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VCU ended the 2009-10 season, with an awesome 27-9 record, but heptad of their losses came in Colonial games. They were picked third in preseason polls, behind both Old Dominion and martyr Mason. By the modify of the season, both of those teams were ranked as 8th and 9th seeds while VCU is conflict in the First Four for a spot as an 11th seed.

Four starters from terminal year’s aggroup returned this flavour but VCU could not move as CBI Champions. Part of the difficulty was the loss of Larry Sanders, terminal year’s Defensive Player of the Year, who today plays for the metropolis Bucks. VCU is still a beatific team, playing whatever great ball throughout the season, and strength be a danger if they vex USC in the First Four of the March Madness college sport tournament.

The Rams are active and experienced, every fivesome starters averaging better than 33 proportionality from beyond the arc. VCU also has fivesome players that cipher more than digit move per game. VCU upset Duke in 2009, the terminal time they appeared at the Big Dance, and they hope to make whatever racket again this year.

Final Record: 23-11, 12-6 Colonial Athletic

Seeding: 11 (First Four)

Biggest Win:

VCU: 79  martyr Mason: 63  (3/6/2011)

VCU has whatever earnest heated rivalries within the Colonial Conference. They vex Old Dominion early in the flavour and then turned around attained a double-digit intend against martyr Mason to decimate their hated competition from the Colonial tournament. VCU was led by an all-around aggroup performance, including 21 points from Jamie Skeen, 13 rebounds from pressman author and 5 assists from Ed Nixon.

VCU Player to Watch: Jamie Skeen is the execute VCU player heading into the March Madness college sport tournament. He was the accelerator in their competition separate and is averaging 15.3 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.2 blocks on the season, every aggroup highs.

Starting Lineup

• Jamie Skeen, F
• D.J. Haley, C
• Bradford Burgess, G
• Joey Rodriguez, G
• Ed Nixon, G

 

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