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VCU School of the Arts (BFA '07) and Center for Sport Leadership (M.Ed. '10) alumnus, Mat has followed VCU basketball since the Sunbelt days when he'd attend games with his father. Worked as a graduate assistant in the VCU Sports Information Department for the '09-'10 season, but has covered VCU basketball for VCURamNation.com since 2007.

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Team Ram Nation gets “Super 16” rematch with DRC in TBT first round

Mat Shelton-Eide Jun 11, 2019 0

The black and gold's first opponent in their fourth year of TBT will be a familiar one, as second-seeded Ram Nation will face off with No.7 seed DRC in their first game of this year's The Basketball Tournament at 8:30PM on Friday, July 26.…

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2019 forward Hason Ward commits to VCU

Mat Shelton-Eide May 15, 2019

The departure of sophomore Sean Mobley created and additional roster spot in VCU's 2019 class, a spot just filled by 6'9 power forward, Hason Ward. Rivals.com's Corey Evans reported the commitment Wednesday night. 2019 @NE6Hoops big…

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Rams get an Ace in first 2020 commitment

Mat Shelton-Eide Apr 14, 2019

VCU secured their first 2020 commitment last Saturday night with a verbal from Baltimore point guard, Adrian "Ace" Baldwin. Baldwin took to Twitter to make the announcement after taking an official visit to VCU this weekend.…

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Cold shooting handcuffs VCU in NCAA tournament loss

Mat Shelton-Eide Mar 23, 2019

The Rams battled, but ice-cold shooting on the night ultimately put an end to VCU's 2019 campaign, falling to Central Florida 73-58 in the first round of this year's NCAA tournament. After a grinding 15-plus minutes to start the game…

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Game Preview: VCU v UCF, NCAA Tournament First Round

Mat Shelton-Eide Mar 19, 2019

VCU will live to play another day, earning their eighth trip to the NCAA tournament over the past nine years. They'll tip it up with the American Athletic Conference's fourth-place finisher, the Knights of Central Florida, a program making…

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VCU earns 8-seed in 2019 NCAA tournament, to play UCF in Columbia, SC

Mat Shelton-Eide Mar 17, 2019

VCU punched their first NCAA tournament ticket of the Mike Rhoades era today, the Rams hearing their name called on Selection Sunday for a matchup with the Central Florida Knights of the American Athletic Conference that will take place…

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