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VCU to face crosstown rival Richmond in A-10 quarterfinals

The VCU Rams men’s basketball team (21-8, 14-4 A-10) will be the 14th and final team to make their Atlantic 10 conference tournament debut when their first game tips off at 8 p.m. Friday at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. In postseason play for bubble teams, there are “must-win” games and “can’t lose” games. …

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The A10 Tournament Preview

Here we go. It’s tourney time! The Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament starts this week with all 14 teams fighting to get that coveted automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. This is the first time that the conference tournament will be back to normal after the 2020 cancellation and the 2021 social spaced out event in …

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Is this week make-or-break for VCU’s March hopes?

By the time you read this lede, the calendar on your wall, or your phone, or your desk, will have flipped to March. Apart from showing warm weather on the horizon, the flip means even more to college basketball fans – the start of the most consequential stretch of games on the college basketball calendar, …

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Wildcat Weekly: ‘Cats Escape Two Nailbiters, Become Ranked

Wildcat Weekly | Edition 9 | Cole Vulpis Here we are. The team picked 6th in the A10 is now ranked 25th in the AP Poll. Davidson has won 15 straight and have started 6-0 in Atlantic-10 play to earn their first ranking since March 9, 2015. This is the ‘Cats 9th season being ranked …

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Baldwin, Rams rolling into home contest against GW

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before – it is mid-January, and the VCU Rams men’s basketball team are on the NCAA tournament bubble. Thanks to a hot start coming out of a three-week COVID-19 pause, that is exactly where VCU finds itself as Atlantic 10 conference play begins to hit full song. The …

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Ace in the hole: Baldwin dazzles in season debut as VCU defeats Jacksonville State

It came as a surprise to pretty much everyone that follows the Atlantic 10 conference closely. When VCU released its starting lineup just before tip-off against the Jacksonville State University Gamecocks on Wednesday night, sophomore point guard Ace Baldwin was listed. Baldwin’s return to the VCU lineup, something fans have been clamoring for during VCU’s …

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VCU: Guard Jamir Watkins out for season with torn ACL

With the preseason on the horizon, the VCU Rams have now lost two players to significant injuries before the season even begins. On Sept. 30, the program announced that sophomore guard Jamir Watkins will miss the entire 2021-22 season after tearing his right ACL in practice earlier that week. The injury was confirmed after an …

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NCAA Tournament Preview: VCU set to take on Oregon in nightcap

Survive and advance. That is the name of the game once March arrives on the calendar. March Madness has a way of chewing up competitors rather quickly. Half of the 64 teams that make the main bracket are sent packing within the first 48 hours of the tournament. #10 VCU will take on #7 Oregon …

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A look at the career of A10 Player of the Year Bones Hyland

The second video to show up on YouTube if you search “Bones Hyland” has 3.3 million views. It is called “Nah’Shon ‘Bones’ Hyland Destroys Two Philly Trash Talkers,” and it is electric. Watching it now makes you feel like you are in on the world’s greatest secret. The video was posted in the fall of …

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Who Should Win Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year?

As the season comes to a close the writers at A10 Talk wanted to provide a piece around the A10 Rookie of the Year award. Five writers have come together to make a case for why some of the top A10 freshman should win ROY. The following players under consideration are as follows: Tyler Kolek, …