VCU at the Atlantic 10 Tournament Blog
The Peppas take to the front of Barclays Center Photos by Chris Conway. The Peppas take to Today Show VCU’s pep band “The Peppas” took to Rockefeller Center, making an appearance on the Today Show. The band played atop a double-decker bus with a photograph of Briante Weber’s well-known dunk against Butler on the side […]
VCU to face St. Joseph’s in A-10 quarterfinals
Jim Swing Sports Editor BROOKLYN N.Y.–Phil Martelli was on fire. First the Saint Joseph’s head coach cracked a joke about leaving a ticket for Pope Francis, saying he didn’t know if the newly elected leader of the Catholic Church was able to make it or not. Then, following No. 10 Saint Joseph’s 58-57 nail biting win […]
Homeward bound for freshman Melvin Johnson
Melvin Johnson is returning to his hometown for the A-10 Tournament.
Rams not looking past A-10 Tournament
For VCU, this year’s two-week marathon of bubble teams sweating it out during league tournaments is undeniably unlike years past.
DJ Haley departs basketball program
DJ Haley leaves the VCU men’s basketball team.
High seed humbles hungry Rams
Despite entering its first Atlantic-10 tournament as the second-highest seed in the field, the VCU men’s basketball team isn’t ready to look ahead to the next round.
Briante Weber named A-10 Defensive Player of the Year
Jim Swing Sports Editor The player that best embodies VCU’s Havoc style defense has earned conference accolades for the second straight year. In his sophomore season, Briante Weber was named the Atlantic 10 conference’s Defensive Player of the Year. Weber leads the nation in steal percentage (8.0) and is sixth in steals per game (2.7). […]
Men’s basketball notebook: 2nd-seeded VCU heads to Brooklyn
Jim Swing Sports Editor PHILADELPHIA – Fortunately for VCU, its 84-76 loss to Temple Sunday had no bearings on its No. 2 seed in the Atlantic 10 Tournament this weekend. In their first year in the Atlantic 10, the Rams finished with a 12-4 record in the conference, second only to St. Louis. “The only […]
Owls hand VCU loss in regular season finale
In a game of runs that swung back and forth like a pendulum, things fell right for Temple in an 84-76 win over VCU at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia.
VCU and Richmond strengthen conference rivalry
Jim Swing Sports Editor OPINION Since the calendar flipped to March – the month of madness as college basketball fans have come to know – VCU beckoned a game like this. A bare-knuckle brawl, one not for the faint of heart, a true barnburner was what the Rams needed. Saturday’s 32-point dismantling of Butler, to […]