A shirt and tie of superstitious value for Shaka Smart
Jim Swing Sports Editor VCU men’s basketball head coach Shaka Smart will tell you coaches are very superstitious. But he’ll also tell you that’s not the term they use. “We call them ‘routine oriented’ rather than superstitious,” Smart said. “Some of them end up disproven and some of them work out.” Smart has a […]
Update on Troy Daniels ankle injury
Jim Swing Sports Editor VCU men’s basketball head coach Shaka Smart said he’d be “extremely surprised” if senior guard Troy Daniels doesn’t play at Winthrop Saturday. The Rams 3-point marksmen went down with an ankle injury with 4:50 left in the second half against Wichita State Tuesday night going after a loose ball and landing […]
Men’s basketball notebook: VCU, Wichita St. ends in controversy
Jim Swing Sports Editor Follow The CT Sports on Twitter VCU and Wichita State have always had a flare for the dramatics and Tuesday night’s game was no different. With the game tied, Malcolm Armstead hit the go-ahead jumper for the Shockers leaving 3.8 seconds on the clock for the Rams to let fly a […]
VCU experiences growing pains in loss to Wichita State
Jim Swing Sports Editor Follow Jim on Twitter Shaka Smart recapitulated what was seemingly the central thesis of the evening, that there was something off about VCU Tuesday night. That the Rams “weren’t on edge,” or more simply put, weren’t themselves in the latest version of their usual nail-biting, palm-drenching battle with Wichita State. The […]
Wichita State shocks VCU in early matchup
Zachary Holden Staff Writer Follow The CT Sports on Twitter The VCU men’s basketball team lost 53-51 in a thrilling game against Wichita State Tuesday night at the Siegel Center. “It’s a disappointing game for me as a coach and for our players because we weren’t on edge and we weren’t at our best,” said […]
{Photo Gallery} VCU Mens Basketball vs. Wichita State 11/13/12
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Men’s basketball to face familiar foe in Wichita State
Jim Swing Sports Editor Follow The CT Sports on Twitter The past two seasons have developed a relationship between VCU and Wichita State like that of a set of step-siblings. The Rams and Shockers don’t belong to the same conference but they’ve been paired together three times in as many years. And if the two […]
Weber steals the spotlight in the season opener
Zachary Holden Staff Writer Briante Weber played the best game of his college career, to date, in Friday night’s 80-57 win over the Florida Gulf Coast. Finishing the game with 13 points, 10 steals, three assists and one rebound, Weber played a crucial role in the win. The record for steals in a game was […]
{Photo Gallery} Mens Basketball vs. Virginia Union 11/01/2012
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Try to curb your enthusiasm, but this season is going to be exciting
Jim Swing Sports Editor ANALYSIS/OPINION This year’s VCU team just gave us another reason to be chomping at the bit. What these Rams just did to Virginia Union in an exhibition, which in the end will amount to nothing, was inhumane, ungodly and downright mean. At this point of the year, we’ll take just about […]