The 2023 NCAA Division 1 Men's College Basketball Championship Tournament

Coach Capel gives a VCU shoutout after their win. Man, that Dom Jones, BA Walker team was something else. They were some kind of good.

JonBoy said:

Dom Jones is still my all-time favorite. I think he would have gotten NBA looks if VCU was more known at the time.
I was at the game he referenced, playing Chris Paul and Wake Forest in Raleigh, NC. It was 8 on 5 with the refs and we lost by 1 (it was 4 before a meaningless 3 at the end) in what was essentially a home game. I loved that team, the guys you mentioned plus Nick George, a freshman JPR, and our 6’6” senior center, Troy Godwin.

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JPR is a friend of mine. I used to do a volunteer reading program at Hillside Court way back in the day. Jesse was a kid in the group. I also shot sports so I saw him play football and basketball. Jesse is a great guy. He and Rob B work with kids these days. Great team. Oh and you spoke of Dom. Also, waaaaay back my brother lived on the southside when I was in my late 20s or early 30s...I don't remember my age. Ha! But I used to visit and on his culesac there was a hoop. I used to play one on one and HORSE with a kid. Later on that kid was a high school star and he came to VCU where he was all-CAA 1st team. Yep, it was Dom Jones.

Watching Nick Honor at point for Mizzou and Taylor Funk shooting 3s for Utah State is weird.

Bill Russell said:

Go Paladins! Finish strong…

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Who knew a Paladin was a purple knight?

Wow! What a 3 for Furman off the turnover. Clark must not have learned much in his 10 years at UVA.

Yesterday lots of top-30 NET-ranked teams were bounced...

No.10 Arizona (111 Princeton)
No.18 Utah State (42 Mizzou)
No.19 Texas A&M (48 PSU)
No.25 WVU (31 Maryland)
No.27 UVA (88 Furman)
No.29 Boise State (41 Northwestern)

so let's continue that trend.

[email protected] said:

GO RAMS OF RICHMOND! Bring some respect to the A-10.

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They are the only Rams in the tournament so you can say VCU Rams now.

ace93 said:

Couldn't he always just say VCU Rams?

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True.

Funny how VCU fans complained about scheduling teams like Kennesaw State. Coach Martelli knows what he is doing even though the NET disagreed.

So far they have reverted to November and now Ace is hurt. Not looking good. Let's see if they can gut it out.

Just sucks to shit the bed now after how they were playing coming in.

JonBoy said:

That was rough. Terrible showing from us and a chance to win. But just way too sloppy.

And credit to them, their interior defense was really good

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Yeah it was Iowa State ugly on offense 😂

Is this now a FDU thread?

Merrimack has to be sick to their stomachs. Another bullshit NCAA stipulation.

Vooter said:

Oh, yeah, that's awful...it's like four years, right? That's ridiculous...

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Three years. It makes no sense to me.

BrownIndians85 said:

Maybe so but every year we see some minor conference team become a Cinderella, and you have to ask why never the A10?

Whether it was a Loyola, St. Peter's, FDU, they're making splashes and we just get our teams in and lose chalk.

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Keep the faith. One day....

paulxu said:

Maybe there's a curse? George Mason and VCU made the FF from the CAA.
I think only Dayton has made the S16 (and E8) since 2011.

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No curse. Just gotta play better. Don't forget La Salle's run.

[email protected] said:

Am I old enough to remember LaSalle’s run? lol

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You don't have to be old. They made the Sweet 16 in 2013.