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Okereafor gradually progressing in freshman season

Okereafor is the first international player to ball for VCU since the Russian hammer Kirill Pischalnikov. (Photo via VCU Athletics office)

Around a year and a half ago, in the fall of 2010, Shaka Smart moseyed over to Benedictine High School on the outskirts of VCU’s campus one night to scout a player on Benedictine who turned out to be a future Ram commit in Jordan Burgess.

Patriots Preview: VCU heads to Fairfax for showdown Tuesday night

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CT Sports staff Follow The CT Sports on Twitter VCU (22-5, 13-2) vs. George Mason (21-6, 13-2) Date: Tuesday Feb. 14 Time: 9 p.m. tip Location: Patriot Center – Fairfax TV: Comcast Sportsnet Radio: 107.3 or 102.1 FM Coaches: Shaka Smart: (Third season: 77-26) Paul Hewitt: (First season: 21-6) Probable starters: VCU: Darius Theus Troy [...]

Photo of the day: The cover of Monday’s CT

Photo by Chris Conway - Photo illustration by Hannah Swann - The CT

ODU head coach Blaine Taylor was at his fiery best Saturday versus VCU. Our cover shot shows it.

Photo of the day: Ticked-off Blaine Taylor or VCU-hating license plate?

An ODU fan shows her, well, hate, for a certain rival university Saturday in Norfolk. (Photo by Quinn Casteel/The CT Sports)

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VCU/ODU rivalry the best theater in Virginia

VCU freshman guard Briante Weber is from the same area code as ODU and was recruited by the Monarchs in high school. (Chris Conway/The CT)

Hollywood couldn’t even have written a more fitting closing to this ferocious rivalry, or even a more suitable close to what the past month has been like.

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D.J. Haley took a beautiful feed from Bradford Burgess and threw down on Towson's Erique Gumbs. (Zach Gibson/CT)

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Burgess breaks shooting slump in win over Towson

Prior to Wednesday night, Bradford Burgess had missed 53 of his last 76 field goal attempts. Against Towson he was 8-of-15. (Zach Gibson/CT)

Bradford Burgess was one of the first players to exit the floor a little over midway through the second half. With the game well in hand and just less than eight and a half minutes remaining on the clock, VCU’s lone senior was done for the night.

Column: Six-game winning streak shows Rams peaking at right time

Shaka Smart watches on intently as Darius Theus saves a loose ball versus Hofstra last week.

Ben Ashauer Columnist Follow The CT Sports on Twitter The tough losses VCU suffered to Drexel and Georgia State in early January feels like ages ago as we approach February. The Rams have now reeled off six straight wins after their 67-42 win over Towson Wednesday, which gives them an attractive-looking 8-2 record in the [...]

Back in business: Brandenberg puts slump behind him with 16 against Towson

VCU sophomore shooting guard Rob Brandenberg scored a team-high 16 points versus Towson Wednesday

Quinn Casteel Assistant Sports Editor Follow Quinn on Twitter Towson, Md. — If anyone other than the Towson Tigers needed to put an end to a streak Wednesday night, it was Rob Brandenberg. The sophomore guard had gone eight games without posting double-digit points and had not done so since Dec. 29 at Akron until [...]