Year: | 2023–24 |
Team: | VCU Rams |
Sport: | Basketball |
Conference: | Atlantic 10 Conference |
Short Conf: | A-10 |
Record: | 24–14 |
Conf Record: | 11–7 |
Head Coach: | Ryan Odom |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Asst Coach1: | Darius Theus |
Asst Coach2: | Bryce Crawford |
Asst Coach3: | Matt Henry |
Stadium: | Stuart C. Siegel Center |
Tourney: | NIT |
Tourney Result: | Quarterfinals |
The 2023–24 VCU Rams men's basketball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams, led by first-year head coach Ryan Odom, played their home games at the Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference.
The Rams finished the 2022–23 season 27–8, 15–3 in A-10 play to win the regular season championship. They defeated Davidson, Saint Louis, and Dayton to win the A-10 tournament championship, their first since 2015.[1] As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 12 seed in the West region. There they lost to Saint Mary's in the first round. VCU guard, Ace Baldwin Jr., was named the Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year.[2]
On March 29, 2023, head coach Mike Rhoades left the school to take the head coaching position at Penn State. That same day, the school named Utah State head coach Ryan Odom the team's new coach.[3] On April 8, Odom announced former VCU player, Darius Theus as an assistant coach to his staff.[4]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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0 | 210 | Transferred to Florida State | |||||
1 | 190 | Transferred to Penn State | |||||
4 | 215 | Transferred to Georgia | |||||
15 | 180 | Graduated | |||||
21 | 205 | Transferred to TBD | |||||
23 | 190 | Transferred to Baylor | |||||
24 | 190 | Transferred to Penn State | |||||
30 | 240 | Graduated | |||||
33 | 175 | Transferred to UNC Asheville | |||||
35 | 220 | Graduated | |||||
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
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7 | 205 | Transferred from Utah State | ||||||
22 | 195 | Transferred from Oklahoma | ||||||
1 | 175 | Transferred from Richmond | ||||||
11 | 197 | Transferred from Utah State | ||||||
4 | 240 | Transferred from Louisville |
No players have officially committed to VCU.[5]
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