Recruiting 2026 Offers
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Ren was a monster of a player, but off court one of the nicest guys you'd ever meet. He SHOULD have his jersey in the rafters, but since he didn't graduate, they won't consider it. (Which is really terrible since he eventually returned to VCU and worked as a police officer until he retired)
The two most unapproachable records in Rams lore are ... Briante Weber's 374 career steals ... and Watson's 391 blocked shots in just three seasons. That stat wasn't kept Ren's freshman year.
Ren led Buckingham to the State Class A title as a senior and was signed by then coach Chuck Noe.
Bamboye who left VCU had the potential to be as good if not better than Ren
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How so? Bamgboye had 75 blocks in 35 games this last year. Ren's blocks were not tracked his freshman year. Below are his blocks his sophomore - senior years with games played. NOTE: Schools only played 26 regular season games when Ren played. They now play 31 regular season games.
Ren Watson
1976-77 - 135 blocks in 26 games
1977-78 - 127 blocks in 29 games
1978-79 - 129 blocks in 25 games
Ren averaged 130.3 blocks per year at VCU during the years that blocks were tracked. No way Bamgboye comes close to those numbers over his career.
long ago, I asked Ren how many blocks he thought he had as a freshman ....
Making no big deal of it, he said "about 50."
Here's another notable stat ... Ren fouled out 28 times as a Ram, likely a record .... that's not a sign of weakness, but of how important he was to the team at the defensive end... so often, it was like Ren vs. The World in the paint .... substitution wasn't much of an option for coaches Noe and Kirk.
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yeah no one here is a bigger fan of Luke than I am (or so I thought) but he isn't close to Ren. Could he get there in time? I suppose it's possible but highly, highly unlikely
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Very unlikely
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Omg look at these stats. If you want to dig deeper go to the team stats for the years Ren played. The man was a beast on the court and as others have said a gentleman off the court. Lucky to have spoken to him a couple times but only memorable to me
www.sports-reference.com
Not (only) because I was fighting for beers at halftime in the basement Of the spaceship to get back in time for the 2nd half? Those were some hoopers.
This was a fun throwback- to see the names, games, and remember the people that were there
/ what’s it like to be 21 or so says the old man?
Thing is that over the ups and downs, VCUball has been up and on the cusp so many times Back in the day we made noise long before 2011.
I’m hoping we can do it again, regardless of the landscape changes.
Sorry for the legend patio beer rant/ memories
//not sorry
Lorenza Watson College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
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Not (only) because I was fighting for beers at halftime in the basement Of the spaceship to get back in time for the 2nd half? Those were some hoopers.
This was a fun throwback- to see the names, games, and remember the people that were there
/ what’s it like to be 21 or so says the old man?
Thing is that over the ups and downs, VCUball has been up and on the cusp so many times Back in the day we made noise long before 2011.
I’m hoping we can do it again, regardless of the landscape changes.
Sorry for the legend patio beer rant/ memories
//not sorry
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The Spaceship WAS legendary. Kids don't follow.
Having watched all of his home games he had a block that was different than most. He rarely swatted it, he had soft touch so that more often than not it fell straight down and he recovered it.
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Just took a look at VCU's 2026 recruiting profile on 247sports and it's impressive. This staff is recruiting at a high level and appears to be more open with respect to the recruiting function. Updated list shows a lot of 4-Stars and even a 5-Star. Big times ahead.
The only caveat to this is the vast majority of the recruits listed were initially offered by RO and staff
. The current staff certainly may still be recruiting them.
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Or others like say.....Nyk Lewis this year. I guess he kind of fell in our lap, however, Tillery stayed true to his commitment, and he was an RO recruit.The only caveat to this is the vast majority of the recruits listed were initially offered by RO and staff
And while we have a new coach and they have different systems, the type of players that fit those systems are similar enough that re-recruiting Odom recruits make some sense if the guys are still interested. Martelli may look out there and simply identify some of the same players Odom did as being good fits for his system and VCU.
If the players we are bringing in this year are an indication of what recruiting will be like under Martelli I'm feeling pretty good.