2018–19_VCU_Rams_men's_basketball_team

2018–19 VCU Rams men's basketball
2018–19 VCU Rams men's basketball
Atlantic 10 regular season champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	25–8 (16–2 A-10)
Head coach	Mike Rhoades (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	J. D. Byers; Brent Scott; Jamal Brunt;
Home arena	Stuart C. Siegel Center
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 VCU Rams men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 2018–19 VCU Rams men's basketball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams were led by Mike Rhoades in his second season as head coach at VCU. The Rams played their home games at Stuart C. Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 25-8, 16-2 in A-10 Play to finish in 1st place. In the quarterfinals of the A-10 tournament, they were upset by Rhode Island. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to UCF.

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2018* 7:00 pm		Virginia–Wise	W 87–41		15 – Curry	10 – Tied	4 – Jenkins	Siegel Center (5,040) Richmond, VA
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2018* 7:00 pm, MASN		Gardner–Webb	W 69–57	1–0	16 – Vann	8 – Vann	4 – Byrd	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
November 9, 2018* 7:00 pm, MASN		Hampton Legends Classic campus-site game	W 69–57	2–0	16 – Santos-Silva	7 – Gilmore	3 – Tied	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
November 12, 2018* 7:00 pm, MASN		Bowling Green Legends Classic campus-site game	W 72–61	3–0	12 – Williams	9 – Douglas	3 – Evans	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
November 19, 2018* 9:30 pm, ESPN3		vs. Temple Legends Classic semifinals	W 57–51	4–0	21 – Evans	7 – Mobley	3 – Simms	Barclays Center (5,967) Brooklyn, NY
November 20, 2018* 7:30 pm, ESPN2		vs. St. John's Legends Classic championship	L 86–87 ^OT	4–1	30 – Vann	12 – Santos-Silva	5 – Vann	Barclays Center (5,453) Brooklyn, NY
November 24, 2018* 7:00 pm, MASN		Hofstra A10–CAA Challenge	W 69–67 ^OT	5–1	19 – Jenkins	8 – Tied	5 – Evans	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
November 28, 2018* 7:00 pm, MASN		at Old Dominion Rivalry	L 52–62	5–2	14 – Evans	7 – Santos-Silva	3 – Jenkins	Ted Constant Center (8,172) Norfolk, VA
December 1, 2018* 7:00 pm, MASN		Iona	W 88–59	6–2	19 – Evans	9 – Santos-Silva	3 – Tied	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
December 5, 2018* 8:00 pm, ESPNU		at Texas	W 54–53	7–2	16 – Evans	16 – Santos-Silva	3 – Evans	Frank Erwin Center (8,190) Austin, TX
December 9, 2018* 1:30 pm, ACCRSN		at No. 4 Virginia	L 49–57	7–3	10 – Vann	10 – Santos-Silva	3 – Vann	John Paul Jones Arena (13,648) Charlottesville, VA
December 15, 2018* 4:00 pm, NBCSN		Charleston	L 79–83	7–4	23 – Jenkins	12 – Santos-Silva	4 – Vann	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
December 22, 2018* 4:00 pm, ESPN2		Wichita State	W 70–54	8–4	18 – Vann	6 – Jenkins	5 – Evans	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
December 30, 2018* 2:00 pm, MASN		Rider	W 90–79	9–4	15 – Simms	6 – Douglas	6 – Jenkins	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
Atlantic 10 regular season
January 5, 2019 2:00 pm, WTVR		at Fordham	W 76–51	10–4 (1–0)	17 – Evans	4 – Tied	3 – Tied	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,723) Bronx, NY
January 9, 2019 7:00 pm, MASN		La Salle	W 69–63	11–4 (2–0)	15 – Jenkins	8 – Evans	3 – Crowfield	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
January 12, 2019 2:00 pm, CBSSN		at Davidson	L 57–64	11–5 (2–1)	16 – Evans	7 – Evans	2 – Evans	John M. Belk Arena (4,556) Davidson, NC
January 16, 2019 8:00 pm, CBSSN		Dayton	W 76–71	12–5 (3–1)	17 – Evans	7 – Jenkins	4 – Vann	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
January 19, 2019 6:30 pm, NBCSN		UMass	W 68–50	13–5 (4–1)	17 – Jenkins	7 – Jenkins	6 – Evans	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
January 23, 2019 7:00 pm, CBSSN		at Rhode Island	L 65–71	13–6 (4–2)	17 – Santos-Silva	7 – Santos-Silva	6 – Evans	Ryan Center (5,874) Kingston, RI
January 26, 2019 2:00 pm, MASN		at Duquesne	W 80–74	14–6 (5–2)	22 – Evans	12 – Santos-Silva	4 – Vann	Palumbo Center (3,706) Pittsburgh, PA
February 2, 2019 6:30 pm, NBCSN		George Mason Rivalry	W 79–63	15–6 (6–2)	21 – Vann	7 – Jenkins	5 – Evans	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
February 6, 2019 7:00 pm, MASN		at George Washington	W 60–50	16–6 (7–2)	14 – Jenkins	11 – Santos-Silva	4 – Evans	Charles E. Smith Center (2,959) Washington, D.C.
February 9, 2019 2:00 pm, CBSSN		at St. Bonaventure	W 85–55	17–6 (8–2)	12 – Mobley	9 – Gilmore	4 – Evans	Reilly Center (5,382) Olean, NY
February 13, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPNU		Richmond Capital City Classic	W 80–61	18–6 (9–2)	16 – Tied	9 – Douglas	5 – Evans	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
February 16, 2019 4:00 pm, NBCSN		at Dayton	W 69–68	19–6 (10–2)	19 – Jenkins	6 – Evans	4 – Vann	UD Arena (13,147) Dayton, OH
February 19, 2019 8:00 pm, CBSSN		Rhode Island	W 76–42	20–6 (11–2)	19 – Santos-Silva	12 – Santos-Silva	9 – Evans	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
February 23, 2019 2:00 pm, WTVR		George Washington	W 85–57	21–6 (12–2)	25 – Evans	7 – Santos-Silva	4 – Jenkins	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
February 26, 2019 7:30 pm, CBSSN		Saint Louis	W 71–65	22–6 (13–2)	20 – Evans	5 – Williams	4 – Tied	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
March 2, 2019 4:00 pm, CBBSN		at Richmond Capital City Classic	W 69–66	23–6 (14–2)	15 – Evans	6 – Evans	5 – Evans	Robins Center (7,201) Richmond, VA
March 5, 2019 7:30 pm, Stadium		at George Mason Rivalry	W 71–36	24–6 (15–2)	13 – Evans	9 – Santos-Silva	2 – Evans	EagleBank Arena (6,177) Fairfax, VA
March 8, 2019 9:00 pm, ESPN2		Saint Joseph's	W 75–63	25–6 (16–2)	23 – Evans	9 – Santos-Silva	4 – Tied	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
Atlantic 10 tournament
March 15, 2019 12:00 pm, NBCSN	(1)	vs. (8) Rhode Island Quarterfinals	L 70–75	25–7	26 – Santos-Silva	22 – Santos-Silva	5 – Jenkins	Barclays Center (7,194) Brooklyn, NY
NCAA tournament
March 22, 2019 9:40 pm, CBS	(8 E)	vs. (9 E) UCF First Round	L 58–73	25–8	11 – Crowfield	6 – Evans	2 – Vann	Colonial Life Arena (16,219) Columbia, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Justin Tillman	4	F	6'7"	220	Senior	Detroit, Michigan	Graduated
Jonathan Williams	10	G	6'1"	200	Senior	Richmond, Virginia	Graduated
Khris Lane	21	G	6'7"	245	RS Senior	Richmond, Virginia	Graduated
Tyler Maye	25	G	6'1"	175	Freshman	Farmville, North Carolina	Transferred to Southeastern CC
Lewis Djonkam	22	F	6'9"	245	Freshman	Springfield, Virginia	Transferred to Radford

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Marcus Evans	2	G	6'2"	195	Junior	Chesapeake, Virginia	Transferred from Rice.^[1]
Corey Douglas Jr.	4	F	6'8"	215	RS Sophomore	Louisville, Kentucky	Transferred from Tallahassee Community College.^[2]
Michael Gillmore	22	F	6'10"	210	RS Senior	Jacksonville, Florida	Transferred from Florida Gulf Coast.^[3]

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
P. J. Byrd PG	Houston, TX	George Bush High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	169 lb (77 kg)	Sep 6, 2017
P. J. Byrd PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: NR
KeShawn Curry SG	Jacksonville, FL	Fork Union Military Academy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Oct 2, 2017
KeShawn Curry SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: NR
Vince Williams Jr. SF	Toledo, OH	St. John's Jesuit	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	Oct 4, 2017
Vince Williams Jr. SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 80
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "VCU 2018 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 13, 2018. "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved February 13, 2018.

2018–19_VCU_Rams_men's_basketball_team

2018–19 VCU Rams men's basketball team

Background

Offseason

Departures

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2018 recruiting class

Honors and awards

Preseason Awards

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Preseason

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
VCU	16	–	2	.889	25	–	8	.758
Davidson	14	–	4	.778	24	–	10	.706
Dayton	13	–	5	.722	21	–	12	.636
St. Bonaventure	12	–	6	.667	18	–	16	.529
George Mason	11	–	7	.611	18	–	15	.545
Saint Louis †	10	–	8	.556	23	–	13	.639
Duquesne	10	–	8	.556	19	–	13	.594
Rhode Island	9	–	9	.500	18	–	15	.545
La Salle	8	–	10	.444	10	–	21	.323
Saint Joseph's	6	–	12	.333	14	–	19	.424
Richmond	6	–	12	.333	13	–	20	.394
George Washington	4	–	14	.222	9	–	24	.273
Massachusetts	4	–	14	.222	11	–	21	.344
Fordham	3	–	15	.167	12	–	20	.375

† 2019 Atlantic 10 tournament winner