Sports
Blowout. Disappointment. Hope. Three words that accurately sum up VCU’s 78-53 loss to Michigan Saturday afternoon.
Before VCU walloped Akron late Thursday night, it already knew who its opponent in the third round of the NCAA Tournament would be – the Michigan Wolverines.
The VCU men’s basketball team could not have imagined a better way to start their 2013 NCAA Tournament.
What a game Juvonte Reddic had against Akron to start off VCU’s NCAA Tournament run.
Not many college basketball teams can say they’ve played a non-conference opponent five times in the last six years. VCU and Akron can.
The fifth-seeded Rams take on 12th-seeded Akron Thursday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
It’s not often you find a pair of coaches who can tolerate each other enough to call themselves friends. Even rarer do you find two coaches who consider themselves best friends. Shaka Smart and Keith Dambrot, head coach at the University of Akron, are one of those pairs in college basketball.
Freshman guard scores 12 points Friday in front of friends, family
VCU’s band performs on the Today Show, Brooklyn streets before quarterfinal game
It was a tough end to the weekend in Brooklyn for VCU. Upon arriving Wednesday evening, it seemed as though HAVOC was in the air already in New York.
Headlines
- Board approves tuition increase for 2013-14 school year
- No new information in reported rape, police say
- Alumnus-owned music shop thrives in Fan
- Men’s tennis crowned A-10 champions
- Baseball suffers setback in series loss to La Salle
- Golf team comes up short in A-10 championship
- Students, faculty against elimination of Physical Education program
- VCU wins inaugural Key Dog Strikeout Cancer Classic
- Quest for Distinction fuels pay-per-credit proposal
- Unused swipes cost students more than $1 million annually
