Articles by Michael Litos

<div>Chris DiSano is a good egg. He's a Rhode Island insider, and knows basketball. He's the kind of guy who, even if he followed University of...

I’ve been trying to find the right words to convey my feelings after VCUs latest warm-weather catastrophe. Florida, a three-point loss to...

Listen to Coach Rhoades after last night's 90-53 exhibition win over Virginia State:

It’s invigorating to be writing about VCU basketball. It’s a rejuvenating and energizing errand, similar to your wife asking you to start the...

The visuals in the VCU locker room after Tuesday’s tough loss to St. John's: Issac Vann got taps on the side of his head from multiple teammates...

<p class="MsoNormal">Yesterday’s Black and Gold game was an ugly 32 minutes, to be sure. It was one part shudder, one part cringe. Relax. It’s...

<p class="MsoNormal">Creating a nonconference schedule is a little like putting burgers on the grill. No matter how many times you've done it, and...

<p class="MsoNormal">Sometimes, there’s not a lot of detail or fancy language needed. Sometimes, things are that obvious. TBT, The Basketball...

One evening a few weeks ago I had a couple easygoing hours and a fresh supply of Stella, and the combination unsurprisingly sent me to twitter to...

<p class="MsoNormal">Speaking in England, shortly after 9/11, the Dalai Lama shocked the gathering with a direct, yet codifying message. <p...

Before he retired, my dad was a public school teacher and high school basketball coach. He was always great with life lessons, and basketball...

<h5>But I went down to the demonstration</h5> <h5>To get your fair share of abuse</h5> <h5>Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration</h5>...

You can’t think your way out of a prison that’s made of thought. That’s where we are right now. At 5-5, with nothing on the left-hand...

Because Robby is a good dude and let me sit in the seats for yesterday’s Black-and-Gold game, I got to take notes and compare those notes with a...

When was the last time we approached Labor Day, and your assessment of the upcoming VCU basketball season was so chock full of hmmmm? It’s...

Somewhere around the turn of the century, a thirty-something know-it-all moved back to Richmond and met Bobby Wright. The thirty-something was...

Every coach crushes his introductory presser. It’s unavoidable. You get to script it, and at VCU we’ve become experts at writing this script...

If I'm being honest, a true recap of last night's uber-fun win over that bunch from Henrico County is a fool's errand. The Rams used a 15-0 run...