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VCU basketball

From lowest of lows, Rams reach new heights

November 22, 2009

Wow! No, I mean, really, Wow! There’s not much more that needs to be said about VCU’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 [...]

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VCU Athletics live blog from opener

November 13, 2009

Illness is keeping me away from courtside at the Siegel Center as VCU opens its season under first-year coach Shaka Smart.  I don’t want to get other media members – or the Rams and their fans – sick, too, so I’m following along on the excellent blog done by my former colleague at VCU, Chris [...]

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FREE – VCU vs. Virginia Union IN-GAME (sort of)

November 5, 2009

Basketball season starts soon and VCU has an exhibition going on tonight at the Siegel Center vs. Virginia Union.   Virginia Sports Now doesn’t have enough people (yet) to be everywhere it wants to be, so a regular-season football game had to take priority over an exhibition basketball game. But I want to [...]

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Five good minutes with VCU coach Shaka Smart

October 20, 2009

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 [...]

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VCU men picked 3rd, VCU women picked 5th

October 20, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. – 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 [...]

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FREE – CAA media day is upon us

October 19, 2009

It’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’ll post the predicted order of [...]

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