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VCU women claim Atlantic 10 championship The VCU women's basketball team meets during a timeout in the Atlantic 10 Championship Game on March 14, 2021. (Source: WWBT NBC12) By Marc Davis | March 14, 2021 at 3:03 PM EDT - Updated March 14 at 4:07 PM RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - VCU ended the season right where the Rams expected to be- on top of the Atlantic 10. The black and gold opened up a 10 point lead in the first quarter and fended off any rallies, as VCU downed UMass, 81-69, to claim the conference championship. It marks VCU’s first ever Atlantic 10 Tournament crown and the Rams’ fi...

Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images When the 5th-seeded VCU Rams (15-10, 10-5 A-10) and 7th-seeded UMass Minutewomen (14-6, 7-5 A-10) meet at 12 p.m. ET on Sunday with the Atlantic-10 Tournament title and an NCAA Tournament bid on the line, it will be an opportunity for the Minutewomen to make their first Big Dance and an opportunity for the Rams to make their first since 2009. VCU upset the A-10 regular season champion Dayton Flyers on Saturday. Meanwhile, UMass upset the 3rd-seeded Saint Louis Billikens on Saturday and the 2nd-seeded Fordham Rams on Friday. VCU and UM...

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    GREENVILLE, N.C.     Trailing VCU by six going into the fourth quarter, East Carolina dug in defensively and held the Rams to a pair of points in the final 3:46, securing a 58-55 non-conference victory over the Atlantic 10 Conference preseason favorite Wednesday evening inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.     The Pirates (2-3) wrapped up non-conference play while VCU (2-4) lost its second-straight contest on the road.     "We got better tonight," head coach Kim McNeill said. "It wasn't pretty for 40 minutes, but I really saw us focus on some of the things we've been w...