2023–24 VCU Rams men's basketball team

2023–24 VCU Rams men's basketball
2023–24 VCU Rams men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	8–7 (0–2 A-10)
Head coach	Ryan Odom (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Darius Theus; Bryce Crawford; Matt Henry;
Home arena	Stuart C. Siegel Center

2023–24 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Dayton	3	–	0	1.000	13	–	2	.867
Richmond	2	–	0	1.000	10	–	5	.667
Rhode Island	2	–	0	1.000	8	–	7	.533
George Mason	2	–	1	.667	13	–	3	.813
UMass	2	–	1	.667	11	–	4	.733
Loyola Chicago	2	–	1	.667	10	–	6	.625
George Washington	1	–	1	.500	12	–	3	.800
St. Bonaventure	1	–	1	.500	10	–	4	.714
Fordham	1	–	1	.500	7	–	8	.467
La Salle	1	–	2	.333	10	–	6	.625
VCU	1	–	2	.333	9	–	7	.563
Saint Louis	1	–	2	.333	8	–	8	.500
Davidson	0	–	2	.000	10	–	5	.667
Saint Joseph's	0	–	2	.000	10	–	5	.667
Duquesne	0	–	3	.000	9	–	6	.600

† 2024 A-10 tournament winner As of January 13, 2024

The 2023–24 VCU Rams men's basketball team represents Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams, led by first-year head coach Ryan Odom, play their home games at the Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Previous season

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]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Jamir Watkins	0	F	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210	RS Sophomore	Trenton, New Jersey	Transferred to Florida State
Ace Baldwin Jr.	1	G	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190	Junior	Baltimore, Maryland	Transferred to Penn State
Jalen DeLoach	4	F	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215	Junior	Savannah, Georgia	Transferred to Georgia
Arnold Henderson VI	15	G	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	180	Senior	Mechanicsville, Virginia	Graduated
Jarren McAllister	21	G	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205	RS Junior	Wake Forest, North Carolina	Transferred to TBD
Jayden Nunn	23	F	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190	Junior	Flint, Michigan	Transferred to Baylor
Nick Kern Jr.	24	F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190	Junior	St. Louis, Missouri	Transferred to Penn State
Brandon Johns Jr.	30	F	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240	Graduate	Lansing, Michigan	Graduated
Josh Banks	33	G	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175	Junior	Charlotte, North Carolina	Transferred to UNC Asheville
David Shriver	35	F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220	RS Senior	Philippi, West Virginia	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Sean Bairstow	7	G	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205	Graduate	Brisbane, Australia	Transferred from Utah State
Joe Bamisile	22	G	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195	Senior	Richmond, Virginia	Transferred from Oklahoma
Jason Nelson	1	G	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175	RS Sophomore	Richmond, Virginia	Transferred from Richmond
Max Shulga	11	G	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	197	Senior	Kyiv, Ukraine	Transferred from Utah State
Roosevelt Wheeler	4	F/C	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240	Junior	Richmond, Virginia	Transferred from Louisville

2023 recruits

No players have officially committed to VCU.^[5]

Roster

As of April 23, 2023

2023–24 VCU Rams men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Jason Nelson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	RS So	Richmond	Richmond, VA
G	2	Zeb Jackson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Michigan	Toledo, OH
F/C	4	Roosevelt Wheeler	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Louisville	Richmond, VA
G/F	5	Alphonzo Billups III	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Varina	Richmond, VA
G	7	Sean Bairstow	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	GS	Utah State	Brisbane, QLD
G	8	Michael Belle	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Strasbourg	London, ENG
F	10	Tobi Lawal	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Lee Academy	London, ENG
G	11	Max Shulga	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	Sr	Utah State	Kyiv, UKR
F	13	Kuany Kuany	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	GS	California	Melbourne, VIC
G	14	Connor Odom	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Sr	Utah State	Annapolis, MD
F	21	Christian Fermin	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Pocono Mountain West	Tobyhanna, PA
G	22	Joe Bamisile	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Oklahoma	Richmond, VA
F	34	Obinnaya Okafor (W)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	So	Bethel	Hampton, VA

Head coach

Ryan Odom (Hampden–Sydney)

Assistant coach(es)

Bryce Crawford (Ohio State)
Matt Henry (Trinity (TX))
Darius Theus (VCU)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 28, 2023* 7:00 p.m.	Mars Hill	W 110–50		21 – Nelson	8 – Belle	10 – Jackson	Siegel Center (5,017) Richmond, VA
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., MASN/ESPN+	McNeese	L 65–76	0–1	22 – Shulga	7 – Jackson	8 – Jackson	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
November 10, 2023* 7:00 p.m., MASN/ESPN+	Samford	W 75–65	1–1	17 – Shulga	10 – Fermin	7 – Jackson	Siegel Center (7,114) Richmond, VA
November 15, 2023* 7:00 p.m., MASN/ESPN+	Radford	W 73–50	2–1	19 – Nelson	10 – Lawal	5 – Jackson	Siegel Center (7,045) Richmond, VA
November 18, 2023* 2:00 p.m., MASN/ESPN+	Seattle	W 60–56	3–1	20 – Jackson	9 – Fermin	7 – Shulga	Siegel Center (6,421) Richmond, VA
November 23, 2023* 5:30 p.m., ESPN2	vs. Iowa State ESPN Events Invitational quarterfinals	L 64–68	3–2	17 – Shulga	5 – Jackson	8 – Shulga	State Farm Field House Bay Lake, FL
November 24, 2023* 8:00 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU	vs. Boise State ESPN Events Invitational consolation 2nd round	L 61–65	3–3	24 – Shulga	9 – Lawal	3 – Tied	State Farm Field House (2,579) Bay Lake, FL
November 26, 2023* 10:30 a.m., ESPNU	vs. Penn State ESPN Events Invitational 7th place game	W 86–74	4–3	22 – Jackson	9 – Belle	6 – Jackson	State Farm Field House Bay Lake, FL
December 1, 2023* 7:00 p.m., MASN/ESPN+	Norfolk State	L 60–63	4–4	15 – Jackson	11 – Belle	3 – Tied	Siegel Center Richmond, VA
December 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	Memphis	L 80–85 ^OT	4–5	14 – Shulga	8 – Tied	5 – Shulga	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
December 10, 2023* 2:00 p.m., MASN/ESPN+	Alcorn State	W 86–58	5–5	18 – Jackson	10 – Lawal	7 – Jackson	Siegel Center (6,389) Richmond, VA
December 16, 2023* 2:00 p.m., MASN/ESPN+	Temple	W 87–78	6–5	19 – Jackson	7 – Lawal	7 – Jackson	Siegel Center (7,189) Richmond, VA
December 22, 2023* 7:00 p.m., MASN/ESPN+	Maryland Eastern Shore	W 75–51	7–5	14 – Shulga	7 – Lawal	7 – Nelson	Siegel Center (7,098) Richmond, VA
December 30, 2023* 7:00 p.m., MASN/ESPN+	Gardner–Webb	W 87–73	8–5	22 – Bairstow	10 – Lawal	5 – Tied	Siegel Center (7,188) Richmond, VA
Atlantic 10 regular season
January 3, 2024 9:00 p.m., CBSSN	St. Bonaventure	L 78–89	8–6 (0–1)	15 – Fermin	9 – Fermin	6 – Bairstow	Siegel Center (6,348) Richmond, VA
January 6, 2024 4:00 p.m., USA	George Washington	L 82–84	8–7 (0–2)	20 – Shulga	14 – Fermin	4 – Shulga	Siegel Center Richmond, VA
January 9, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at George Mason Rivalry						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
January 13, 2024 12:30 p.m., USA	at La Salle						Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
January 19, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	Saint Louis						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
January 23, 2024 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	Loyola Chicago						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
January 27, 2024 8:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Davidson						John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC
January 30, 2024 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	at St. Bonaventure						Reilly Center Olean, NY
February 3, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPNU	Richmond Capital City Classic						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
February 6, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Fordham						Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY
February 9, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	Dayton						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
February 16, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	at Saint Louis						Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
February 20, 2024 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	at UMass						Mullins Center Amherst, MA
February 25, 2024 4:00 p.m., CBSSN	Saint Joseph's						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
February 28, 2024 6:30 p.m., CBSSN	Rhode Island						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
March 2, 2024 6:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Richmond Capital City Classic						Robins Center Richmond, VA
March 5, 2024 7:00 p.m., MASN/ESPN+	Duquesne						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
March 8, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	at Dayton						UD Arena Dayton, OH
A-10 tournament
March 12–17, 2024 TBA	vs. TBA						Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[6]

References

↑ Russo, Ralph J. (March 7, 2023). "VCU beats Dayton 68-56 to win A-10 championship, NCAA bid". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
↑ "Baldwin Doubles Down on A-10 Men's Basketball Honors; Fordham's Urgo Claims Coach of the Year". Atlantic 10 Conference. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
↑ "PSU hires Rhoades as coach; VCU lands Odom". ESPN.com. March 29, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
↑ @Coachryanodom (April 8, 2023). "Here's to another Key Moment for @CoachDTheus_10! Excited to welcome him and his family back home as part of our @VCU_Hoops staff!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
↑ "VCU 2023 Basketball Commits (0)". 247sports.com.
↑ "2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule". VCU Rams Athletics.

External links

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[1] Russo, Ralph J. (March 7, 2023). "VCU beats Dayton 68-56 to win A-10 championship, NCAA bid". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

[2] "Baldwin Doubles Down on A-10 Men's Basketball Honors; Fordham's Urgo Claims Coach of the Year". Atlantic 10 Conference. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

[3] "PSU hires Rhoades as coach; VCU lands Odom". ESPN.com. March 29, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.

[4] @Coachryanodom (April 8, 2023). "Here's to another Key Moment for @CoachDTheus_10! Excited to welcome him and his family back home as part of our @VCU_Hoops staff!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[5] "VCU 2023 Basketball Commits (0)". 247sports.com.

[6] "2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule". VCU Rams Athletics.

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VCU Rams men's basketball
Venues	Franklin Street Gym (1968–1971) Richmond Coliseum (1971–1999) Siegel Center (1999–present)
Rivalries	George Mason Old Dominion Richmond
Culture & lore	Rodney the Ram
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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2023 recruits

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References

External links