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#366 ·
Terrance Shannon's paperwork is done and it's now official. Here's the release from VCU:
SHANNON SET TO JOIN RAMS FOR 2013-14 SEASON

RICHMOND, Va. – Less than a month after graduating from Florida State with a degree in interdisciplinary studies, Terrance Shannon, a 6-8, 240-pound forward, has enrolled at VCU. He will be eligible to play immediately.

We're excited about Terrance's arrival at VCU. He comes from a very strong program and has had significant success at a high level. We look forward to the toughness and aggressiveness that Terrance will add to our frontcourt.

Last season, he was the Seminoles' third-leading scorer (7.9 ppg), second-leading rebounder (5.9 rpg) and led the team in steals per game with 1.2.

During his time at FSU, he played in two NCAA Tournaments and one NIT. He earned a medical redshirt for the 2011-12 season after a shoulder injury limited him to just seven games.

The Forsyth, Ga. native fortifies a VCU frontcourt that includes All-Atlantic 10 selection Juvonte Reddic, rising junior Jarred Guest and freshmen Mo Alie-Cox and Antravious Simmons.

Shannon joins four other newcomers on VCU's roster next season. The Rams return six players from last year's NCAA Tournament team. Sophomore Teddy Okereafor and freshman Justin Tuoyo have decided to transfer from the program.
 
#368 · (Edited)
Here are the preliminary renderings and budget details on VCU's practice facility that is scheduled to break ground this summer. VCU also plans to expand the Siegel Center to 10,000 seats in the next few years.




Front:


Back:


Practice courts:


Training area and hydrotherapy wing:


*It should be noted that these renderings are all from our time in the CAA in which the budget was 9 million. It has since ballooned to 14-16 million.

 
#371 ·
TRE

Graham Invited to USA Basketball University Games Training Camp


VCU’s top returning scorer, Treveon Graham, has been invited to Colorado Springs, Colorado this month to tryout for the 12-man roster that will represent USA in this year’s World University Games.

Camp takes place June 24th-30th with finalists announced on the 28th. The team’s roster will be official as of July 1st.

Graham will compete with the likes of Eric Atkins (Notre Dame/Columbia, Md.); Markel Brown (Oklahoma State/Alexandria, La.); Deonte Burton (Nevada/Los Angeles, Calif.); Quinn Cook (Duke/Washington, D.C.); Bryce Cotton (Providence/Tucson, Ariz.); Spencer Dinwiddie (Colorado/Woodland Hills, Calif.); C.J. Fair (Syracuse/Baltimore, Md.); Yogi Ferrell (Indiana/Indianapolis, Ind.); Davante Gardner (Marquette/Suffolk, Va.); Jerian Grant (Notre Dame/Bowie, Md.); P.J. Hairston (North Carolina/Greensboro, N.C.); A.J. Hammons (Purdue/Gary, Ind.); Luke Hancock (Louisville/ Roanoke, Va.); Joe Harris (Virginia/Chelan, Wash.); Tyler Haws (BYU/Alpine, Utah); Andre Hollins (Minnesota/ Memphis, Tenn.); Rodney Hood (Duke/Meridian, Miss.); Josh Huestis (Stanford/Great Falls, Mont.); Cory Jefferson (Baylor/Killeen, Texas); Sean Kilpatrick (Cincinnati/Yonkers, N.Y.); Alex Kirk (New Mexico/Los Alamos, N.M.); Devyn Marble (Iowa/Southfield, Mich.); Doug McDermott (Creighton/Ames, Iowa); Adreian Payne (Michigan State/Dayton, Ohio); Chasson Randle (Stanford/Rock Island, Ill.); Will Sheehey (Indiana/Stuart, Fla.); Aaron White (Iowa/Strongsville, Ohio); and Kendall Williams (New Mexico/Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.).

The team will be led by veteran Davidson coach, Bob McKillop. McKillop will be assisted by Michigan’s John Beilein and South Carolina’s Frank Martin.

http://www.vcuramnation.com/2013/06/graham-invited-to-usa-basketball-university-games-training-camp/
 
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Re: TRE

Graham Invited to USA Basketball University Games Training Camp


VCU’s top returning scorer, Treveon Graham, has been invited to Colorado Springs, Colorado this month to tryout for the 12-man roster that will represent USA in this year’s World University Games.

Camp takes place June 24th-30th with finalists announced on the 28th. The team’s roster will be official as of July 1st.

Graham will compete with the likes of Eric Atkins (Notre Dame/Columbia, Md.); Markel Brown (Oklahoma State/Alexandria, La.); Deonte Burton (Nevada/Los Angeles, Calif.); Quinn Cook (Duke/Washington, D.C.); Bryce Cotton (Providence/Tucson, Ariz.); Spencer Dinwiddie (Colorado/Woodland Hills, Calif.); C.J. Fair (Syracuse/Baltimore, Md.); Yogi Ferrell (Indiana/Indianapolis, Ind.); Davante Gardner (Marquette/Suffolk, Va.); Jerian Grant (Notre Dame/Bowie, Md.); P.J. Hairston (North Carolina/Greensboro, N.C.); A.J. Hammons (Purdue/Gary, Ind.); Luke Hancock (Louisville/ Roanoke, Va.); Joe Harris (Virginia/Chelan, Wash.); Tyler Haws (BYU/Alpine, Utah); Andre Hollins (Minnesota/ Memphis, Tenn.); Rodney Hood (Duke/Meridian, Miss.); Josh Huestis (Stanford/Great Falls, Mont.); Cory Jefferson (Baylor/Killeen, Texas); Sean Kilpatrick (Cincinnati/Yonkers, N.Y.); Alex Kirk (New Mexico/Los Alamos, N.M.); Devyn Marble (Iowa/Southfield, Mich.); Doug McDermott (Creighton/Ames, Iowa); Adreian Payne (Michigan State/Dayton, Ohio); Chasson Randle (Stanford/Rock Island, Ill.); Will Sheehey (Indiana/Stuart, Fla.); Aaron White (Iowa/Strongsville, Ohio); and Kendall Williams (New Mexico/Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.).

The team will be led by veteran Davidson coach, Bob McKillop. McKillop will be assisted by Michigan’s John Beilein and South Carolina’s Frank Martin.

http://www.vcuramnation.com/2013/06/graham-invited-to-usa-basketball-university-games-training-camp/
http://www.usabasketball.com/mens/worlduniversity/roster.html

Treveon made the 12 man team.
 
#373 ·
2014 VCU commit Jonathan Williams was bumped up to 4 stars (80 grade, #26 PG) in ESPN's latest ranking update: http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/176650/jonathan-williams

He was included in ESPN Insider's 12 guys who are right on the cusp of the ESPN100: http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/ncbrecruiting/on-the-trail/post?id=4328
Jonathan Williams (Newark, N.J./St. Benedict)
PG, 5-11, 170
Committed to VCU

Williams finishes well in the lane for a player of his size and has the type of speed defenders struggle with. He has excellent body control and touch, especially when shooting the floater. Williams sets the tone on defense with his on-ball pressure in both the full and the half court.
That makes 4 ESPN 4-star recruits in the last 3 recruiting classes for VCU:







 
#374 ·
The Sporting News names Juvonte Reddic as the #8 Center in the nation for next season:

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-ba...-top-10-centers-mitch-mcgary-montrezl/slide/8


He was hiding somewhere near the fringe of the team picture when VCU made its stunning Final Four run in 2011 and established itself as a significant brand, but he has been more toward the center of the frame as the Rams have demonstrated they are a major program. The move from the Colonial to the Atlantic 10 last season did not daunt Reddic in the least. He increased his scoring output roughly 40 percent and rebounding by about 25 percent. Even another 10 percent bump this year will place him among college basketball’s elite big men.
 
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PERRY NAMED VIDEO COORDINATOR FOR MEN’S BASKETBALL


RICHMOND, Va. – Head Coach Shaka Smart rounded out his VCU men's basketball coaching staff with a familiar face, announcing the hiring of former graduate assistant Dwight Perry as the Rams' new video coordinator.

Perry has spent the last two seasons as a graduate assistant under Smart and his staff, during which VCU has posted a 56-16 mark, including back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament Round of 32.

"I'm extremely appreciative of the opportunity Coach Smart has given me to stay with the program," Perry said. "I'm grateful for the chance to continue to work with our student-athletes on a daily basis."

Prior to his time in Richmond, Perry spent two seasons as an intern with the Stanford men's basketball program.

The Durham, North Carolina native spent three years as a member of the University of Kentucky basketball team, where he earned his degree in Business Management.

Perry is also a graduate of VCU's Center for Sports Leadership, earning his master's in May of 2012.

http://vcuathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/201306187dofe7
 
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http://www.timesdispatch.com/sports...cle_bd2bb542-57c1-5d39-8717-59e0d448e16b.html
Virginia Commonwealth’s Treveon Graham is scheduled to leave this weekend for USA Basketball’s training camp for the World University Games.

Graham, who averaged 15.1 points and 5.8 rebounds last season, is one of 27 players trying to make the 12-man roster. Graham, 6 foot 5, is listed as a forward, although his versatility as a guard will help.
Rams garnering early top 25 attention

VCU, which spent several weeks in The Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls last season, has been listed among next season’s early top 25 picks by several national writers.

The Rams return three double-figure scorers — including second-team all-A-10 picks Graham and Juvonte Reddic — and two others who averaged at least 5 points on last year’s team, which went 27-9.

VCU adds an interior presence in Florida State transfer forward Terrance Shannon, plus two players who sat out and four true freshmen. The question mark is at point guard, where the Rams lose two-year starter Darius Theus.

“I think preseason polls — I just don’t think they’re very sophisticated,” VCU coach Shaka Smart said. “People take a quick look at who you have coming back and maybe who you have coming in. It’s a best-guess. That’s fine. It’s fun for the fans and the media.

“What I expect is no different from what I’ve expected every year that I’ve been here, which is for us to have a great season. We want to compete with the best teams in our region, the best teams in our conference and, hopefully, the best teams in the country.”
 
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http://vcuathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2013-14/releases/20130624vmj90z

REDDIC AMONG SELECT GROUP INVITED TO NIKE’S BIG MAN SKILLS ACADEMY

RICHMOND, Va. – The tagline for Nike EYBL's Big Man Skills Academy is "Where the Best Get Better," and that's exactly what VCU rising senior Juvonte Reddic will be looking to do this week in Union, N.J.

Reddic is among 13 collegiate big men selected to participate in the three-day event, which features NBA stars Amare Stoudemire and Anthony Davis.

The Winston-Salem , N.C. native is one of just two big men outside the power-six conferences selected to participate, joining UNLV's Khem Birch.

It's a three-day event with four scheduled closed workouts in front of numerous NBA personnel and a fifth workout open to the media on Wednesday, June 26th.

Reddic is coming off an outstanding junior season in which he posted 11 double-doubles en route to 14.6 points per game and a team-leading 8.1 rebounds per game. He ranked in the top-20 nationally with a field-goal percentage of 56.9-percent. He earned a spot on the All-Atlantic 10 Second Team and the VaSID All-State Second Team.

He also became the third junior in the past four years to reach the 1,000-point plateau, finishing the 2012-13 campaign with 1,025 career points. That mark currently ranks 30th on VCU's all-time scoring list.

The camp is set to begin today at 4 p.m.
Not bad for an unranked 3-star. Guess Rivals got that one wrong.
 
#384 ·
Semantics. The Big East still exists until July 1st and all those players played in a Power 6 conference this year.

Also 'they' is just the VCU AD, so I don't think you can make any authoritative conclusions from a VCU press release about where the NBE stands in the college basketball landscape.

Actually Reddic's achievement is all the more impressive when one considers that Khem Birch was a 5-star recruit out of high school who originally went to Pittsburgh before transferring to UNLV. Reddic's come a long, long, way and is in great company now and rightfully among the best in the land.

Lots of hard work from Juvonte Reddic and a ton of great coaching and guidance from Shaka Smart and his staff.
 
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