The 1984 tournament held similar results for the Rams squad. The Rams lost their second-round game by the same margin to No. ![]() 12 seed La Salle in the first round and were eliminated in the second round by No. The Rams would return to the tournament in 1983. 4 Tennessee in overtime in the second round 56–58. 12 Long Island before being eliminated by No. 5 seed in the East region and defeated No. The Rams entered the tournament as the No. The following year the Rams posted a 24–5 record on their way to the Sun Belt Conference regular season and Conference tournament championships. It would not be long before the Rams returned to the tournament. 12 seed in the East Region and were eliminated in the first round by No. Barnett in VCU's first season in the Sun Belt. VCU received their first bid to the NCAA Tournament in the 1979–1980 season with an 18–12 overall record and Sun Belt Conference tournament championship led by then first-year VCU Head Coach J.D. It is the first post-season tournament championship, excluding conference tournaments, in the history of the program. The Rams became the first team to sweep the best of 3 championship series in the CBI post-season tournament on their way to becoming the 2010 CBI Champions. During Barnett's six years coaching the team, only twice did the Rams not win the Sun Belt Conference. Barnett, the Rams earned fourth berths into the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, each being their first four berths, the first coming in 1980. It would take 10 more seasons before the Rams appeared in a postseason tournament, earning a berth into the 1978 National Invitation Tournament being eliminated in the first round by the University of Detroit. Coached by Benny Dees and assisted by Landy Watson and Vann Brackin for their first two seasons, Dees led the team to two winning records, before being replaced by Chuck Noe. In the 1968–69 season as an independent team, the program played its first ever season. The VCU Rams men's basketball program was founded in 1968, at the same time as the merger of the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia. VCU reached the NCAA tournament a state record seven consecutive times from 2011 to 2017. In another NCAA Tournament-first, VCU became the first team ever to forfeit a game in the NCAA Tournament when their First Round game in the 2021 NCAA tournament was declared a no-contest due to several positive COVID-19 tests in the VCU program. Thus, VCU became the first team to advance from the "First Four" to the Final Four. In 2011, the Rams' journey to the Final Four began in one of the four opening round games, commonly called "play-in" games, intended to narrow the field from 68 to 64 teams. While the team had made nine NCAA Tournament appearances beforehand, never had the Rams made it beyond the second round of the tournament. ![]() The team is known for its Final Four run in the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The official student supporter group is known as the Rowdy Rams. The Rams have also won twelve regular season championships four from the Sun Belt, five from the CAA, and three in the Atlantic 10. Additionally, the Rams won the 2010 CBI tournament and have ten conference tournaments three being in the Sun Belt Conference, five being in the Colonial Athletic Association, and two in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Virginia Commonwealth has made it to the NCAA Final Four once in its program's history, in 2011. Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia on the university's Monroe Park campus. Since 1999, the team has played home basketball games at the E.J. With a valuation of $56.9 million, VCU ranked second in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and second in the A-10 Conference. ![]() In 2017, VCU was ranked the 40th most valuable men's basketball program in the country by The Wall Street Journal. The Rams joined the Atlantic 10 Conference in the 2012–13 season after previously competing in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). The VCU Rams men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball team that represents Virginia Commonwealth University.
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