 as VMI downs UNC Greensboro 64-57 in Southern Conference Tournament quarterfinal". FOX Sports. Retrieved October 26, 2025.

[4] "Wofford beats VMI 85-65, will play Furman for Southern Conference Tournament title". WSLS News 10. Retrieved October 26, 2025.

[poll-5] "SoCon men's hoops preseason all-conference team, poll announced". SoCon. Retrieved October 26, 2025.

[6] "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Virginia Military Institute. Retrieved October 26, 2025.

[7] "VMI Keydets 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 26, 2025.

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