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VCU set for road rematch against Davidson

For just the second time in conference play, the VCU Rams men’s basketball team will be coming off a loss on Tuesday night. This most recent loss, to a slumping St. Bonaventure team at home on Saturday evening, marked the second time VCU (16-6, 7-2 Atlantic 10) has lost at home as a double-digit favorite. …

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Rams squish Spiders in rivalry renewal

For the 90th time in history, the VCU Rams and Richmond Spiders faced off in the Capital City Classic rivalry on Friday night. For the 58th time, the team from downtown walked away victorious. The VCU Rams (15-5, 6-1 Atlantic 10) continued their hot streak at the Robins Center in the Richmond suburbs, sealing a …

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VCU Non-Conference Superlatives

The last game before Christmas at the Stuart C. Siegel Center carries a merry atmosphere. Such was the case on a bitter cold Dec. 21 night in Richmond, when the VCU men’s basketball team (9-4) knocked off Navy (7-5) in a contest where VCU both trailed by double-digits in the first half and later cruised …

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VCU hosts Navy in ‘Sweater Game’ pre-holiday matchup

The stockings have been hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that Saint Nicholas will soon be there. The VCU Rams men’s basketball team (8-4) hopes that Jolly Ol’ Saint Nick will bring the gift of a win a few days early. The doors of the Stuart C. Siegel Center in downtown Richmond will …

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VCU defeats Manhattan in season-opener

Throughout head coach Mike Rhoades’ tenure at VCU, he has consistently discussed “keeping the ball hot,” – his term for running an offense that consistently moves the ball. In Monday night’s 73-56 victory over Manhattan at the Stuart C. Siegel Center in Richmond, Rhoades’ vision came to fruition. On a night where half of the …

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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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Bones-less Wings Lead VCU Into Regular-Season Finale

The VCU Rams entered Tuesday night’s game against the Saint Louis Billikens undermanned and as underdogs. The Rams were without four of the guards they started the season with. Two of these absences were expected: Jarren McAllister suffered a season-ending injury within the first two weeks of the season and Tre Clark left the program …

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VCU hosts Saint Louis in must-win matchup

For a moment, VCU’s season appeared to crumble with its star player. Late in regulation on a VCU offensive possession, sophomore guard Bones Hyland hit the ground, grabbling at what appeared to be his right ankle. Play resumed around him at a flurried pace, as the frontrunner for Atlantic 10 Player of the Year laid …

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Rhode Island Snaps VCU Winning Streak

Since joining the Atlantic 10 conference in 2012, VCU has a .500 or better record against every A10 team — except one. The Rams from the University of Rhode Island have given their fellow Rams fits over the years. Entering Saturday’s game at the Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia, Rhode Island held a 10-7 advantage …