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VCU Rams
The VCU Rams are the college athletics, athletic teams of Virginia Commonwealth University of Richmond, Virginia, United States. The Rams compete in NCAA Division I, Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The most successful teams have been the men's tennis and basketball teams, which have had success in their conference and on the regional and national stages. The school's colors are black and gold. The athletic director is Ed McLaughlin. The official student supporter group is known as the Rowdy Rams. VCU was founded following the merger of the Medical College of Virginia and the Richmond Professional Institute in 1968. Prior to the VCU Rams, the MCV athletic teams competed as the ''Medicoes'' and the RPI athletic teams competed as the ''Green Devils''. Sports sponsored A member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University sponsors teams in seven men's and eight women's NCAA sanctioned sports. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a Public university, public research university in Richmond, Virginia, United States. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College, becoming the Medical College of Virginia in 1854. In 1968, the Virginia General Assembly merged MCV with the Richmond Professional Institute, founded in 1917, to create Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2022, more than 28,000 students pursued 217 degree and certificate programs through VCU's 11 schools and three colleges. The VCU Health System supports health care education, research, and patient care. It was the only school in the South to have graduated a class every year during the American Civil War. VCU had a record $506 million in sponsored research funding in the fiscal year 2024 and is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". VCU's athletic teams compete in NCAA Divisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VCU Rams Women's Lacrosse
The VCU Rams women's lacrosse team represent Virginia Commonwealth University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I women's college lacrosse competition. The team started in the 2015–16 academic year. The Rams play their home games at Cary Street Field, located on the school's Monroe Park campus in Richmond, Virginia. The Rams play in the Atlantic 10 Conference The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I. The A-10's member schools are located most .... References External links * Atlantic 10 Conference women's lacrosse College women's lacrosse teams in the United States Lacrosse teams in Virginia VCU Rams Women's sports in Virginia 2015 establishments in Virginia Lacrosse clubs established in 2015 {{lacrosse-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweet Sixteen (KHSAA State Basketball Championship)
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association boys' and girls' state basketball championships are single elimination tournaments held each March featuring 16 high schools. Colloquially known as the Sweet Sixteen (the KHSAA holds a trademark on the phrase). Since 2019, both the boys' and girls' tournaments takes place over four days at downtown Lexington's Rupp Arena. History The Kentucky High School Boys' Basketball State Tournament began in 1918. For fourteen years there were 18 regions that encompassed the tournament. Since 1932 there have only been 16 regions thus the term "Sweet Sixteen" was coined. Kentucky is one of only two states (Delaware is the other) that still play a state tournament without a class system that divides large and small schools into separate tournaments. The first six tournaments were held at the University of Kentucky gymnasium in Lexington. After 1923 the tournament continued in Lexington but moved to the new Alumni Gymnasium on UK's campus which h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010–11 Purdue Boilermakers Men's Basketball Team
The 2010–11 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University. The head coach was Matt Painter, in his sixth season with the Boilers. The team played its home games in Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Purdue finished the season 26–8, 14–4 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost to Michigan State in the quarterfinals. They received a bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 3 seed in the Southwest Region. They defeated Saint Peter's in the Second Round before losing to eventual Final Four participant VCU in the Third Round. Season notes * After initially entering their names into the 2010 NBA draft, both E'Twaun Moore and JaJuan Johnson removed their names from consideration on May 8, 2010, and announced their intentions to return for their senior seasons. * On October 4, 2010, Robbie Hummel, Moore, and Johnson were named to the John R. Wooden A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010–11 Georgetown Hoyas Men's Basketball Team
The 2010–11 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 2010–2011 NCAA Division I basketball season. In November, the team played in and won the Charleston Classic tournament. During the February 23 game against the Cincinnati Bearcats, senior Chris Wright injured his hand, and later had surgery that kept him out of the final conference games. Without him, the Hoyas lost in their first game in the 2011 Big East men's basketball tournament. The team ultimately received an at-large invitation as a 6 seed in the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, where they lost in the second round to VCU. They finished the season 21–11, 10–8 in Big East play. Previous season In their previous season, the team finished the season 23–11, and 10–8 in Big East play, and advanced to the championship game of the 2010 Big East men's basketball tournament. Sophomore Greg Monroe declined to return, and entered the NBA draft where h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010–11 USC Trojans Men's Basketball Team
The 2010–11 USC Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Southern California during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Trojans, led by second year head coach Kevin O'Neill (basketball), Kevin O'Neill, played their home games at the Galen Center and were members of the Pacific-10 Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 10–8 in Pac-10 play. They lost in the semifinals of the 2011 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament to 2010–11 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Arizona. They received an at-large bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they lost in the new ''First Four'' round to 2010–11 VCU Rams men's basketball team, VCU. Class of 2010 , - , colspan="7" style="padding-left:10px;" , Overall Recruiting Rankings: Scout.com, Scout – UR Rivals.com, Rivals – UR ESPN – UR Roster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Odom
Ryan Odom (born July 11, 1974) is an American men's college basketball coach who is the head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers, Virginia Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball, Cavaliers men's basketball team since March 21, 2025. He has previously coached the UMBC Retrievers, Utah State Aggies, and VCU Rams, taking each program to the NCAA Tournament by his second year. Odom has many unique ties to the Virginia program having run the gamut from being a ball boy in University Hall (University of Virginia), University Hall through the 1980sZach Pereles.UMBC head coach Ryan Odom used to be a UVA ball boy, and his star player's parents went to UVA. Yahoo Sports, March 17, 2018. Accessed March 23, 2025. to being the coach who defeated No. 1 seed Virginia—the 2018 UMBC vs. Virginia men's basketball game, first NCAA Round of 64 win by a men's No. 16 seed—in 2018. His father is Dave Odom, former UVA assistant coach (1982–1989) and former head coach at Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benny Dees
Benny Dees (December 29, 1934 – March 23, 2021) was an American college basketball coach. He was head coach of the University of New Orleans Privateers team from 1985 to 1987, the University of Wyoming team from 1987 to 1993 and Western Carolina University from 1993 to 1995. Additionally, Dees served as assistant coach at Georgia Tech, Alabama, and Western Kentucky. In 1987, he led the University of New Orleans to their first NCAA Championship tournament, where they defeated BYU in the first round 83–79. While attending college at the University of Wyoming, Dees lettered in basketball and baseball. He began his coaching career as head coach of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College from 1962 to 1967. Dees subsequently became the first coach of VCU. Upon retirement, Dees returned to his native Georgia, where he coached high school basketball. He retired as head coach of the Toombs County High School boys' basketball team in 2010. Dees was married to Nancy Dees, who coached wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowdy Rams
Rowdy may refer to: Places *Rowdy Branch, a stream in Kentucky People *Rowdy (Medal of Honor recipient), Native American member of the United States Army during the Indian Wars Nicknames *Dale Shearer (born 1965), Australian rugby league footballer *Kyle Busch (born 1985), American NASCAR driver *Rowdy Gaines (born 1959, birth name Ambrose Gaines IV), American swimmer *Roddy Piper (1954–2015), Canadian professional wrestler *Ronda Rousey (born 1987), American mixed martial artist *Rowdy Tellez (born 1995), American baseball player Characters *Rowdy (Dallas Cowboys), the mascot of the Dallas Cowboys NFL franchise *Rowdy the Roadrunner, the mascot of the University of Texas at San Antonio Roadrunners Fictional characters *Rowdy, stuffed Labrador dog from Scrubs *Rowdy Abilene, Ronn Moss's character from the 1987 filme ''Hard Ticket to Hawaii'' *Rowdy Burns, Michael Rooker's character from the 1990 film ''Days of Thunder'' *Rowdy Yates, Clint Eastwood's character in ''Rawhide'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. It also organizes the Athletics (physical culture), athletic programs of colleges and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. The headquarters is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Until the 1956–57 academic year, the NCAA was a single division for all schools. That year, the NCAA split into the NCAA University Division, University Division and the NCAA College Division, College Division. In August 1973, the current three-division system of NCAA Division I, Division I, NCAA Division II, Division II, and NCAA Division III, Division III was adopted by the NCAA membership in a special convention. Under NCAA rules, Division I and Division II schools can offer athletic scholarships to students. Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VCU Rams Women's Volleyball
The VCU Rams women's volleyball program represents Virginia Commonwealth University in NCAA Division I women's volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ .... See also * List of NCAA Division I women's volleyball programs References External links * Atlantic 10 Conference volleyball College women's volleyball teams in the United States VCU Rams Volleyball in Virginia Women's sports in Virginia {{Virginia-sport-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VCU Rams Women's Tennis
VCU Rams women's tennis represents Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a Public university, public research university in Richmond, Virginia, United States. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College, becoming the Medical College of Virgin .... The team is coached by Vivian Segnini. Facilities Thalhimer Tennis Center The six court facility currently holds 300 people, and is located between Main and Cary Street in VCU's Monroe Park Campus. New Tennis Center The 2014-2020 six year capital plan calls for a 14 million dollar, state-of-the-art, modern Tennis center that will include 6 indoor courts, a spectator viewing space, and 12 outdoor courts. VCU Rams All-Americans Martina Nedelková (1998, 2001){{cite web, url=http://www.vcuathletics.com/sports/wten/AllAmericans , title=VCU , publisher=Vcuathletics.com , access-date=2013-10-18 Andrea Ondrisova (2000, 2002) Barbora Zahnova (2003) Silvia Urickova ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
