Virginia Commonwealth Rams men's basketball
| VCU Rams | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
|||
 |
|||
| University | Virginia Commonwealth University | ||
| First season | 1968–69 | ||
| All-time record | 935–511 (.647) | ||
| Conference | Atlantic 10 | ||
| Location | Richmond, VA | ||
| Head coach | Will Wade (2nd year) | ||
| Arena |
Stuart C. Siegel Center (Capacity: Expandable to 8,000) |
||
| Nickname | Rams | ||
| Student section | The Rowdy Rams | ||
| Colors | Black and Gold |
||
| Uniforms | |||
|
|||
| NCAA Tournament Final Four | |||
| 2011 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | |||
| 2011 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
| 2011 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Round of 32 | |||
| 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016 | |||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |||
| 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | |||
| Conference tournament champions | |||
| 1980, 1981, 1985, 1996, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015 | |||
| Conference regular season champions | |||
| 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016 | |||
The VCU men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program that represents Virginia Commonwealth University. The Rams joined the Atlantic 10 Conference in the 2012–13 season after previously competing in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).
Since 1999, the team has played home basketball games at the E.J. Wade Arena at the Stuart C. Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia on the university's Monroe Park campus. Virginia Commonwealth has made it to the NCAA Final Four once in its program's history, in 2011. Additionally, the Rams won the 2010 CBI Tournament and have nine conference tournaments; three being in the Sun Belt Conference, five being in the Colonial Athletic Association, and one in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Rams have also won ten regular season championships; four from the Sun Belt, five from the CAA, and one in the Atlantic 10. The team is coached by Will Wade. The official student supporter group is known as the Rowdy Rams.
The team is best known for its Final Four run in the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. While the team had made nine NCAA Tournament appearances beforehand, never had the Rams made it beyond the second round of the tournament. In 2011, the Rams' journey to the Final Four began in one of the four opening round games, commonly called "play-in" games, intended to narrow the field from 68 to 64 teams. Thus, VCU became the first team to advance from the "First Four" to the Final Four.
The VCU Rams men's basketball program was founded in 1968, at the same time as the merger of the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia. In the 1968–69 season as an independent team, the program played its first ever season. Coached by Benny Dees and assisted by Landy Watson and Vann Brackin for their first two seasons, Dees led the team to two winning records, before being replaced by Chuck Noe. It would take 10 more seasons before the Rams appeared in a postseason tournament, earning a berth into the 1978 National Invitation Tournament being eliminated in the first round by the University of Detroit.
...
Wikipedia