The Virginia Commonwealth University Rams are the basketball team that represents the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, Virginia. VCU currently competes in the Colonial Athletic Association. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2009. The Rams were coached by Anthony Grant, who on March 27, 2009 took the vacant head coach position for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Following a national search, on ...
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The Virginia Commonwealth University Rams are the basketball team that represents the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, Virginia. VCU currently competes in the Colonial Athletic Association. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2009. The Rams were coached by Anthony Grant, who on March 27, 2009 took the vacant head coach position for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Following a national search, on March 31, 2009, VCU picked Florida Assistant, Shaka Smart, to replace Grant as the VCU Men's Basketball Head Coach. Following a press conference on April 2, 2009 Shaka Smart officially became the 10th Head Coach of the men's basketball program.
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The Rams have appeared in nine NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 5–9. The Rams also appeared in the 1978, 1988, 1993, 2005 and 2008 NIT going as far as the quarter-finals in 1988.
VCU received their first bid to the NCAA Tournament in the 1979–1980 season with a 18–12 overall record...
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