Larry Sanders News

So far, so good for the University of Rhode Island basketball team. Now, the challenges get more difficult.

The silver lining for the silver and blue in Nevada's 85-76 loss to Virginia Commonwealth on Friday night was the reawakening of sophomore Dario Hunt.

RICHMOND, Va. - Larry Sanders had 17 points, 14 rebounds and five blocks as Virginia Commonwealth held off Nevada for an 85-76 win on Friday night.

Virginia Commonwealth big man Larry Sanders jumped slightly to block a shot in Monday's game against Hampton.

Bradford Burgess scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Virginia Commonwealth past Hampton 63-52 on Monday night.

When Jeff Capel left Virginia Commonwealth to become the head coach at Oklahoma four years ago, his contract mandated that he bring his new team back to Richmond to play the Rams.

Jeff Capel and Oklahoma make a much-anticipated visit to the sold-out Siegel Center tonight.

On DVD, it didn't look quite so tall, athletic and annoyingly aggressive. And in practice, Western Michigan University's scout defense never made it seem so imposing.

Joey Rodriguez and the Virginia Commonwealth basketball team got a text message from Eric Maynor at 8 a.m. yesterday.

Virginia Commmonwealth beats Bethune-Cookman 77-51 Eds: APNewsNow. Virginia Commonwealth 77, Bethune-Cookman 51.

The conference has garnered national attention over the past few years and Old Dominion hasn't necessarily been among the teams to do so, but with preseason CAA co-Player of the Year Gerald Lee anchoring the post in the middle, ODU will be a force and look to make the NCAA Tournament.

Virginia Commonwealth's Larry Sanders has never forgotten the humiliation of his youth.

Virginia Commonwealth is a week away from its season opener, but big man Larry Sanders is already making headlines.

Larry Sanders had 22 points, 14 rebounds and six blocked shots as VCU beat Virginia Union 85-55 in their exhibition game at the Siegel Center.

OUTLOOK: The Colonial Athletic Association sent five teams to postseason play last year, which had never happened before in conference history.

Virginia Commonwealth junior forward Larry Sanders is one of 50 players named to the watch list for the Naismith Trophy.

Virginia Commonwealth sophomore forward Terrance Saintil "most likely" will have surgery this week to repair ligament damage in his right thumb and could miss two months, VCU coach Shaka Smart said.

Over the past six seasons George Mason and Virginia Commonwealth have won either the Colonial Athletic Association regular season or tournament championship in men's basketball eight times.

PG Joey Rodriguez nearly transferred in the offseason, getting so close that it actually was reported that he had.

VCU lost maybe the greatest player and greatest coach its program has ever had, so the Rams are in for a fall, right? Well, no one at VCU seems to be jumping off any bridges.