GoZips Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Virginia Commonwealth just lost a hard fought road game at #13 Alabama. While VCU has not opened many eyes up to tonight; they sure did tonight. VCU led this game most of the way. Not until Alabama stiffened their defense did the Tide take control of the game late. Shaka will have VCU ready when they roll into Akron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Districtballer Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Virginia Commonwealth just lost a hard fought road game at #13 Alabama. While VCU has not opened many eyes up to tonight; they sure did tonight. VCU led this game most of the way. Not until Alabama stiffened their defense did the Tide take control of the game late. Shaka will have VCU ready when they roll into Akron. For a team this young, tonight was an awesome glimpse of the potential of this squad. We have made some major strides in the last couple of games and I expect this team to be a major problem come March. Very happy to see our young guys starting to blossom, and on as big a stage as they'll play on at that. No doubt this game will be a barn-burner! Looking forward to getting more games under our belt and hopefully we'll be closer to what Shaka sees as the finished product by the time we face you all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Districtballer Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Virginia Commonwealth just lost a hard fought road game at #13 Alabama. While VCU has not opened many eyes up to tonight; they sure did tonight. VCU led this game most of the way. Not until Alabama stiffened their defense did the Tide take control of the game late. Shaka will have VCU ready when they roll into Akron. For a team this young, tonight was an awesome glimpse of the potential of this squad. We have made some major strides in the last couple of games and I expect this team to be a major problem come March. Very happy to see our young guys starting to blossom, and on as big a stage as they'll play on at that. No doubt this game will be a barn-burner! Looking forward to getting more games under our belt and hopefully we'll be closer to what Shaka sees as the finished product by the time we face you all. As I suspected, Shaka has these guys buying in and we really are coming together. We just beat previous 5-2 South Florida out of the Big East by 23 points at home by a score of 69-46. Hopefully we can go on a bit of a run from here on out, although any at-large hopes are likely nil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 As I suspected, Shaka has these guys buying in and we really are coming together. We just beat previous 5-2 South Florida out of the Big East by 23 points at home by a score of 69-46. Hopefully we can go on a bit of a run from here on out, although any at-large hopes are likely nil. Welcome to the club! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Districtballer Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 As I suspected, Shaka has these guys buying in and we really are coming together. We just beat previous 5-2 South Florida out of the Big East by 23 points at home by a score of 69-46. Hopefully we can go on a bit of a run from here on out, although any at-large hopes are likely nil. Welcome to the club! Ha thanks! Here are the video highlights of the game from VCURamNation.com. Just click on the link and scroll down to view the video player. http://www.vcuramnation.com/2011/12/video-...-south-florida/ Here are some other videos from Rams Review with highlights and post-game analysis: Rams Review Video Highlights: http://vimeo.com/32952465 Rams Review Post-game Analysis: http://vimeo.com/32953288 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Districtballer Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 VCU beat George Washington out of the A-10 by 15 today, 75-60. The Rams are now 4-1 in their last 5 games with the only loss on the road to #12 Alabama by 8 points. Shaka's got the boys hitting their stride and playing some decent ball. The Rams take on another A-10 opponent and crosstown rival Richmond on Friday at home on ESPN2 if you want to check out the game. It will be VCU's 7th consecutive sell-out dating back to last season. Richmond is 6-2 with wins over Rutgers and Wake Forest so it should be a good contest if you want to scout the Rams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Are you feeling any more confident about playing the Zips with each passing VCU win and each passing Zips loss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Districtballer Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Are you feeling any more confident about playing the Zips with each passing VCU win and each passing Zips loss? I try never to have too many expectations with a team as young and inexperienced as the one we have now. It's not like you guys are losing to bad teams. They all seem to be pretty decent to me. It'll still be on your home court and we're still going to be the 10th youngest team in the country. We could play real well and win convincingly or lose by 20. I wouldn't be surprised by either. You guys have Sweet 16 talent on your squad and if you play up to it, we'll have as hard a time as we'll have with anyone this year. Don't get too low on your squad...KD's too good to let this team fall short of it's potential. I have no doubt you guys will be firing on all cylinders when we meet. Plus I'm sure KD will be fired up to beat VCU after losing the past games in our series, especially given the fact that Shaka is one of his pupils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Districtballer Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 VCU just crushed crosstown rival Richmond (went to the Sweet 16 last year) by 22 points to the tune of 73-51 on ESPN2 at home. This Richmond team had beaten both Rutgers and Wake Forest this season coming into this game and it was a big matchup for city bragging rights. The Rams notched a school-record 7th straight sellout and we're gunning for the conference record of 9 straight. We're on a 4-game winning streak with the average margin of victory being 20.75 points. The Rams are playing some good ball right now. Hoping we can keep it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 VCU just crushed crosstown rival Richmond (went to the Sweet 16 last year) by 22 points to the tune of 73-51 on ESPN2 at home. This Richmond team had beaten both Rutgers and Wake Forest this season coming into this game and it was a big matchup for city bragging rights. The Rams notched a school-record 7th straight sellout and we're gunning for the conference record of 9 straight. We're on a 4-game winning streak with the average margin of victory being 20.75 points. The Rams are playing some good ball right now. Hoping we can keep it up! Oh yeah, well we're averaging one new suspension a week so we have that going for us. But seriously, that is a pretty impressive win over your crosstown rivals Now if you beat them in football by 22 I'd be REALLY impressed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Districtballer Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 VCU just crushed crosstown rival Richmond (went to the Sweet 16 last year) by 22 points to the tune of 73-51 on ESPN2 at home. This Richmond team had beaten both Rutgers and Wake Forest this season coming into this game and it was a big matchup for city bragging rights. The Rams notched a school-record 7th straight sellout and we're gunning for the conference record of 9 straight. We're on a 4-game winning streak with the average margin of victory being 20.75 points. The Rams are playing some good ball right now. Hoping we can keep it up! Oh yeah, well we're averaging one new suspension a week so we have that going for us. But seriously, that is a pretty impressive win over your crosstown rivals Now if you beat them in football by 22 I'd be REALLY impressed Sorry to hear about the suspensions. I guess it's kind of to be expected when you have to go with non-traditional recruits. There's a give and take with getting talented players that other schools can't recruit if they don't except partial qualifiers (I know we don't) but also having to deal with character/academic issues that inevitably arise with most of them. Thanks. We're 41-25 in the all-time series with and have won 7 of the last 8 meetings. We also go to 13-2 against the A-10 in our last 15 meetings. As for football, FCS football is not going to impress anybody, who are you trying to fool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hip Zip Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Looking forward to seeing Detroit at Bama tomorrow. The Titans now have Holman back which instantly makes them a much better team. Would not at all be surprised to see Detroit hang in there all day long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Districtballer Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Looking forward to seeing Detroit at Bama tomorrow. The Titans now have Holman back which instantly makes them a much better team. Would not at all be surprised to see Detroit hang in there all day long. Me neither. Holman is very good and Alabama has shown they are not as impressive as initially thought. Dayton beat them pretty handily I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Districtballer Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Looking forward to seeing Detroit at Bama tomorrow. The Titans now have Holman back which instantly makes them a much better team. Would not at all be surprised to see Detroit hang in there all day long. Well I guess we were both wrong. Arizona is blowing out Detroit at the half 38-22. Holman is doing his part for Detroit with 7 points, 5 boards and a block though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hip Zip Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 But in the end Detroit covered. $$$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Districtballer Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 But in the end Detroit covered. $$$ Haha and that's all that counts. Mitchell had a nasty reverse jam for Bama...if they can somehow figure out how to shoot the 3, that will be a scary team. Tough to watch Grant build up that team after watching him coach at VCU, but he's a heckuva coach. No arguing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Watcher Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 It most certainly has everything to do with Grant's top assistant for the offensive side of the ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Districtballer Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 It most certainly has everything to do with Grant's top assistant for the offensive side of the ball. You talking about the 3-point woes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Grant's top assistant is ex-Zips head coach Dan Hipsher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Districtballer Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Grant's top assistant is ex-Zips head coach Dan Hipsher. Yeah I was aware of that...just teasing him about Hipsher being the reason that Bama was shooting the 3 so bad since he was inferring Hipsher was responsible for Bama's success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Looking forward to seeing Detroit at Bama tomorrow. The Titans now have Holman back which instantly makes them a much better team. Would not at all be surprised to see Detroit hang in there all day long. Well I guess we were both wrong. Arizona is blowing out Detroit at the half 38-22. Holman is doing his part for Detroit with 7 points, 5 boards and a block though. Never heard a final on that one. How did Arizona do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Districtballer Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Looking forward to seeing Detroit at Bama tomorrow. The Titans now have Holman back which instantly makes them a much better team. Would not at all be surprised to see Detroit hang in there all day long. Well I guess we were both wrong. Arizona is blowing out Detroit at the half 38-22. Holman is doing his part for Detroit with 7 points, 5 boards and a block though. Never heard a final on that one. How did Arizona do? Ugh. I didn't even see that until now. Well done. 'Arizona' ended up winning by like 8 and went 1-11 from 3 but controlled the game from the tip to the final horn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Districtballer Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 VCU had a school-record 20 steals (also the most in any game between D1 teams in the country this season) and forced 28 turnovers last night in a 87-64 win over UNCW. We outscored the Seahawks 41-4 in points off of turnovers. Here are some video highlights of the game, our defense and athleticism was on good display here: VCURamNation: http://www.vcuramnation.com/2011/12/video-...-havoc-on-uncw/ (scroll down to view the video player) RamsReview: http://ramsreview.com/2011/12/16/mens-basketball-vs-uncw/ VCUAthletics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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