VCU Advances In The CBI

Early this morning, junior Joey Rodriguez (Oviedo, Fla.) of the Virginia Commonwealth University men's basketball team posted "glad to have the opportunity to play another game tonight" on his Twitter page.

Early this morning, junior Joey Rodriguez (Oviedo, Fla.) of the Virginia Commonwealth University men's basketball team posted "glad to have the opportunity to play another game tonight" on his Twitter page.

Dexter Strickland hit the go-ahead free throws with 2:34 left and North Carolina held William & Mary scoreless for the final 5 minutes in the Tar Heels' 80-72 win in the first round of the NIT on Tuesday night.

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Richmond -- which reached the A-10 Championship game, beat every conference team during the year and won a school-record 26 games -- is in the NCAA Tournament field for the first time since 2004. The Spiders play 10th-seed St. Mary's (26-5) on Thursday in Providence.

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