Larry Sanders to get Team USA tryout

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Former VCU big man, Larry Sanders, tweeted that he’ll get a shot to workout/tryout with team USA this summer. Just found out I got selected to workout/tryout for the USA Basketball team this summer! Such and amazing honor,Glory be to God! #Olympics — Nappy Gilmore(@LarrySanders) May 22, 2013 The Milwaukee Bucks center’s 2.83 blocks per game were good enough for second best in the NBA this season. Sanders’ breakout performance earned him the third most votes for Most Improved Player. [...]

2012-13 Best of Ram Nation Awards

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I was on the way to “the office” (today’s venue: Harrison St. Cafe) when I picked up a copy of Style Weekly’s “Best of Richmond” Awards. The local weekly mag polls readers on their favorites in a number of categories, including best indoor or outdoor venue for watching a sports event, which, for some odd reason was won by the Diamond this year (seriously Richmond? You’ve been trying to get a new ballpark built for years), with the Siegel Center [...]

5th-year ACC transfer Terrance Shannon to join the Rams for next season

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Coach Shaka Smart and his staff received great news when 6’8, 240-pound PF Terrance Shannon was cleared to play for VCU for the upcoming 2013-2014 season. Shannon previously played in the ACC at Florida State and was the third-leading scorer (7.9 ppg), second-leading rebounder (5.9 rpg), and team leader in steals per game (1.2) last season. He averaged 8.9 ppg and a team-leading 6.5 rpg through the first 16 games before suffering a neck sprain in Charlottesville against UVA on [...]

Daniels headed to Brooklyn for shot at NBA

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VCU 3-point star, Troy Daniels, will get another shot at the rims of Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, this time as an NBA hopeful working out for all 30 NBA teams in the buildup to the 2013 NBA Draft. Daniels hit a VCU record 124 3-pointers this season, then followed that effort with a primetime College Slam 3-Point Championship title on ESPN. The Roanoke native’s 3-point prowess punched his ticket to the event alongside 40-plus other college players. “It’s really humbling for me [...]

Davidson officially joins new look Atlantic 10

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Just when you thought you had a grasp on who was playing in VCU’s new conference, realignment went and added some new teams on us all. Prior to VCU’s inclusion into the Atlantic 10 conference, the league was set to lose Temple to the “Big East” (their half now called the “American Athletic Conference”) and Charlotte to CUSA. Added to those loses are a Butler program we barely got to know (off to the other half of the Big East, [...]

Two ESPN 4-star recruits headline VCU’s crop of newcomers next season

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Have you wondered who VCU will be adding this fall to replace Darius Theus, Troy Daniels, and David Hinton? Well wonder no more! Here’s an exhaustive look at the 6 newcomers who are joining the VCU basketball program next year. The present for VCU basketball is bright, and the future looks blinding! ———————————————————————————————————— PG JeQuan Lewis (6’1, 175): Committed February 8th, 2012 Dickson County H.S./Tennessee Tigers AAU  Senior season averages: 24.9 ppg, 5.5 apg, 3.4 spg Offers: Georgia, Wichita State, Northern Iowa, [...]