CAA’s best keep turnovers to minimum

Intrepid Brian Mull from the Wilmington Star put together a great analysis of turnovers and

Georgia Southern’s triple-option attack concerns W&M

Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster got a nine-month head start on preparing to stop Georgia Tech's triple-option offense. William and Mary defensive coordinator Bob Shoop gets a week to figure out how to limit Georgia Southern's. The second-seeded Tribe (8-3) and Eagles (8-4) meet Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in …

ODU, VCU receive votes in AP poll

Four state teams received votes in this week's Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll. Richmond, coming off an upset of No. 10 Purdue, got 24 votes. That ranks 31st. Virginia Tech received eight votes, Old Dominion 5 and VCU 3. UR and ODU play Wednesday.

Rams have another test waiting at USF

VCU can't spend much time basking in its victory over UCLA in the consolation game of the NIT Season Tip-Off tournament.

William & Mary will meet Georgia Southern in FCS playoffs

Second-seeded William and Mary (8-3) will face a program with an impressive postseason pedigree on Saturday Zable Stadium in the FCS playoffs.

VCU defeats UCLA 89-85 in NIT Season Tip-off consolation

NEW YORK — VCU came to the big stage of Madison Square Garden looking to show it could compete in what Rams coach Shaka Smart called “the heavyweight division.” The Rams departed having shown they belong in the ring. VCU toppled one of the college basketball's most storied programs, the …

VCU’s Rozzell finding success away from Siegel Center

NEW YORK – Brandon Rozzell watched part of the Thanksgiving parade from his 15th-floor hotel room in Times Square yesterday. With massive crowds on a raw morning, it was a comfortable place to view the spectacle of people and floats and bands. Feeling at ease away from home is an …

Rams hope to rise above mid-major rank and file

The Top 25 rankings section in the VCU record book takes up less than a quarter of a page. The Rams were ranked in The Associated Press poll for one week (20th) in the 1983-84 season. They made it for eight weeks in the 1984-85 season, finishing 11th.

Kyle V’s Post Game Report

Recap: Mason defeated the Florida Atlantic University Owl’s 66-51 in convincing fashion on Saturday as the Patriots improved to 4-2 on the season. Mason got a balanced effort from its starting five, with four players in double figures. Mike Morrison’s big second half (14 points) helped Mason take this one running away. Luke Hancock had himself another great night for the Patriots, tallying 7 assists and 6 rebounds to go with his 14 points. Florida Atlantic, a team averaging 76 PPG was held to just 51 on 37.7% shooting thanks to Mason’s lock down defense. Breakdown: Mason looked pretty good. They shared the ball well with 17 total assists in the game and limited turnovers. Mike Morrison continued to show off his developing post-game and had a huge second half that really demoralized FAU. FAU’s starting F Brett Royster was the Sun Belt Conference’s Defensive Player of the Year last year so seeing Morrison dominate the post was impressive. People who didn’t see the game may look at the stats and think that Mason gave up a lot of 3 pointer shots, similar to the Harvard game. Not true. Most of those attempts were forced up by FAU Guard Greg Gantt who, in my opinion, had no business taking those shots. The perimeter D was a step above what we saw earlier this year and didn’t feel like a weakness for the team. Rebounding on the other hand continues to be a problem. Mason won the rebounding effort on paper but not in practice. Mason failed to come down with a lot of easy rebounds they should have. Luckily FAU failed to fully capitalize on the many offensive rebounds they got. This could be a huge issue against teams with an offensive post presence. Finally, I want to take a moment to talk about Ryan Pearson. There were rumblings in the blogosphere earlier this year that he was not developing as he should be and that he was still very immature. There was a point in the second half when FAU began to rally and momentum began to shift. Pearson stepped up and crushed the uprising. Pearson not only set an example with his hustle but was a vocal general on the court. Later, when Pearson got called for a VERY questionable foul, he was clearly upset but instead of slamming the ball and losing his cool, he walked away from the refs and calmed down. Pearson’s grown up, plain and simple.

Florida Atlantic Preview

Things have been heading in the right direction for FAU ever since Mike Jarvis took over the program two seasons ago. Jarvis looks to continue the

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