We are less than one week away from flipping the calendar to 2021. With that, college basketball programs are preparing for the most important time of the season: conference play.
In conference play, tournament resumes for the top-tier teams in a mid-major like the Atlantic 10 are put on the line. With the top schools separating themselves over the last few weeks, the goal now is to get out of A10 play generally unscathed and secure the automatic bid that comes with a conference championship in March.
VCU has far exceeded expectations. Having lost six major stars to graduation or transfer, coach Mike Rhoades and his young squad were picked to finish ninth in the conference.
Since then, the Rams have proven those rankings wrong. Apart from a scare against James Madison University on Tuesday, VCU has won handedly against opponents worse than them. Their two losses are the definition of good losses: a neutral loss to a West Virginia team currently ranked #7 in the nation and a road...
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