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VCU 71, Mason 60: The Line Is Drawn…

VCUs rather clinical 71-60 win over George Mason on Saturday was a bottle-chug of Maalox. We saw what we needed to see–spirited effort, an attention to detail on defense, and just enough shooting. That’s how VCU wins basketball games. There are details that matter, but only as they pertain to moving forward. Melvin Johnson played with …

Davidson 82, VCU 55: Bald Head Scratching…

I didn’t see that coming, not by a country mile. This was a big game, and VCU always shows up in big games. It’s never failed. Now, we’ve certainly lost big games, that comes with the territory, but there’s always been a VCUness to those contests. Hard-fought, spirited, and together. Sometimes you just get beat. Even the …

What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been (So Far)…

Weird stuff, this February. So weird, in fact, that after a long Monday and dinner with my family I chose to re-watch significant parts of the Richmond and Dayton games. Stella kept me from cursing at the invention of the DVR and it was much like The Kramer: it was “a loathesome, offensive brute. Yet I …

Dayton 59, VCU 55: No Calendars Were Burned In The Writing Of This Recap…

Well, here we are. The calendar has turned to March. We are 21-8, 11-5. We’ve split eight games since Briante Weber’s devastating knee injury. There are two games on the regular season docket before we head to Brooklyn. It hasn’t been a turbulent 29 days, really, since Weber’s jump stop. It’s been more like trying …

Richmond 67, VCU 63: A Tantalizing Level Of Confused Clarity…

The anthem echoes through the body of That Animal, and it haunts the visiting team. It opens up their minds with a chorus before beating into their souls a staccato refrain. Its words are less a lesson and more a warning. It travels, too, packed neatly into cars and busses so that it’s full-throated when the venue allows. …

VCU at Richmond: Clear Minds, And A Sense Of Purpose…

There’s no need to point fingers at what happened last month; it’s a matter of playing basketball today. Here is your entire game preview: 64-55. Sixty-four to fifty-five. Burn it into your brain today for tonight’s get-together. We found a little place, that really didn’t look half bad:

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VCU 78, UMass 72: With JQ and MAC, VCU Is Gonna’ Be OK…

That was an important one, the nooner tip victory over a very talented UMass team on Saturday. The 78-72 win allowed our Rams to remain tied in first with those Rams from Rhode Island for first place in the A10 at 11-3. The win gave VCU the tiebreaker advantage over both UMass and Rhode Island, all …

Shaka Smart Is A Really, Really Good Leader…

Every now and again, Shaka Smart allows us all into the inner sanctum of VCU basketball. Smart gave us a peek last night, in a big way, on his weekly radio show at Home Team Grill. It wasn’t about Xs and Os–and as you will read that isn’t even the most important facet–but rather how they …

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VCU 71, Mason 60: The Line Is Drawn…

Davidson 82, VCU 55: Bald Head Scratching…

What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been (So Far)…

Dayton 59, VCU 55: No Calendars Were Burned In The Writing Of This Recap…

Richmond 67, VCU 63: A Tantalizing Level Of Confused Clarity…

VCU at Richmond: Clear Minds, And A Sense Of Purpose…

VCU 78, UMass 72: With JQ and MAC, VCU Is Gonna’ Be OK…

Shaka Smart Is A Really, Really Good Leader…

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