It's been exactly one week since these two last met, the result being a 65-57 Davidson home win to finish the regular season. Today VCU gets a shot at revenge with a trip to the Atlantic 10 tournament final on the line. The Rams will also play at on their home court  and  with Bones Hyland in the lineup, a luxury the black and gold did not have just one week ago.
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<h4>VCU (18-6, 10-4)
DAVIDSON (13-7, 7-4)</h4>
<h4>A QUICK LOOK AT DAVIDSON</h4>
Davidson legend, Bob McKillop, is looking for another trip to  the Atlantic 10 tournament championship, having won a surprise title just two FULL tournaments ago (three seasons ago) by upsetting the then-top-seeded, Rhode Island Rams.
McKillop and Co. bring in yet another highly-efficient offense, the nation's 16th-best according to kenpom. That offense was  in full display last night with a 99-point effort across town at the Robins Center that easily dispatched the Patriots of George Mason from this year's tourney. Star senior guard, Kellen Grady, dropped a cool 32 points on the Patriots while sharpshooting sophomore,  Hyunjung Lee, chipped in an easy 20 in the win. The Cats shot a blistering 54.8% from three and a ridiculous, almost unstoppable even...74.7% team true shooting percentage.
The Cats bring a solid defense into the Stu was well, one that limited a Bones-less Rams to just 57 points in the last meeting between these two. They rank just 132nd nationally in defensive efficiency this season however, far from elite and nowhere near the level of Ds VCU has managed to find some success against this year.
Davidson comes into this one just 2-6 against top-100 teams, one of those wins coming against the Rams, the other a 20-point home demolition of 91st-ranked Vanderbilt. The Cats fell to  VCU 73-62 their last trip to the Siegel Center.
<h4>A QUICK LOOK AT VCU</h4>
VCU was about 10 minutes from completely blowing out Dayton in their A-10 quarterfinal matchup, leading by 18 points with under 10 to play in the game. But credit to the Flyers, Anthony Grant's squad battled  back, turning turnovers into threes and threatening VCU before the Rams ultimately snuffed out the Flyer flame in the 5-point win.
A win is a win.
That game saw glimpses of just how dangerous this VCU team can be. The Rams defense completely shut down the Flyers through about 3/4 of the game and for one half of action, Bones Hyland simply could not be stopped. The challenge for the Rams will be stretching that effort out for as much of the available 40 minutes as possible in tonight's rematch battle.
Injury notes from Friday include Hyland returning from injury and Vince Williams sitting most of the second half after taking a charge on Dayton's 6'11 278 center. Williams reportedly suffered back spasms after the charge that sideline him for the remainder of the game, but when asked about his future status, VCU Head Coach Mike Rhoades commented, "he keeps saying to me, 'I'll be alright, I'll be alright.'"
Hyland went down in the second of half of yesterday's contest with what appeared like a leg injury at the time, but returned to the game and later said that he was suffering cramps due to just getting back on the court after the foot injury that sidelined him from game action the past week.
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<h4>VCU (18-6, 10-4)
DAVIDSON (13-7, 7-4)</h4>
<h4>A QUICK LOOK AT DAVIDSON</h4>
Davidson legend, Bob McKillop, is looking for another trip to  the Atlantic 10 tournament championship, having won a surprise title just two FULL tournaments ago (three seasons ago) by upsetting the then-top-seeded, Rhode Island Rams.
McKillop and Co. bring in yet another highly-efficient offense, the nation's 16th-best according to kenpom. That offense was  in full display last night with a 99-point effort across town at the Robins Center that easily dispatched the Patriots of George Mason from this year's tourney. Star senior guard, Kellen Grady, dropped a cool 32 points on the Patriots while sharpshooting sophomore,  Hyunjung Lee, chipped in an easy 20 in the win. The Cats shot a blistering 54.8% from three and a ridiculous, almost unstoppable even...74.7% team true shooting percentage.
The Cats bring a solid defense into the Stu was well, one that limited a Bones-less Rams to just 57 points in the last meeting between these two. They rank just 132nd nationally in defensive efficiency this season however, far from elite and nowhere near the level of Ds VCU has managed to find some success against this year.
Davidson comes into this one just 2-6 against top-100 teams, one of those wins coming against the Rams, the other a 20-point home demolition of 91st-ranked Vanderbilt. The Cats fell to  VCU 73-62 their last trip to the Siegel Center.
<h4>A QUICK LOOK AT VCU</h4>
VCU was about 10 minutes from completely blowing out Dayton in their A-10 quarterfinal matchup, leading by 18 points with under 10 to play in the game. But credit to the Flyers, Anthony Grant's squad battled  back, turning turnovers into threes and threatening VCU before the Rams ultimately snuffed out the Flyer flame in the 5-point win.
A win is a win.
That game saw glimpses of just how dangerous this VCU team can be. The Rams defense completely shut down the Flyers through about 3/4 of the game and for one half of action, Bones Hyland simply could not be stopped. The challenge for the Rams will be stretching that effort out for as much of the available 40 minutes as possible in tonight's rematch battle.
Injury notes from Friday include Hyland returning from injury and Vince Williams sitting most of the second half after taking a charge on Dayton's 6'11 278 center. Williams reportedly suffered back spasms after the charge that sideline him for the remainder of the game, but when asked about his future status, VCU Head Coach Mike Rhoades commented, "he keeps saying to me, 'I'll be alright, I'll be alright.'"
Hyland went down in the second of half of yesterday's contest with what appeared like a leg injury at the time, but returned to the game and later said that he was suffering cramps due to just getting back on the court after the foot injury that sidelined him from game action the past week.
