Virginia Commonwealth Rams

Shaka Smart and VCU have agreed in principle to a deal to keep the coach at the school. Athletic director Ed McLaughlin says the details are still being finalized, but the majority of changes involve "program enhancements for the student-athletes and...

VCU’s fervent fan base again can rest easy. Shaka Smart, 35, agreed to a contract extension through 2023 to remain as coach of the Rams, whom he took to the 2011 Final Four and the last three NCAA tournaments. He turned down UCLA to do so....

The Final Four is more than a week away, but college basketball’s annual offseason intrigue already is at full boil, especially here in our little corner of paradise. We’ve got it all, from conference realignment to the coaching carousel and...

William and Mary improved its baseball winning streak to seven games Tuesday, winning 10-4 at East Carolina as Ryan Hissey was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs. The Tribe saw its 35-inning shutout streak end when the Pirates scored twice in the fifth,...

After the Colonial Athletic Association lost its third marquee member in 10 months, and fourth school in the past year, commissioner Tom Yeager vowed that the league will remain viable and relevant. "I do know, and have every confidence, in the...

Terry Driscoll is looking for a basketball coach, and candidates might want to familiarize themselves with Job and Saint Jude. Driscoll searches for someone who can reverse William and Mary’s dismal women’s basketball history. In 29...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Michigan made Havoc look helpless. Now Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway Jr. and the rest of the cool-headed Wolverines are part of the school's longest NCAA tournament run in nearly two decades. Mitch McGary had 21 points...

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Bumping, banging and leaving Colorado State with a whole lot of bruises, top-seeded Louisville is into the Midwest Region semifinals. Russ Smith led four players in double figures with 27 points, and the Cardinals put on a defensive...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Michigan made Havoc look helpless. Mitch McGary had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and the fourth-seeded Wolverines breezed through Virginia Commonwealth's vaunted pressure with a clinical performance Saturday, beating the fifth-...

And with that............... K-State's tournament run is done. A one and done shocker to upstart La Salle that had everyone dropping their jaws. The Wildcats literally played two games on Friday against the Explorers. The first half was all La Salle,...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Virginia Commonwealth set an NCAA tournament record with the largest victory by a fifth-seeded team over a No. 12. And it could've been an even bigger rout. Troy Daniels had 23 points, Juvonte Reddic scored 21 and the Rams...

RICHMOND — As Akron prepared for the Mid-American Conference tournament, VCU coach Shaka Smart sent the Zips a 45-second motivational video. "It was all about how much I believed in their team and how good they could be," Smart said Tuesday....