Men’s basketball regular season in review
The Rams were picked third in the pre-season CAA poll voted on by media, coaches and sports information directors around the conference. With the loss of Eric Maynor, arguably the best player in school history, the pressure of three straight CAA regular season championships and a new coach to break in, VCU finished 20-8 and drew the fifth seed in the upcoming CAA tournament. The relatively young Rams will need a major run through the tournament to reach their third big dance in four years.
2009-2010 schedule and results:
Fri, Nov 13 Bethune-Cookman W 77-51
Wed, Nov 18 at W. Michigan L 67-83
Sat, Nov 21 Oklahoma W 82-69
Mon, Nov 23 at Hampton W 63-52
Fri, Nov 27 Nevada W 85-76
Wed, Dec 2 Rhode Island W 82-80
Sat, Dec 5 at William & Mary L 74-75
Sat, Dec 12 Richmond W 65-57
Sat, Dec 19 at Tulane W 78-77
Tue, Dec 29 East Carolina W 82-74
Sat, Jan 2 N.C. Wilmington W 91-57
Mon, Jan 4 Northeastern L 57-62
Wed, Jan 6 at Drexel L 72-75
Sat, Jan 9 Delaware W 77-64
Tue, Jan 12 at Hofstra W 81-68
Sat, Jan 16 at Georgia St. W 82-69
Wed, Jan 20 William & Mary W 81-59
Sat, Jan 23 at Northeastern L 62-74
Wed, Jan 27 Towson W 112-53
Sat, Jan 30 Georgia St. W 78-62
Wed, Feb 3 at N.C. Wilmington W 73-60
Sat, Feb 6 Old Dominion W 70-58
Tue, Feb 9 at George Mason L 77-82
Sat, Feb 13 at James Madison L 71-76
Tue, Feb 16 Drexel W 73-54
Sat, Feb 20 Akron W 70-53
Wed, Feb 24 James Madison W 76-62
Sat, Feb 27 at Old Dominion L 70-73
Final Record: 20-8, 11-7 CAA
Final RPI: 64 (courtesy realtimerpi.com)
Best Win: Richmond (RPI of 29 out of 347)
Worst loss: James Madison (RPI of 250 out of 347)
Longest winning streak: four games (three different times)
Longest losing streak: two games (twice)
Home record: 15-1 Road Record: 5-7
When playing in … Virginia – 16-5 Michigan – 0-1 Louisiana – 1-0 Pennsylvania – 0-1 New York – 1-0 Georgia – 1-0 Massachusetts – 0-1 North Carolina – 1-0
Attendance summary
Home games: 16 Total attendance: 102,958
Average attendance per game: 6,435
CAA rankings for average attendance per home game: Old Dominion – 6,995 VCU – 6,435 George Mason – 6,089 JMU – 3,732 UNCW – 3,197 VCU also tied a school record with four sell-out games
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