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Shooting woes caught up to speedy Rams

March 25, 2014 Executive Editor 0

Since game one of the regular season, when the VCU men’s basketball team made 15 of 26 free throw attempts in a 38-point blowout of Illinois State University, we knew the Rams’ shooting woes might affect their chances at making another tournament run in March.

Inside Smart’s pecking order

February 11, 2014 Executive Editor 0

It’s a term head coach Shaka Smart uses frequently to describe the hierarchy of shot taking on the VCU men’s basketball team. An intangible, nonexistent totem pole of sorts, “the pecking order” helps determine an offensive game plan for arguably the deepest team in the Atlantic 10.