| Mode: | Basketball |
| Sex: | none |
| Year: | 2020–21 |
| Prev Year: | 2019–20 |
| Next Year: | 2021–22 |
| Team: | VMI Keydets |
| Conference: | Southern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SoCon |
| Record: | 13–12 |
| Conf Record: | 7–7 |
| Head Coach: | Dan Earl |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Asst Coach1: | Austin Kenon |
| Ac1 Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach2: | Ander Galfsky |
| Ac2 Year: | 2nd |
| Asst Coach3: | Logan Dahms |
| Ac3 Year: | 2nd |
| Stadium: | Cameron Hall |
The 2020–21 VMI Keydets basketball team represented the Virginia Military Institute during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Keydets were led by sixth-year head coach Dan Earl and played their home games in Cameron Hall in Lexington, Virginia, their home since 1981, as members of the Southern Conference.
The Keydets finished the 2019–20 campaign with a record of 9–24, 3–15 in SoCon play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Samford in the first round of the SoCon tournament before losing to East Tennessee State in the quarterfinals.
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