The Citadel Bulldogs basketball, 1985–1989

1986–1987 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
1986–1987 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	13–15 (6–10 SoCon)
Head coach	Randy Nesbit;
Home arena	McAlister Field House
	Seasons ← 1985–86 1987–88 →

1985–86 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
1985–86 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	10–18 (5–11 SoCon)
Head coach	Randy Nesbit;
Home arena	McAlister Field House
	Seasons ← 1984–85 1986–87 →

1984–85 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
1984–85 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	18–11 (11–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson;
Home arena	McAlister Field House
	Seasons ← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The Citadel Bulldogs basketball teams represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The program was established in 1900–01, and has continuously fielded a team since 1912–13. Their primary rivals are College of Charleston, Furman and VMI.

1984–85

1984–85 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Chattanooga	14	–	2	.875	24	–	8	.750
Marshall†	12	–	4	.750	21	–	13	.618
The Citadel	11	–	5	.688	18	–	11	.621
Western Carolina	8	–	8	.500	14	–	14	.500
VMI	7	–	9	.438	16	–	14	.533
Appalachian State	7	–	9	.438	14	–	14	.500
Davidson	6	–	10	.375	10	–	20	.333
Furman	4	–	12	.250	7	–	21	.250
East Tennessee State	3	–	13	.188	9	–	18	.333

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1985 Rankings from AP poll

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 24* no, no	Sewanee	W 96–91	1–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
November 26* no, no	Coker	W 112–85	2–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
November 28* no, no	at Baptist	W 78–61	3–0	CSU Field House North Charleston, SC
December 1* no, no	Georgia State	W 93–72	4–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 3* no, no	at South Carolina	L 82–94	4–1	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
December 8* no, no	Baptist	W 62–53	5–1	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 15* no, no	at College of Charleston	L 61–70	5–2	John Kresse Arena Charleston, SC
December 28* no, no	at Southern California Trojan Classic	L 62–95	5–3	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
December 29* no, no	vs. UAB Trojan Classic	L 64–79	5–4	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
January 3* no, no	Erskine	W 93–91	6–4	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 5 no, no	at Furman	W 83–76	7–4 (1–0)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
January 12 no, no	at East Tennessee State	L 90–94 ^OT	7–5 (1–1)	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN
January 14 no, no	Furman	W 73–65	8–5 (2–1)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 17 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 82–91	8–6 (2–2)	McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN
January 19 no, no	Appalachian State	W 84–77	9–6 (3–2)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 24 no, no	East Tennessee State	W 79–67	10–6 (4–2)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 26 no, no	at Davidson	L 92–102	10–7 (4–3)	Johnston Gym Davidson, NC
January 30 no, no	Marshall	W 92–87 ^OT	11–7 (5–3)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 1* no, no	vs. No. 13 North Carolina	L 62–83	11–8	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
February 4 no, no	Chattanooga	W 71–63	12–8 (6–3)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 7 no, no	at Western Carolina	W 73–70	13–8 (7–3)	Cullowhee, NC
February 9 no, no	at Marshall	L 65–75	13–9 (7–4)	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
February 12 no, no	VMI	W 64–61	14–9 (8–4)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 16 no, no	Western Carolina	W 91–85	15–9 (9–4)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 18 no, no	Davidson	W 82–79 ^OT	16–9 (10–4)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 23 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 56–57	16–10 (10–5)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, NC
February 25 no, no	at VMI	W 69–53	17–10 (11–5)	Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
1985 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
March 1 no, no	Appalachian State First Round	W 68–62	18–10	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
March 2 no, no	vs. Marshall Second Round	L 68–79	18–11	Asheville Civic Center Asheville, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1985–86

1985–86 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Chattanooga	12	–	4	.750	21	–	10	.677
Davidson†	10	–	6	.625	20	–	11	.645
Marshall	10	–	6	.625	19	–	11	.633
Appalachian State	9	–	7	.563	17	–	12	.586
Western Carolina	8	–	8	.500	14	–	14	.500
East Tennessee State	8	–	8	.500	13	–	16	.448
VMI	5	–	11	.313	11	–	17	.393
The Citadel	5	–	11	.313	10	–	18	.357
Furman	5	–	11	.313	10	–	17	.370

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1986 Rankings from AP poll

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 22* no, no	Miami (FL)	L 77–85	0–1	Knight International Center Miami, FL
November 25* no, no	College of Charleston	L 57–63	0–2	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 2* no, no	Piedmont	W 92–66	1–2	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 5* no, no	Morgan State	W 84–73	2–2	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 9* no, no	Coker	W 111–93	3–2	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 14* no, no	Baptist	W 78–68	4–2	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 22* no, no	No. 1 North Carolina	L 51–104	4–3	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
January 6* no, no	at Baptist	L 65–95	4–4	CSU Field House North Charleston, SC
January 9 no, no	at Davidson	L 76–82	4–5 (0–1)	Johnston Gym Davidson, NC
January 13* no, no	Francis Marion	L 76–83	4–6	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 16 no, no	Chattanooga	L 71–96	4–7 (0–2)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 18 no, no	at Marshall	L 70–90	4–8 (0–3)	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
January 20 no, no	at VMI	L 64–66	4–9 (0–4)	Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
January 23 no, no	Furman	W 76–72	5–9 (1–4)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 25 no, no	Davidson	W 64–61	6–9 (2–4)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 27 no, no	at East Tennessee State	L 70–74	6–10 (2–5)	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN
January 29 no, no	at Furman	L 69–74	6–11 (2–6)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
February 1 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 55–65	6–12 (2–7)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, NC
February 3 no, no	Western Carolina	W 69–68	7–12 (3–7)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 5* no, no	South Carolina	L 70–80	7–13	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 8 no, no	VMI	L 76–83	7–14 (3–8)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 10 no, no	Marshall	L 78–85	7–15 (3–9)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 15 no, no	East Tennessee State	W 98–90	8–15 (4–9)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 17 no, no	Appalachian State	L 66–67	8–16 (4–10)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 20 no, no	UCF	W 72–66	9–16	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 22 no, no	at Western Carolina	L 71–72	9–17 (4–11)	Cullowhee, NC
February 24 no, no	at Chattanooga	W 82–75	10–17 (5–11)	McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN
1986 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
February 28 no, no	vs. Chattanooga First Round	L 66–69	10–18	Asheville Civic Center Asheville, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1986–87

1986–87 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Marshall †	15	–	1	.938	25	–	6	.806
Chattanooga	14	–	2	.875	21	–	8	.724
Davidson	12	–	4	.750	20	–	10	.667
Furman	10	–	6	.625	17	–	12	.586
The Citadel	6	–	10	.375	13	–	15	.464
VMI	5	–	11	.313	11	–	17	.393
Western Carolina	4	–	12	.250	10	–	19	.345
Appalachian State	3	–	13	.188	7	–	21	.250
East Tennessee State	3	–	13	.188	7	–	21	.250

† 1987 Southern Conference tournament winner As of April 30, 1987 Rankings from AP poll

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 29* no, no	at South Alabama	W 84–76	1–0	Jag Gym Mobile, AL
December 1* no, no	Coker	W 92–57	2–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 4* no, no	at Army	W 69–65	3–0	Christl Arena West Point, NY
December 5* no, no	at Hartford	L 66–74	3–1	Hartford, CT
December 8* no, no	UMBC	W 64–61	4–1	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 10* no, no	at South Carolina	L 64–75	4–2	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
December 13* no, no	Benedict	W 113–80	5–2	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 22* no, no	at No. 13 Kansas	L 71–74	5–3	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 5 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 60–72	5–4 (0–1)	McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN
January 10 no, no	Davidson	L 71–79	5–5 (0–2)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 13* no, no	at College of Charleston	L 81–96	5–6	John Kresse Arena Charleston, SC
January 17 no, no	Marshall	L 69–72	5–7 (0–3)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 19 no, no	VMI	W 82–78 ^OT	6–7 (1–3)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 22 no, no	at Furman	L 77–93	6–8 (1–4)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
January 24 no, no	at Davidson	L 68–86	6–9 (1–5)	Johnston Gym Davidson, NC
January 26 no, no	East Tennessee State	W 90–80	7–9 (2–5)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 31 no, no	Appalachian State	L 69–72	7–10 (2–6)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 2 no, no	at Western Carolina	W 95–78	8–10 (3–6)	Cullowhee, NC
February 5* no, no	UNC Asheville	W 71–65	9–10	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 7 no, no	at VMI	L 62–68	9–11 (3–7)	Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
February 9 no, no	at Marshall	L 92–96	9–12 (3–8)	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
February 12* no, no	Barber–Scotia	W 94–69	10–12	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 14 no, no	at East Tennessee State	W 86–72	11–12 (4–8)	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN
February 16 no, no	at Appalachian State	W 70–66	12–12 (5–8)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, NC
February 19 no, no	at Furman	L 69–80 ^OT	12–13 (5–9)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
February 21 no, no	Western Carolina	L 70–75	12–14 (5–10)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 23 no, no	Chattanooga	W 86–71	13–14 (6–10)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
1987 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
February 27 no, no	vs. Furman First Round	L 78–85	13–15	Asheville Civic Center Asheville, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1987–88

1987–1988 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	8–20 (5–11 SoCon)
Head coach	Randy Nesbit
Home arena	John Kresse Arena & North Charleston High School
Seasons ← 1986–87 1988–89 →

1987–88 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Marshall	14	–	2	.875	24	–	8	.750
Furman	11	–	5	.688	18	–	10	.643
Davidson	9	–	7	.563	15	–	13	.536
East Tennessee State	9	–	7	.563	14	–	15	.483
Chattanooga †	8	–	8	.500	20	–	13	.606
Appalachian State	8	–	8	.500	16	–	13	.552
VMI	6	–	10	.375	13	–	17	.433
The Citadel	5	–	11	.313	8	–	20	.286
Western Carolina	2	–	14	.125	8	–	19	.296

† 1988 SoCon Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

With McAlister Field House undergoing renovation, the Bulldogs played home games at College of Charleston's home arena, John Kresse Arena and North Charleston High School.

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 27* no, no	vs. Rhode Island Investors' Classic	L 85–113	0–1	University Hall Charlottesville, VA
November 28* no, no	vs. Columbia Investors' Classic	W 70–56	1–1	University Hall Charlottesville, VA
December 2* no, no	at UNC Asheville	L 72–85	1–2	Justice Center Asheville, NC
December 5* no, no	Army	L 64–69	1–3	John Kresse Arena Charleston, SC
December 12* no, no	Eckerd	W 80–65	2–3	John Kresse Arena Charleston, SC
December 17* no, no	at No. 4 North Carolina	L 74–98	2–4	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
January 4* no, no	at Navy	L 67–79	2–5	Halsey Field House Annapolis, MD
January 7 no, no	at Furman	L 84–91	2–6 (0–1)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
January 9 no, no	Davidson	L 80–85	2–7 (0–2)	John Kresse Arena Charleston, SC
January 13 no, no	at College of Charleston	L 58–84	2–8 (0–3)	John Kresse Arena Charleston, SC
January 16* no, no	Newberry	W 78–66	3–8	John Kresse Arena Charleston, SC
January 18* no, no	Coker	L 51–54	3–9	John Kresse Arena Charleston, SC
January 21 no, no	Chattanooga	L 63–77	3–10 (0–3)	North Charleston High School North Charleston, SC
January 23 no, no	at Marshall	L 67–87	3–11 (0–4)	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
January 25 no, no	at VMI	L 63–77	3–12 (0–5)	Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
January 30 no, no	at Davidson	L 67–79	3–13 (0–6)	Johnston Gym Davidson, NC
February 1 no, no	at East Tennessee State	L 90–97	3–14 (0–7)	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN
February 6 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 72–89	3–15 (0–8)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, NC
February 8 no, no	Western Carolina	W 67–64	4–15 (1–8)	John Kresse Arena Charleston, SC
February 10 no, no	Furman	L 68–81	4–16 (1–9)	John Kresse Arena Charleston, SC
February 13 no, no	VMI	W 64–59	5–16 (2–9)	John Kresse Arena Charleston, SC
February 15 no, no	at Marshall	L 78–105	5–17 (2–10)	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
February 20 no, no	at Western Carolina	L 67–73	5–18 (2–11)	Ramsey Center Cullowhee, NC
February 22 no, no	at Chattanooga	W 69–68 ^OT	6–18 (3–11)	McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN
February 24* no, no	at South Carolina	L 66–88	6–19	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
February 27 no, no	East Tennessee State	W 85–66	7–19 (4–11)	North Charleston High School North Charleston, SC
February 29 no, no	Appalachian State	W 73–71	8–19 (5–11)	John Kresse Arena Charleston, SC
1988 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
March 4 no, no	vs. Marshall	L 78–121	8–20	Asheville Civic Center Asheville, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1988–89

1988–1989 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	16–12 (7–7 SoCon)
Head coach	Randy Nesbit
Home arena	Deas Hall
Seasons ← 1987–88 1989–90 →

1988–89 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Chattanooga	10	–	4	.714	18	–	12	.600
Furman	9	–	5	.643	17	–	12	.586
Appalachian State	8	–	6	.571	20	–	8	.714
East Tennessee State †	7	–	7	.500	20	–	11	.645
The Citadel	7	–	7	.500	16	–	12	.571
Marshall	6	–	8	.429	15	–	15	.500
VMI	5	–	9	.357	11	–	17	.393
Western Carolina	4	–	10	.286	12	–	16	.429

† 1989 SoCon Tournament winner As of April 30, 1988 Rankings from AP poll

Due to the continuing renovations of McAlister Field House, the Bulldogs played home games at the on-campus Deas Hall. This facility is traditionally used for cadet recreation and fitness.

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 26* no, no	at No. 1 Duke	L 52–93	0–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
November 28* no, no	at Clemson	L 82–96	0–2	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
December 1* no, no	UNC Asheville	W 93–77	1–2	Deas Hall Charleston, SC
December 4* no, no	Savannah State	W 100–73	2–2	Deas Hall Charleston, SC
December 8 no, no	Allen	W 71–45	3–2	Deas Hall Charleston, SC
December 19* no, no	at San Francisco Met Life Classic	L 80–94	3–3	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA
December 20 no, no	vs. Indiana State Met Life Classic	W 112–75	4–3	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA
January 7 no, no	at Furman	W 80–76	5–3 (1–0)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
January 9* no, no	Navy	W 71–62	6–3	Deas Hall Charleston, SC
January 12* no, no	at College of Charleston	W 65–58	7–3	John Kresse Arena Charleston, SC
January 14 no, no	Appalachian State	W 65–62	8–3 (2–0)	Deas Hall Charleston, SC
January 21 no, no	at Marshall	L 53–62	8–4 (2–1)	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
January 23 no, no	at VMI	W 73–61	9–4 (3–1)	Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
January 25 no, no	East Tennessee State	L 70–79	9–5 (3–2)	Deas Hall Charleston, SC
January 28 no, no	Chattanooga	L 67–71	9–6 (3–3)	Deas Hall Charleston, SC
January 30 no, no	Western Carolina	W 79–51	10–6 (4–3)	Deas Hall Charleston, SC
February 2* no, no	at South Carolina State	L 70–84	10–7	SHM Memorial Center Orangeburg, SC
February 4 no, no	Furman	L 60–61	10–8 (4–4)	Deas Hall Charleston, SC
February 6* no, no	at Liberty	W 81–74	11–8	Lynchburg, VA
February 8 no, no	Piedmont	W 105–48	12–8	Deas Hall Charleston, SC
February 11 no, no	at East Tennessee State	W 78–75	13–8 (5–4)	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN
February 13 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 72–86	13–9 (5–5)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, NC
February 18 no, no	VMI	W 88–79	14–9 (6–5)	Deas Hall Charleston, SC
February 20 no, no	Marshall	W 100–80	15–9 (7–5)	Deas Hall Charleston, SC
February 22* no, no	at South Carolina	W 88–87	16–9	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
February 25 no, no	at Western Carolina	L 61–64	16–10 (7–6)	Cullowhee, NC
February 27 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 70–79	16–11 (7–7)	McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN
1989 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
March 3 no, no	vs. East Tennessee State First round	L 89–93	16–12	Asheville Civic Center Asheville, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

2012-13 The Citadel Basketball Fact Back (PDF). The Citadel. pp. 94–97. Retrieved December 20, 2013.

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