Riding 9-game win streak, VCU opens NCAA tourney vs. Saint Mary's
When VCU won nine of its final 12 games of the 2020-21 season, it looked as if the Rams were poised to make a respectable run on college basketball's biggest stage.
That was until lingering effects of the pandemic nixed VCU's chances of recording its first NCAA Tournament win since 2016.
Positive COVID-19 tests forced the Rams to forfeit their meeting with Oregon, but VCU now has a chance to redeem itself in the first r