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Colonials cruise past the Rams; 80-56

VCU traveled up 95 North on Saturday to face George Washington University. In their first meeting on January 20th, the Rams beat the Colonials by 24. This time around, it would be George Washington with the emphatic 80-56 win. GW head coach Maurice Joseph knew exactly how to beat VCU, stop senior Justin Tillman. Sure, it’s no surprise but it’s easier said than done. Today, the Colonials made it…

Game Preview: VCU at George Washington [INSIDER]

VCU has entered must-win territory, where each and every game is absolutely essential toward VCU’s shrinking chances at a top-4 seed and a double-bye in this year’s A-10 tournament. The Rams will need some help in achieving that goal, but must first help themselves by essentially winning out in these next five. Up first, GW, a team VCU defeated earlier in the season by 24 points, a Colonials…

We’re going streaking!

The Davidson Wildcats all but locked up a top-4 seed in this year’s Atlantic 10 tournament last night. That’s bad news for VCU because it means they did so at our expense, pretty much dominating the Rams on the Siegel Center floor in a game that would’ve put VCU in the driver’s seat for the No.2 seed in this year’s Atlantic 10 race. Instead, the Rams dropped to 7-6, currently even with Richmond…

Video: Rams late surge not enough to fight off Wildcats; lose to Davidson 74-63 [INSIDER]

After getting an overtime win Saturday, VCU met Davidson for their only matchup in the regular season on Wednesday night. The last three time the Wildcats came to The Siegel Center, they would leave defeated. This time through would be different as the Rams would fall just short of mounting a last minute comeback in the 74-63 loss. After a career high on Saturday against Dayton, Senior Justin…

Game Preview: VCU v Davidson [INSIDER]

VCU takes on Davidson tonight in a Valentine’s Day matchup that will end in heartbreak for one of these teams competing for a top-4 seed in this year’s A-10 tournament. With the Rams 7-5 and the Wildcats 8-4, this sole meeting between the two this regular season will give the victor a head-to-head tie-breaker for the final standings, should they need it. VCU can not afford to drop this one, as…

Game Preview: VCU v Dayton [INSIDER]

VCU will have their second consecutive “revenge game” when welcoming the Flyers of Dayton to the Siegel Center tonight. The black and gold will hope things go a bit better than their last rubber match, a 1-point loss this Wednesday at Richmond that looked like a victory in the bag before a last-minute collapse. The Rams were on the wrong end of a nuclear first half from former VCU head coach…

VCU looking for a breakthrough

This morning I did two things after taking my kids to school: I dug up our non-conference stats and our A-10 stats to see if the Rams are in fact getting better, as we’ve heard Coach Rhoades mention in a presser or two. I listened to Coach Rhoades’ post-game press conference following this week’s heartbreaking loss at Richmond. Let’s connect the two and zoom to my point and my newfound reason for…

VCU’s mission not-so-impossible: 3 paths to a top-4 A-10 tourney seed

With a 12-point lead late against Richmond last night, the Rams snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and perhaps critically injured their hopes of a top-4 bid in this year’s A-10 tournament in DC and a three-game path toward March. Richmond’s sweep of the Rams effectively gives the Spiders the head-to-head tie-breaker in the series and thus puts UofR essentially two games ahead of VCU despite…

Video: VCU loses heartbreaker at Richmond; 77-76 [INSIDER]

Wednesday evening the Rams traveled just a few short miles to the other side of town for the second meeting of the season against University of Richmond. In the first meeting, Richmond handed VCU one of their worst losses in recent history. This time around, VCU was hoping for a different result but after Richmond’s 2nd half comeback, VCU would lose in heartbreaking fashion, 77-76. In a game that…

VCU drops regular season series with rival Richmond, 77-76

VCU led by as many as 12 points with under 10 minutes left to play. But, 17 turnovers on the game—4 of which came in the final 90 seconds—would end up haunting the Rams when the final whistle blew. The two teams trade leads 18 times on the evening, and entered the half tied at 41 points. Justin Tillman would score a game-high 21 points to go along with 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Issac Vann and…

Game Preview: VCU at Richmond [INSIDER]

VCU hits the road for the briefest of trips, heading crosstown tonight to take on rival Richmond in a rematch of last month’s Siegel Center debacle that resulted in a 67-52 Spiders win. Both teams are coming off home losses, VCU a 13-point loss to A-10 No.1 Rhode Island, the Spiders a 79-75 Robins Center loss to the hapless George Mason Patriots. VCU will look to avoid the rare Spider sweep…