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Staff picks: VCURamNation.com's favorite VCU v ODU moments

Staff picks: VCURamNation.com’s favorite VCU v ODU moments

VCU v ODU, a rivalry we’ll tell our kids about. It’s also a rivalry the older generations of Rams fans will likely have to to keep the embers burning in this one, as the once bitter conference rivalry has slowly lost it’s luster thanks to realignment, football and a Monarch rebuild. Consider the fact that VCU’s home contest against crosstown Atlantic 10 foe, the Richmond Spiders, has been sold…

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Video: Comeback foils Ram Nation TBT run [INSIDER]

Video: Comeback foils Ram Nation TBT run [INSIDER]

It didn’t end the way Ram Nation had hoped, but VCU fans were treated to some great July basketball thanks to the team’s Elite 8 run in this year’s The Basketball Tournament. Team Ram Nation grabbed two double-digit leads on Sunday night including a 10-point second half advantage, but just couldn’t hang on late, allowing the two-time defending champs, Overseas Elite, to regain the lead and send…

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Video: Ram Nation defeats Primetime Players to advance to TBT "Super 16" [INSIDER]

Video: Ram Nation defeats Primetime Players to advance to TBT “Super 16” [INSIDER]

Team Ram Nation found themselves locked in a battle this Sunday against the 10th-seeded Primetime Players in the round of 32 in this year’s TBT, but that’s when Eric Maynor happened. Just as he had done throughout his career at VCU, the Fayetteville, NC native took over for the black and gold, posting game highs in points (28), rebounds (9) and assists (8) while helping lead Ram Nation to a 96-82…

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Introducing your 2017 team Ram Nation TBT team

Introducing your 2017 team Ram Nation TBT team

For the second consecutive year, VCU Ram Nation will enter a team into the 64-team summer hoops tournament simply known as “The Basketball Tournament” (or TBT), with hopes of lifting the championship trophy and the winner-take-all $2 million check. Last year we took an eight-man group of former Rams into the tournament, winning two hard-fought games in Charlotte to advance to the “Super 16” in…

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World Beat: Shuler shines for Monaco as Maynor, Johnson unite in Italy [INSIDER]

World Beat: Shuler shines for Monaco as Maynor, Johnson unite in Italy [INSIDER]

This year’s VCU Rams will hit the court for exhibition action this week while several former members of the black and gold are several games deep into their European professional seasons. Here’s the first of what will be many updates on some former fan favorites as they keep the dream alive overseas. SHULER, MONACO OFF TO HOT START Jamal Shuler (VCU ’08) begins his ninth professional season and…

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Larry Sanders, Darius Theus join team Ram Nation in this year's TBT

Larry Sanders, Darius Theus join team Ram Nation in this year’s TBT

This April 1st we announced Ram Nation would be forming a team of VCU legends that would compete for $2 million in this year’s “The Basketball Tournament”. Many Ram fans combined the story with the date (April Fools Day) and thought it has a hoax.

Not only was/is that a very true story, but one that just got even more exciting.

Sanders and Theus last hit the court together, albeit on opposing…

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Former VCU legends reunite to compete for $2 million in this year's TBT

Former VCU legends reunite to compete for $2 million in this year’s TBT

A group of VCU legends will join forces this summer to represent VCU Ram Nation in this year’s “The Basketball Tournament” for a chance at a $2 million prize and an appearance on ESPN.

CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS

Eric Maynor (Team Booster) Joey Rodriguez (Player/Coach) Brandon Rozzell Bradford Burgess Jamie Skeen B.A. Walker Jesse Pellot-Rosa Michael Anderson

Talks are underway with other former Rams…

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