VCU men’s basketball focuses ahead with NCAA tournament bid
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor For men’s basketball, moving on is a core value. After falling to St. Bonaventure in the Atlantic 10 championship game Saturday, the message from coach Mike Rhoades was to move on. “Move forward as coach Rhoades would say,” sophomore guard Bones Hyland said. “That’s one of our core values, just trying […]
VCU men’s basketball drops A-10 championship to St. Bonaventure
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor Men’s basketball led by one early in the first half of the Atlantic 10 championship and never led again, falling to St. Bonaventure 74-65 on Sunday afternoon at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio. The Rams fell behind, and the Bonnies slowly built a lead as large as 17 points in the […]
Rams advance to third consecutive conference championship
Joe Dodson, Staff Writer Women’s basketball is heading to its third-straight Atlantic 10 championship game after knocking top-seeded Dayton 56-50 Saturday afternoon at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. The Rams lost to the Flyers in the last two A-10 title games. This year is only the second time Dayton has not reached the finals since […]
VCU women’s basketball beats Davidson, advances to A-10 quarterfinals
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor Heading into the Atlantic 10 tournament, coach Beth O’Boyle wanted her team to win the rebounding battle. On the first defensive possession, redshirt-sophomore forward Samantha Robinson caught an elbow to the face going for a rebound. The Bradford, Canada, native went to the locker room, received stitches and came back to […]
Hyland named A-10 Player of the Year
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor Men’s basketball took home four awards the Atlantic 10 announced on Wednesday, including Player of the Year. Sophomore guard Bones Hyland won A-10 Player of the Year, becoming the first Ram to win the award. He’s the first Ram to win conference player of the year since Eric Maynor won CAA Player […]
VCU men’s basketball advances to A-10 championship
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor From the preseason ranking of No. 9 to the Atlantic 10 championship game, men’s basketball proved the doubters wrong over the weekend, winning two A-10 tournament games to advance to the title game next Sunday. The Rams beat Dayton on Friday afternoon and Davidson in the semifinals on Saturday night. They […]
‘Think like a winner’: King makes instant impact, sweeping A-10 weekly awards
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor Freshman opposite hitter and middle blocker Lauren King wasn’t expecting to hear her name called as a part of the starting lineup so early in her VCU career. Once she got a taste of starting at the collegiate level early in the season, she didn’t want to leave it. “I was […]
VCU men’s basketball beats Davidson, advances to A-10 championship
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor Junior forward Corey Douglas didn’t log a shot in the first 26 minutes of the contest, but in one minute, he turned the tide for the Rams and scored six straight points. He led a 6-2 run that gave the Rams a nine-point advantage. After that run, the Rams lead never […]
VCU men’s basketball advances to semifinals behind Hyland’s toughness
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor Sophomore guard Bones Hyland looked as if he was in pain as he was bent over, holding onto the back of the basketball hoop in men’s basketball’s Atlantic 10 quarterfinal win on Friday. The officials stopped play for Hyland, who walked toward the sideline and pleaded his case to stay in […]
VCU men’s basketball beats Dayton, advances to A-10 semifinals
Noah Fleischman, Sports Editor Sophomore guard Bones Hyland let a 3-pointer fly from the right wing and immediately started back peddling before the shot swished through the hoop in the first half. From there on, it seemed as if everything was going to fall for Hyland in the first period. Hyland knocked down three 3-pointers […]