That was quite the performance Mason put on Hofstra last night. The kiddies seemed to have every answer and fairly drubbed the Pride. Not many rocks thrown when you shoot 56% from both two and three. The Patriots have two straight road wins and are looking awfully tough. It’s also another roadie win in the [...]

In honor of former VCU and now-Alabama head coach Anthony Grant, we’re going to write this blog post in a Grant presser style. “Play Your Best When The Lights Are On” Mason hits The Island tonight. Tip is 7pm on ESPNU. This is going to be an old fashioned rock fight. Both teams are among [...]

Quick sidebar on a serious note… The VCU athletics department is holding a silent auction beginning Wednesday morning in which all proceeds from the event will benefit the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. “The devastation in Haiti is something that we will never comprehend,” head coach Shaka Smart said. “Anything that we can do [...]

Life, and basketball, is about response. Nobody intentionally makes bad decisions, and mistakes will happen. Things sometimes don’t work out no matter how solid your planning. There are outliers, luck, and the unplanned circumstance. Sometimes people with malevolent intentions ruin it. You will have to deal with misfortune and you will find yourself on the [...]

Life has taken over. Three more teevee contest this weekend. Enjoy them all. We said we always have a weekend key. This Saturday: road performance. We’re fresh off the four-in-eight, and all six games feature a road angle to eyeball. Towson at Delaware: Don’t laugh, this will probably be the most competitive game of the [...]

Final note from last night: JMU fans are getting on Give ‘Em Hell Denzel for his, uh, lack of defensive prowess. Let me put this as gently as I can: Kid has five double-doubles in eight games and just put a 26/13 on a 5-1 team who keyed on him. He doesn’t have to play [...]

Beach brings us the end of the Brad Kelleher story, which has actually left me speechless. And really, if you ever wondered why I’m such a Tom Pecora fan, take a gander at his quotes. On the record. There will be more to come on this, I promise. *** Further proof that news and information [...]

Tonight’s lone game pits JMU at W&M–7pm tip on CSN. In keeping with the guest preview meme, here’s Pug Radio’s Bill McDonald. Love stats: McDonald notes that The Fightin’ Pugs have won nine of the last 12 against JMU. Of course, JMU has won the past three in a row, including a 70-48 decleater in [...]

When even the victors describe last night’s action as ugly, you know we’d find an oddity or five. We went into last night’s games with a theory–we always do, and so should you. Last night we were thinking we’d see low-scoring, ugly games. The reason? Coming off the four-in-eight grind everybody is tired. Drained. Whipped. [...]

Indeed, VCU answered the world last night with a resounding thumping of Hofstra. A rested Larry Sanders poured in a career high 31 points and actually hung around the basket for long stretches of the game. Three important items that are not trivial: VCU played with an edge we haven’t seen this year. I’m not [...]