Virginia Commonwealth University's women's volleyball team has been all dressed up for the big dance for the past week with no place to go. That was until Sunday, when the Rams learned they will head to Chapel Hill, N.C., for their first- and possible second-round games of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament.
It was an exciting weekend for college football. The Heisman Trophy was all but handed out Nov. 19, a team on the rise fell back down and a living legend shut up critics. To start, however, I'd like to talk about ABC play-by-play announcer Brent Musburger.
Dixon lifts men's basketball to first win of the season in his hometown Junior forward Renardo Dixon (Houston, Texas) tipped in B.A. Walker's (Onancock/ Nandua High School) missed jumper Saturday with 1:02 to go at Houston to give the Rams a 62-61 victory.
Which was the last season the Washington Wizards franchise finished with 50 or more wins? The Washington Bullets went 54-28 in the 1978-79 season, a year after they won the NBA Championship. What do you think? Who do you think should be named The Commonwealth Times' top student-athlete of the fall semester? E-mail your pick to bogenbergepj@vcu.
It was a cold day a week before Thanksgiving, but 36 people, including many from VCU, ran in the Third Annual Turkey Trot 5K race at Belle Isle. An Olympic runner with a time of 15 minutes, 37 seconds, won the race, but he could not accept his award because of Olympic regulations.
Volleyball NCAA National Tournament Fri Dec. 2: vs. Purdue in Chapel Hill, N.C. Sat. Dec. 3: Winner of VCU/Purdue vs. winner of North Carolina/ College of Charleston in Chapel Hill, N.C.
