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Game Preview: VCU v Oregon – NCAA Tournament First Round [INSIDER]

VCU has punched their ticket and will take on the Ducks of Oregon University tonight in Indianapolis, matching up the nation’s 15th-ranked Oregon offense against the 11th-ranked VCU defense in a classic unstoppable force versus immovable object battle. This one also will be a battle between experience and youth as well, as VCU, one of …

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Banks was ready when number was called

Being a freshman college basketball player can be one of the largest shocks to an athlete’s system. Months before, you were “the man” in your town and dreaming of how that was going to translate the following year, the leading scorer on your high school team and recently-committed to a program like VCU in the …

Rams punch ticket to 2021 NCAA Tournament, set to take on Oregon

VCU punched their second NCAA tournament ticket under fourth-year head coach, Mike Rhoades, returning to the dance, like the rest of college basketball, for the first time since 2019 after the entire field took a break this past year due to the COVID pandemic shutting down all of college hoops. The Rams earned the 10-seed …

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Cold shooting handcuffs VCU in NCAA tournament loss

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 that saw the teams notched up at 24 points a piece, a pair of threes …

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Game Preview: VCU v UCF, NCAA Tournament First Round

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 their first trip back to the tournament since the 2005 season. Both teams are coming off …

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

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 this Friday, March 22 in Columbia, SC. The honor gets VCU back to the dance after …

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Ten games in ten years: Part Four

** Disclaimer: The games included in these articles are solely my opinion. If yours differs, I’d encourage you to comment below, or join the discussion on our forums. ** Make sure you checked out previous post of this ongoing series! It was the first year for VCU in the post Shaka Smart era and …

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Rams running out of resume opportunities in down year for A-10

A 5-4 record, two neutral court close game losses against good teams including one the black and gold snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, a solid home win over Old Dominion, 1-4 against the kenpom top-100. Sound familiar? That was the early season story of Will Wade’s first edition VCU team and it’s exactly …

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