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Guard Joe Bamisile and the rest of the VCU Rams are headed to the NCAA tournament. Photo: Dylan Buell/Getty Images
Three teams from Virginia are going dancing.
Driving the news: VCU held off George Mason in the A10 tournament championship on Sunday, 68-63, to earn the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
- The Rams are a No. 11 seed, playing No. 6 seed BYU in Denver on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Richmond fell in the semifinals of the A10 tournament, but still made the NCAA tournament as a No. 8 seed.
- The Spiders play No. 9 Georgia Tech in Los Angeles on Friday.
Plus, the William & Mary women’s team is making its first-ever NCAA tournament in program history.
- It’s seeded in one of the First Four play-in games against High Point University on Thursday at 9pm in Austin. The winner would then play No. 1 seed Texas on Saturday.
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