The Citadel Bulldogs basketball, 1985–89

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.

Contents:	1984–85 - 1985–86 - 1986–87 - 1987–88 - 1988–89

1984–85

1984–85 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1984–85 record	18–11 (11–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson
Home arena	McAlister Field House

1984–85 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	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 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1985–86 record	10–18 (5–11 SoCon)
Head coach	Randy Nesbit
Home arena	McAlister Field House

1985–86 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	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

1986–1987 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1986–1987 record	13–15 (6–10 SoCon)
Head coach	Randy Nesbit
Home arena	McAlister Field House

1986–87 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	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
† 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

1987–1987 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1987–1987 record	8–20 (5–11 SoCon)
Head coach	Randy Nesbit
Home arena	John Kresse Arena & North Charleston High School

1987–88 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	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
Appalachian State	8	–	8		.500			16	–	13		.552
Chattanooga†	8	–	8		.500			20	–	13		.606
VMI	6	–	10		.375			13	–	17		.433
The Citadel	5	–	11		.313			8	–	20		.286
Western Carolina	2	–	14		.125			8	–	19		.296
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1988; Rankings from AP Poll

With McAlister Field House undergoing renovation, the Bulldogs played home games at College of Charlreston'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)	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
1988–1989 record	16–12 (7–7 SoCon)
Head coach	Randy Nesbit
Home arena	Deas Hall

1988–89 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	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
† 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	Peidmont	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

1. 2012-13 The Citadel Basketball Fact Back (PDF). The Citadel. pp. 94–97. Retrieved December 20, 2013.