OPINION: It’s not time to point fingers at VCU men’s basketball, it’s time to be appreciative
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor Two years in a row, the VCU men’s basketball season came to an end the same way: cut entirely too short as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, I was sitting courtside in Brooklyn just before the Atlantic 10 tournament game between VCU and UMass; the game was canceled […]
VCU Athletics buys land for new athletics village
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor VCU Athletics has purchased land for the new athletics village, the department announced on Thursday. The 10.94 acres of land on Hermitage road near SportsBackers stadium and the Diamond are owned currently by Greyhound Lines, which uses it as a maintenance facility. VCU purchased the land for $11.75 million, a deal […]
VCU Baseball opens Baseball Performance Center
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor Two years ago, Vice President and Director of Athletics Ed McLaughlin called coach Shawn Stiffler explaining his vision of an elite performance center. On Thursday afternoon the Baseball Performance Center opened its doors, the first of its kind for the baseball program. Baseball trained at Franklin Street Gym prior to the […]
VCU Athletics outlined its sexual assault protocol in the wake of the Larry Nassar trial
VCU Athletics last week shined a spotlight on its sexual assault protocol in wake of the ongoing Larry Nassar trial. Myriad universities across the country have looked inward in response to this national crisis. The entire Michigan State University athletic department — where Nassar was employed — is under NCAA investigation. VCU Athletics stated the […]
VCU locks in Will Wade for eight years
VCU Men’s Basketball Head Coach Will Wade has agreed to an eight-year contract with the Rams, according to Athletic Director Ed McLaughlin. Wade’s new contract comes a day after McLaughlin told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that he was hoping to finalize enhancements for the Rams head coach “in the next day or so,” amid rumors […]
Mo Alie-Cox charged with assault and battery
VCU basketball player, Mo Alie-Cox, has been charged with misdemeanor assault and battery after he allegedly struck a female in the face outside of a Richmond night club on April 3.
Shaka Smart leaves VCU for the University of Texas
On Friday, April 3, the Shaka Smart era at VCU officially ended when the former head coach was formally introduced as the new the University of Texas Longhorns head coach.
Shaka Smart leaving for University of Texas
The rumor mill is swirling as “Smart Watch 2015” is in full swing. With no definitive response on Shaka Smart’s coaching future from him or his camp, the end of his coaching career at VCU is becoming a more concrete possibility.
The Peppa Effect
It isn’t at every school that the most popular sports team has to compete for attention with the band that plays at their games.
New practice facility a result of success on the court
The construction of VCU’s $25 million basketball training facility begins June 2, 2015, and is expected to bring even more attention to VCU’s growing basketball program.