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Get on your dancing shoes: VCU wins A-10 title

“Get on your dancing shoes There’s one thing on your mind…” For the second time since joining the Atlantic 10 conference, the No. 1 VCU Rams (27-7, 18-3 A-10) are A-10 conference champions. The Rams sewed up the title at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Sunday afternoon in a hard-fought 68-56 win …

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VCU and Dayton Take Care of SLU and Fordham, Will Play for the A10 Auto-Bid

After four rounds of play, it makes sense that the two most prominent basketball programs in the A10 will battle for the right to go to the NCAA tournament as A10 Tournament Champions. The VCU Rams and the Dayton Flyers will battle for the crown on Sunday afternoon. This game has so many story lines …

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VCU to face Saint Louis in A-10 semifinals

If the second verse is the same as the first, as the old saying states, then how does the third verse go? The No. 1 VCU Rams (25-7, 16-3 Atlantic 10) and the No. 4 Saint Louis Billikens (21-11, 13-6 A-10) will answer that question at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York at 1 p.m. …

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Davidson-VCU, Part 3 on tap in A-10 quarterfinals

Regular-season championships are great accomplishments – one VCU has only earned outright twice since joining the Atlantic 10. But when your goals are making the NCAA Tournament, they mean something between diddly and squat in locking you into the field of 64. The No. 1 VCU Rams (24-7, 15-3 A-10) will look to lock in …

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Baldwin named A-10 Player of the Year, DPOY

For the second time in three years, the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year award has been awarded to a member of the black and gold. VCU junior point guard Ace Baldwin was named the A-10 Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in an announcement on Tuesday. Baldwin becomes just the …

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VCU travels to Foggy Bottom for regular-season finale

Entering the last day of the Atlantic 10 regular season, the VCU Rams (23-7, 14-3 A-10) have some pressure taken off of them. For just the second time since joining the Atlantic 10, VCU has won the outright regular-season championship in the conference, clinching the honor after a 78-67 home finale win over Saint Louis …

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Spiders squished: VCU completes regular-season sweep of Richmond

In front of a lively crowd at the Stuart C. Siegel Center — dressed in brand-new white T-shirts — the VCU Rams (22-7, 13-3 A-10) continued its hot streak, defeating Richmond (14-15, 7-9 A-10) 73-58, and remained in the driver’s seat at the top of the Atlantic 10 conference. The victory sealed up a regular-season …

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VCU to ‘re-retire’ Charles Wilkins’ jersey

VCU Athletics announced that the No. 40 jersey of VCU’s first superstar player, Charles “Jabo” Wilkins, will be “re-retired” at a ceremony during the Rams’ home finale Feb. 28 against Saint Louis. The program announced the jersey ceremony in a press release on Feb. 23. A Richmond native, Wilkins attended high school at Maggie L. …

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Nunn leads VCU in wire-to-wire win over St. Joe’s

The term “locked in” is defined by The Free Dictionary as “a state in which one can or feels as though one can perform with exceptional focus, skill, and energy.” On Tuesday night, that definition simply could have read “Jayden Nunn.” The VCU Rams capped off their second dominant win in a row, this time …

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Key ‘Rhode’ game up ahead for VCU

Besides the VCU Rams, there are 14 other schools in the Atlantic 10 conference. Only one has a winning record against VCU: the Rhode Island Rams. VCU will look to avenge the ghosts of team’s past on Wednesday night in Kingston, Rhode Island, as this year’s A-10-leading VCU squad (18-7, 9-3 A-10) looks to get …