<a href="http://www.vcuramnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/timthumb.php_.jpeg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-7957" title="timthumb.php" src="http://www.vcuramnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/timthumb.php_-300x199.jpeg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a>VCU Athletics gave Ram fans yet another reason to <a title="purchase season tickets" href="http://www.vcuathletics.com/tickets/MBBTickets">purchase season tickets</a> for VCU's inaugural A-10 season: a stacked non-conference schedule that includes AT LEAST eight NCAA tournament teams from this past season.
2012-2013 OOC schedule (home games in bold, * indicates 2012 NCAA tournament teams)
Nov 1 - Virginia Union (exhibition)
Nov 9 - Florida Gulf Coast (regular season home opener)
Nov 13 - Wichita State*
Nov 17 - @ Winthrop
Nov 22 - Memphis* (Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas)
Nov 23 - Duke* or Minnesota (Bahamas)
Nov 24 - Either Louisville*, Missouri*, Stanford or Northern Iowa (Bahamas)
Nov 28 - Stetson
Dec 1 - Belmont*
Dec 7 - @ ODU
Dec 15 - Alabama*
Dec 18 - Western Kentucky*
Dec 21 - Longwood
Dec 29 - Farleigh Dickinson
Jan 2 - @ East Tennessee State
Jan 5 - Lehigh*
Rams head coach Shaka Smart commented in a <a title="VCUAthletics.com statement" href="http://www.vcuathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/201208103iahih">VCUAthletics.com statement</a>, "As we prepared to transition to the Atlantic 10, we wanted to put together a non-league schedule that not only readies us for conference play, but also provides high quality opponents both at the Siegel Center and away from home...This year's non-conference slate certainly fits both these criteria."
2012-2013 OOC schedule (home games in bold, * indicates 2012 NCAA tournament teams)
Nov 1 - Virginia Union (exhibition)
Nov 9 - Florida Gulf Coast (regular season home opener)
Nov 13 - Wichita State*
Nov 17 - @ Winthrop
Nov 22 - Memphis* (Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas)
Nov 23 - Duke* or Minnesota (Bahamas)
Nov 24 - Either Louisville*, Missouri*, Stanford or Northern Iowa (Bahamas)
Nov 28 - Stetson
Dec 1 - Belmont*
Dec 7 - @ ODU
Dec 15 - Alabama*
Dec 18 - Western Kentucky*
Dec 21 - Longwood
Dec 29 - Farleigh Dickinson
Jan 2 - @ East Tennessee State
Jan 5 - Lehigh*
Rams head coach Shaka Smart commented in a <a title="VCUAthletics.com statement" href="http://www.vcuathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/201208103iahih">VCUAthletics.com statement</a>, "As we prepared to transition to the Atlantic 10, we wanted to put together a non-league schedule that not only readies us for conference play, but also provides high quality opponents both at the Siegel Center and away from home...This year's non-conference slate certainly fits both these criteria."
