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In another NCAA tournament-first, VCU became the first team ever to forfeit a game in the NCAA tournament [6] when their First Round game in the 2021 NCAA tournament was declared a no-contest due to several positive COVID-19 tests in the VCU program. [7] VCU reached the NCAA tournament a state record seven consecutive times from 2011 to 2017.
The VCU Rams men's college basketball team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, representing Virginia Commonwealth University in the Atlantic 10 Conference. [1] VCU has played its home games at Stuart C. Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia since its opening in 1999.
The team is best known for its Final Four run in the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, the first time the Rams made it beyond the second round. The Rams' journey to the Final Four under coach Shaka Smart began in one of the four opening round games, commonly called "play-in" games, intended to narrow the field from 68 to 64 teams.
The second one is a byproduct of Kentucky’s leaky, 108th-ranked defense. Nineteen of the past 21 teams that have won a national championship have started the NCAA tournament with both an offense ...
This is a list of NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament bids by school, and is updated through 2024. [1] There are currently 68 bids possible each year (32 automatic qualifiers, 36 at-large). Schools not currently in Division I are in italics (e.g., CCNY) and some have appeared under prior names (e.g., UTEP went by Texas Western in 1966).
VCU began competing in intercollegiate basketball in 1968. [1] The NCAA did not officially record assists as a stat until the 1983–84 season, and blocks and steals until the 1985–86 season, but VCU's record books includes players in these stats before these seasons. These lists are updated through the end of the 2020–21 season.
It determines the champion of Division I, the top level of play in the NCAA, [1] and the media often describes the winner as the national champion of college basketball. [2] [3] The NCAA Tournament has been held annually since 1939, except for 2020, when it was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. [4] Its field grew from eight ...
In the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, VCU qualified as an at-large bid, having to play in the newly formatted tournament's "First Four" against USC. The decision to allow VCU to participate in the tournament was widely criticized among pundits and the media. [130] VCU defeated USC 59–46 in the "First Four" play-in game.