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	<title>Virginia Sports Now&#187; Shaka Smart</title>
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		<title>Gwynn, Saintil help VCU maintain dominance of UR</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ll state up front, for the record, that the early thoughts while watching the Virginia Commonwealth University men’s basketball team live for the first time this season probably were not fair.    But fair or not, they were there.    The absence of two-time Colonial Athletic Association player of the year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UR vs. VCU &#8211; In Game UPDATE: FINAL VCU 65,  UR 57</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE &#8211; That&#8217;s a wrap.  VCU wins 65-57.  That&#8217;s six in a row and eight of the past nine for the Rams in this series.  Check back at Virginia Sports Now later for a full report.   T.J. Gywnn finished with 20 points for the Rams &#8211; but our story later will focus on his leadership.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VCU&#8217;s Smart up to speed on UR rivalry</title>
		<link>http://www.vasportsnow.com/2009/12/11/vcus-smart-up-to-speed-on-ur-rivalry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shaka Smart may be the new guy in town, but the first-year Virginia Commonwealth University men’s basketball coach is a quick study.    The VCU-Richmond rivalry continues tomorrow night, the 64th meeting between the crosstown rivals. Tip-off is at 7:30 at the Siegel Center.  It’s the first VCU-UR experience for Smart, who has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From lowest of lows, Rams reach new heights</title>
		<link>http://www.vasportsnow.com/2009/11/22/from-lowest-of-lows-rams-reach-new-heights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim McConnell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jay Gavin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Capel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow! No, I mean, really, Wow!    There&#8217;s not much more that needs to be said about VCU&#8217;s total demolition of No. 17 Oklahoma, an 82-69 whipping that if anything felt even more lopsided than the final score might indicate. But since cyberspace allows me the editorial freedom to wax poetic about matters such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VCU Athletics live blog from opener</title>
		<link>http://www.vasportsnow.com/2009/11/13/vcu-athletics-live-blog-from-opener/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Illness is keeping me away from courtside at the Siegel Center as VCU opens its season under first-year coach Shaka Smart.  I don&#8217;t want to get other media members &#8211; or the Rams and their fans &#8211; sick, too, so I&#8217;m following along on the excellent blog done by my former colleague at VCU, Chris [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five good minutes with VCU coach Shaka Smart</title>
		<link>http://www.vasportsnow.com/2009/10/20/five-good-minutes-with-vcu-coach-shaka-smart/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vasportsnow.com/2009/10/20/five-good-minutes-with-vcu-coach-shaka-smart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pardon the blatant rip-off of Pardon the Interruption. But we are at the ESPNZone and – we think – we’re not too far from where Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser tape the show.    So we’re going to pay them the ultimate compliment and “borrow” their format and give you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VCU men picked 3rd, VCU women picked 5th</title>
		<link>http://www.vasportsnow.com/2009/10/20/vcu-men-picked-3rd-vcu-women-picked-5th-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vasportsnow.com/2009/10/20/vcu-men-picked-3rd-vcu-women-picked-5th-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Harris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beth Cunningham]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. &#8211; If the pollsters in the Colonial Athletic Association really know what they’re talking about, the VCU men’s basketball team will finish third and the  VCU women’s squad will finish fifth in the upcoming season.    VCU  has finished first the past three seasons and won the league tournament two of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FREE &#8211; CAA media day is upon us</title>
		<link>http://www.vasportsnow.com/2009/10/19/free-caa-media-day-is-upon-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vasportsnow.com/2009/10/19/free-caa-media-day-is-upon-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been chilly.  Leaves are starting to fall.  Pumpkins are everywhere.  It must be time for *** basketball season!    The Colonial Athletic Association will conduct its media day festivites tomorrow in Washington, D.C.  Check back mid-afternoon for a couple of stories here at Virginia Sports Now.  We&#8217;ll post the predicted order of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FREE &#8211; Sporting News gives VCU some love</title>
		<link>http://www.vasportsnow.com/2009/09/03/free-sporting-news-gives-vcu-some-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vasportsnow.com/2009/09/03/free-sporting-news-gives-vcu-some-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a link to a story all VCU fans should read.    Mike DeCourcy is a veteran and one of the best college basketball writers working.  Has been for a long time.  His declaring something carries a lot of weight.  So his praise for new VCU coach Shaka Smart is not to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VCU&#8217;s Shaka Smart: The name says plenty</title>
		<link>http://www.vasportsnow.com/2009/08/11/vcus-shaka-smart-the-name-says-plenty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vasportsnow.com/2009/08/11/vcus-shaka-smart-the-name-says-plenty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Litos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[His name is Shaka Dingani Smart and the name helps tell much of the story behind its owner.    It is an interesting and unusual name, one that has to have a story.  Shaka  Dingani Smart didn’t want to know the story.  He had to know the story.  He made sure he knew [...]]]></description>
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