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World Beat: Walker passes career milestone, Graham starts professional NBA career [INSIDER]

World Beat: Walker passes career milestone, Graham starts professional NBA career [INSIDER]

We are going to try to make a regular habit of checking in with some former Rams. With so many guys playing professional ball all over the world, we know it can be a bit daunting to keep tabs on some of your favorite players to where the Black and Gold—so let us do the work: SHULER FACES OFF AGAINST FORMER TEAM AS Monaco dropped a close game, 76-71, to Jamal Shuler’s (VCU ’08) former club Nancy.…

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RECAP: Team Ram Nation uses second half rally to net 85-80 victory

RECAP: Team Ram Nation uses second half rally to net 85-80 victory

Team Ram Nation trailed by 15 points at half. With 16:50 left to play, Ram Nation was down 20.

And, then it happened… #3 Team Ram Nation showed what we are all about en route to a 85-80 comeback win against #14 NC Prodigal Sons.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before; Brandon Rozzell get insanely hot from three point land at exactly the right time! The Danish Basketball MVP went 5-10 from…

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A Game of "Best, Favorite, & Most Important" with the VCU Rams

Well, I’ve had some time to process—it just takes me a little while to get over the mourning stage. I don’t mean to say that I was necessarily sad because we lost or how we played, I was just bummed it was over. I actually thought we played pretty valiantly against the Oklahoma “Buddy Hields”. Even with the loss I think I could point to that game and use it as an example of why I love this…

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Video: Skype session with BA Walker [INSIDER]

Video: Skype session with BA Walker [INSIDER]

Walker (far left) celebrates with VCU teammates after the Rams downed Duke in the first round of the 2007 NCAA tournament.

A lot of fans associate VCU’s resurgence with Shaka Smart, his players and the Final 4. But seven seasons before the Rams danced their way to March legend status, two freshmen, B.A. Walker and Jesse Pellot-Rose, helped lead the Rams back to the NCAA tournament in 2004, ending…

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Catching Up With Jamal Shuler [INSIDER]

Catching Up With Jamal Shuler [INSIDER]

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  VCURamNation: Alright, maybe you can start off by telling us what year you arrived at VCU, the year  you graduated from VCU, and what you are up to now?

Jamal Shuler: I arrived at VCU in the summer of 2004 and graduated the summer of 2008!…

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