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Actually I think Shaka has a really good idea of how to play physically knowing what the refs will generally call and not call. I've seen him in clinics and practices talking about how if you touch a player or bump in a particular way, the refs won't usually call it. It makes fans who think all the ...

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I agree. I expect a closely contested game against top-half A-10 squads on the road, and Rhody certainly is in that category.

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hopefully we will hear from DistrictBallerfan with his take, always like to hear what he has to say about his VCU Rams. Never fear, I am here! :lol: Should be a good game tomorrow. I feel we have the better squad for sure, Rhody catches a break with getting the lone game at home this season. Still ...

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Corroborated by Jeff Goodman.

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rodfromcranston wrote:So, DB, when is that press conference at Marquette taking place?
Has Shaka been spotted in Milwaukee Airport?

If I could like this post, I would.

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Meanwhile, VCU gets TWO shooting guards, both 4 star, top 100 players, including Tevin Mack, who chose VCU over UCONN. They're going to be tough to knock off of the top for the foreseeable future. Kenny Williams, ESPN's #79 player, is a SG. Tevin Mack (#58) is a SF. Not too much distinction in our ...

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districtballer. Your opener is noteworthy as CBS Sports is using it to launch their college basketball TV schedule. Also, VCU gets to participate in a tournament to honor Veterans day and you get to play Tennessee as they usher in the Donnie Tyndall era. I guess this new event will replace those ai...

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VCU has now released their 13 game OOC schedule and it appears to be a strong one. VCU gets to play in two special events – the Legends Classic at Barclays in which they drew Villanova in first round and play either Oregon or Michigan in the second round. Also, VCU will play Tennessee in a special ...

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http://m.torontosun.com/2014/04/13/woman-shot-dead-in-scarborough A former NCAA basketball player is one of two young men charged with first-degree murder in the drive-by shooting of a mother of four. Andrea White, 33, was with her family and friends Saturday night in the garage of her Grace Hartman...

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ATP, no way did I think we were going to win this game. If it was here, maybe a slight chance. Not there. Nothing surprised me about it. Smart is one hell of a coach. Even he admits that they don't have all the players he wants yet. Could be scary if he does get them. They're coming. 3 ESPN100 recr...

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Hurley's post-game presser for those who are interested:

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Hard-played game, ugly, but hard-played.

Best of luck going forward.

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Hey DB, good to hear from you. How's things on the A10 board? Give us another year or two, we'll be contending with you for the league title, as long as Hurley can get a couple of players in here, especially a PG. I think things are going well considering we're in the thick of conference season. :l...

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Weber actually needed 3 going into the Richmond game. He had 5 to break the all-time steals record at VCU. He'll be aiming for John Linehan's NCAA all-time steals record now, and should beat it on the pace that he's on.

Should be a good game. Safe travels to anyone making the trip down to Richmond.

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Shaka will be long gone by 2028 !! Probably true, but anything you can get from a coach after taking a 'mid-major' to the Final Four is just gravy. We're playing with house money as long as Shaka Smart is around and the benefits to our program by association with him only multiply the longer he sta...

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Here's a copy of Shaka's contract for whoever is interested: http://ftpcontent4.worldnow.com/wwbt/PD ... t_2013.pdf

For the record, the highest paid state employee in Virginia is Virginia Tech Football HC Frank Beamer.

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That is a FANTASTIC commercial. High production quality.

Well done!

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Yea it absolutely has. The effect of sports success on academic improvement and applications is well-documented across the country. I guess it's the 'Doug Flutie' Effect to a lesser degree. When you see what Shaka does for VCU from a national publicity standpoint, he's worth his weight in gold and m...

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Didn't say it was. My point was, if we were really "heavily involved" with this kid, we never even got him to visit before he chose. That assumes that a school has all the power in deciding who visits. I'm sure Hurley loves a lot of guys who won't visit URI, that's doesn't mean URI isn't ...

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rodfromcranston wrote:There were at least two recruits who had scheduled
visits, and declared elsewhere before even visiting URI.
I was getting stoked on the idea of this kid coming here.
Oh, well......

There's no shame in losing out to George Mason for a Maryland kid. That's their home turf basically.

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That was fun. 3,187 fans for an October intra-squad scrimmage on a rainy Sunday evening. VCU loves its basketball!

I hope we keep him for a long time as well! He's a good one.

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The URI series with PC is not all that different from many other A-10 schools. St. Joe's, and LaSalle have continuing series each season with Catholic Big East Villanova. Other A-10 schools such as Duquense (Pitt & WVU) and UMass (BC) have games each year with Power-5 conference teams. Even For...

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Also, because PC hasn't really been a power team even though they have been in the best basketball conference of the past 20+ years, they never really established that separation needed to end the rivalry. The fan pressure from both sides and the guaranteed sell-outs are hard to ignore. Great situa...

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Saint Louis also wants to get him in for a visit. Looks like the A-10 likes him with you guys, George Mason, and Saint Louis all really big on him.

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that happened with UCONN and all the other New England schools Yep. That's how it usually goes. During our Larrier recruitment I was on the UConn boards and I forgot which URI fan it was that was on there talking about how many games URI-UConn had played historically and how that made them one of U...

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It's lucky because most traditional rivalries between power conference schools and 'mid-major'/non power conference programs died a long time ago. That doesn't happen much nowadays. Dayton used to play Marquette, Notre Dame etc. regularly until those schools became too 'big-time' and they stopped ca...

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ATP - without looking it up I am wondering how many good non conference games VCU has gotten at home. They are the standard for us although they also have god geography on their side. Others have answered this, but VCU can't get any good power conference teams to play at the Siegel Center. Even the...

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Smart is insane. Fearless Yep. Most coaches talk about being tough and doing the little things you need to do to win. Shaka lives it and he and his staff don't ask the team to do anything they're not prepared to do right along with them. This staff has been a joy to watch and we're very lucky at VC...

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RIFan wrote:did they say their locker room upgrade cost $1.8M?

No they were mocking folks with 1.8M dollar locker rooms.

Theirs cost 4.1 million dollars.

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Thanks for the correction!

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Pretty cool to see all the Detroit talent coming into the A-10.

You've got E.C. Matthews from Romulus in 2013, Justin Tillman from Pershing and Darell Davis from Douglass in 2014. I believe Jordan Hare was from Pershing in 2012 as well.

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https://twitter.com/BFlinnFuture150/status/376366244644921347 https://twitter.com/KevinMcNamara33/status/376366530407055360 So true. OSU Basketball is an afterthought out there. URI probably has to start winning big to land guys like E.C. and Hassan more regularly. Betting that's just a matter of ti...

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Probably another one with Hurley as the source.

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Ugh. Sorry guys. Guess Hurley is is Zags' source.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT-LO_DM26M Man whether URI gets this guy or not, it's tough for anyone to compete with these kinds of facilities. That's T. Boone Pickens money and Big 12 media revenue right there. Sheesh. This is the women's basketball lockerroom, but due to Title IX, the men have ...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT-LO_DM26M Man whether URI gets this guy or not, it's tough for anyone to compete with these kinds of facilities. That's T. Boone Pickens money and Big 12 media revenue right there. Sheesh. This is the women's basketball lockerroom, but due to Title IX, the men have m...

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Justns11 wrote:Damn UMass is in 3 different early season tournaments.

VCU is as well.

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Good luck guys. Rooting for Rhody to nail this one down.

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To say that Twitter is the only place where someone can learn these experiences isn't accurate. Life in college is chock full of them. It's also inaccurate to assume that the only reason a coach would ban Twitter is because his only goal is to win games in a college setting. Massive over-generalizat...

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Not sure anyone at VCU is complaining about it given his results, but everyone is entitled to their opinion. The kids are all active on other social media platforms (ie. Instagram). Just not Twitter. It's too mainstream and easily shared. One of the main catalysts was a George Mason player trash-tal...

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Wow, so freshman through end of Senior season, District?? Wow. Yes. Shaka implemented this right after the Final Four in 2011 and it's been in effect the last 2 seasons. We've joked around on our boards that we know when a kid is transferring out when he pops up on twitter again. Shaka's big on dis...

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Yea VCU does this as well. As soon as players get on campus for workouts, Twitter is off-limits until they end their senior seasons.

It's been a good thing for us IMO.

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He's on an official visit to VCU this weekend FWIW.

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VCU has reached a point where they're starting to get hated on. It's a good thing, means they've made it. We're getting there. We're not satisfied with where we are, but we're definitely seeing progress. VCU reigns as the 2013 Naismith College Basketball Student Section of the Year. They backed it ...

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The Larry Brown effect. They already have a McDonald's All-American coming in this year with 5-star Keith Frazier staying home.

This isn't the SMU of the last 20 years any more.

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WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Guessing you got that one from my twitter feed too. haha

URI is on its way. Should be fun to watch the ascent of the program.

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ATPTourFan wrote:Some fun tweets from our VCU friend, District Baller:

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