Shrink you beat me to the punch on the American U. game....I have VCU ties in Richmond and I follow them as well. VCU was horrible in the first half against American and down 6 points with 2 minutes left...how they pulled it out is anyone's guess. Will be interesting to see how they come to play tonight, I have a little heart invested in VCU so I'm going to just watch....I can't even venture an opinion on it; 10 baskets is alot to give but then VCU may not even reach 15 points at the half. Are you going to the game? I miss Shockoe Slip...had too much fun down there. GL,G
glaken,
Shockoe Slip!!! YES!!!!! :banger:
This is not the same team that the public saw in the Big Dance.
3 our of their 5 Starters are gone, whereas Wake has everyone returning...
Maybe Doles plays, but he is not well. Some say this team is going to be real dangerous, and you're not going to want to play them in March. Trouble is, when you lose your leading scorer, and 2-guard, plus your center, and on-court leader and leading rebounder / defender, you're going to have serious chemistry issues. It will come, but no way you can get there after 1 real game.
I am done rambling....
Ken
Shockoe Slip!!! YES!!!!! :banger:
This is not the same team that the public saw in the Big Dance.
3 our of their 5 Starters are gone, whereas Wake has everyone returning...
Maybe Doles plays, but he is not well. Some say this team is going to be real dangerous, and you're not going to want to play them in March. Trouble is, when you lose your leading scorer, and 2-guard, plus your center, and on-court leader and leading rebounder / defender, you're going to have serious chemistry issues. It will come, but no way you can get there after 1 real game.
I am done rambling....
Ken
Doles won't play
Wishes granted for Rams
VCU gets its rematch with Wake Forest in the Preseason NIT
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD>BY JOHN PACKETT
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=140 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR align=middle><TD bgColor=#000000>[font=verdana,sans-serif]VCU AT WAKE FOREST[/font]</TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#cccccc>[font=verdana,sans-serif]TODAY 7 p.m., Winston-Salem, N.C. ON THE AIR Radio: WBBT (107.3), 6:30 p.m.[/font]</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Shortly after Virginia Commonwealth had survived an overtime thriller with American Monday night at the Siegel Center, Nick George found out the Rams would be playing Wake Forest in the next round of the Preseason National Invitation Tournament.
"This is definitely what we wanted," said George, whose memory bank was recalling a first-round 79-78 loss to the Demon Deacons in the NCAA tournament in March.
"It felt terrible to lose to them last time. Now that we have another shot, we're going at them like we did last time. This time we want a victory."
Be careful what you wish for.
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"We're a different team," VCU coach Jeff Capel said after the Rams edged American 82-76. "They're kind of the same. They're a lot better. They didn't lose anyone. We lost two really, really good players."
That would be guard Domonic Jones and post man Troy Godwin. Jones scored 22 points and handed out seven assists in the March meeting, while Godwin had six rebounds.
The Rams will also be without swingman Michael Doles for the second straight game. Doles, who averaged 11.2 ppg off the bench last season, was diagnosed with mononucleosis on Monday and is out indefinitely.
VCU got 27 points from guard B.A. Walker and 24 from George in outlasting American. The Rams were 10 of 20 from behind the 3-point arc.
"We've been working hard," George said. "A lot of people continue to say, 'Domonic Jones is gone. Troy Godwin is gone.' I don't think people realize how much of a talented team we are. We're good at what we do. If we stay together and play with heart from the start, we can come up with a victory."
In addition to all-ACC guard Chris Paul, the Deacons are expected to start a frontline of 6-9 Jamaal Levy, 6-9 Vytas Danelius and 6-9 Eric Williams, which will make it difficult for the Rams to score inside. VCU will likely start 6-8 Calvin Roland in the post and bring 6-8 Derrick Reid and 6-9 Renardo Dixon off the bench.
"We're excited to get to play an ACC team, a team that I think is one of the top two teams in the country," Capel said. "I know our guys aren't going to back down. We have a lot of respect for them. We know they're very good. We know their personnel. We're going down there and give it everything we have."
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Wishes granted for Rams
VCU gets its rematch with Wake Forest in the Preseason NIT
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD>BY JOHN PACKETT
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"This is definitely what we wanted," said George, whose memory bank was recalling a first-round 79-78 loss to the Demon Deacons in the NCAA tournament in March.
"It felt terrible to lose to them last time. Now that we have another shot, we're going at them like we did last time. This time we want a victory."
Be careful what you wish for.
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"We're a different team," VCU coach Jeff Capel said after the Rams edged American 82-76. "They're kind of the same. They're a lot better. They didn't lose anyone. We lost two really, really good players."
That would be guard Domonic Jones and post man Troy Godwin. Jones scored 22 points and handed out seven assists in the March meeting, while Godwin had six rebounds.
The Rams will also be without swingman Michael Doles for the second straight game. Doles, who averaged 11.2 ppg off the bench last season, was diagnosed with mononucleosis on Monday and is out indefinitely.
VCU got 27 points from guard B.A. Walker and 24 from George in outlasting American. The Rams were 10 of 20 from behind the 3-point arc.
"We've been working hard," George said. "A lot of people continue to say, 'Domonic Jones is gone. Troy Godwin is gone.' I don't think people realize how much of a talented team we are. We're good at what we do. If we stay together and play with heart from the start, we can come up with a victory."
In addition to all-ACC guard Chris Paul, the Deacons are expected to start a frontline of 6-9 Jamaal Levy, 6-9 Vytas Danelius and 6-9 Eric Williams, which will make it difficult for the Rams to score inside. VCU will likely start 6-8 Calvin Roland in the post and bring 6-8 Derrick Reid and 6-9 Renardo Dixon off the bench.
"We're excited to get to play an ACC team, a team that I think is one of the top two teams in the country," Capel said. "I know our guys aren't going to back down. We have a lot of respect for them. We know they're very good. We know their personnel. We're going down there and give it everything we have."
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arty: 
well NOREGA, I guess you dont know much about SHARPS with a statement like that...lol....
to put it in simple terms it is not about being PLUS or MINUS points.... it is about VALUE. Many people forget this.
the best example I can think of is when D2Bets shared with the board a line that OLY had posted of -500 of wether or not Hideki Matsui would be named to the allstar team....
-500 is certainly a heavy price but Matsui was a virtual 99.5% shoe in to be named...... hence -500 was tremendous value & SHARPS gobbled it up.
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