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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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Introducing 2019 TBT team Ram Nation (plus downloadable team pregame playlist!)

Mat Shelton-Eide Jul 14, 2019

Ram Nation will once again field a team for The Basketball Tournament, the fourth edition since first fielding one in 2016. The group of predominantly VCU alumni has amassed an overall record of 8-3, only ever losing to four-time defending…

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

Mat Shelton-Eide Jun 11, 2019

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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