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The Blue Hens average 2,462 in an arena with a capacity of 5,000, a building where VCU is just 4-3.

The Rams are 3-4 playing in front of crowds smaller than 4,400. All of those games have been on the road.

They are 16-2 playing in front of crowds in excess of 4,900. Seven of those games have been on the road. The Rams have won five.
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VCU's two conference losses came in front of 852 at Georgia State and 1,095 at Northeastern.

The Rams bounced back from the Northeastern loss to beat James Madison 70-66 on Saturday in front of a crowd of 4,989 that Rams forward Jamie Skeen described as "live."
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VCU Finance 2008 said:
It happens
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It happens, but it doesn't help our cause. It was on their home court as well. I can't remember the last time we had a home conference loss to a team that bad. It nearly happened against William & Mary this season, but if I were to guess then I'd say maybe in Capel's last year?
 
RAMified said:
VCU Finance 2008 said:
It happens
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It happens, but it doesn't help our cause. It was on their home court as well. I can't remember the last time we had a home conference loss to a team that bad. It nearly happened against William & Mary this season, but if I were to guess then I'd say maybe in Capel's last year?
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JMU during Capel's last year. I think that was our last home loss to a "bad" team.
 
YouveBeenRammed said:
RAMified said:
VCU Finance 2008 said:
It happens
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It happens, but it doesn't help our cause. It was on their home court as well. I can't remember the last time we had a home conference loss to a team that bad. It nearly happened against William & Mary this season, but if I were to guess then I'd say maybe in Capel's last year?
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JMU during Capel's last year. I think that was our last home loss to a "bad" team.
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We lost to Appy St. in AG's first year with a 17 point lead at half.
 
vcubanana said:
YouveBeenRammed said:
JMU during Capel's last year. I think that was our last home loss to a "bad" team.
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We lost to Appy St. in AG's first year with a 17 point lead at half.
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that was a game we absolutely should have won... but Appy St was pretty good that year. 23-7, 63 RPI. We got abused by their big man that game. It was sad.
 
vcubanana said:
We lost to Appy St. in AG's first year with a 17 point lead at half.
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I specifically said conference because I feel like coaches are more familiar with conference teams and therefore it's even less of an excuse to lose at home against a bottom feeder in your conference. Appalachian State was an embarrassing loss though, I agree.
 
RAMified said:
vcubanana said:
We lost to Appy St. in AG's first year with a 17 point lead at half.
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I specifically said conference because I feel like coaches are more familiar with conference teams and therefore it's even less of an excuse to lose at home against a bottom feeder in your conference. Appalachian State was an embarrassing loss though, I agree.
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Sorry just saw YBR's post.
 
To correct myself, it was Capel's 3rd season (next to last) that we lost to a putrid JMU team at the SC. They were 6-22 (3-16), with a shiny RPI of 299. They beat us by 8. We bounced back the following week to beat them by 27 at the Convo.
 
vcubanana said:
We lost to Appy St. in AG's first year with a 17 point lead at half.
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Are you sure that we didn't only have a 3 point lead at half of that game? I wonder whatever happened to Donte Minter.
 
YouveBeenRammed said:
We bounced back the following week to beat them by 27 at the Convo.
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I hope we have a similar result on Senior Night at Siegel Center...
 
The Blue Hens average 2,462 in an arena with a capacity of 5,000, a building where VCU is just 4-3.

The Rams are 3-4 playing in front of crowds smaller than 4,400. All of those games have been on the road.
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Delaware is sure to fall in this category. The largest crowd they had this season was 3,243 on a Wednesday night against 9-10 UPenn. Not even George Mason (1,846), ODU (2,201), Drexel (2,406), or JMU (2,429) could draw a crowd even close to that. It's interesting to note that of the teams I just mentioned, there is an inverse relationship between conference standing and crowd size. I just hope that our fans making the trip are louder than ever tonight!
 
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