Throwback
VCU basketball alums to compete for $1M in tournament
Fred Jeter | 7/6/2023, 6 p.m.
An impressive group of former VCU basketball players will be slipping back into black ‘n’ gold uniforms later this month.
Under the name RamNation, a squad of mostly ex-Rams will compete in the $1 million, winner-take-all The Basketball Tournament (TBT). There are 64 entries in eight regions.
The first and only guaranteed game will be July 25 in Wheeling, W.Va. RamNation will be seeded seventh in the Wheeling Region and face No. 2 seed Sideline Cancer. ESPN+ will televise.
The RamNation roster will include JeQuan Lewis, Juvonte Reddic, De’Riante Jenkins, Marcus Evans, KeShawn Curry, Marcus Santos-Silva, Mike Gilmore and David Shriver, all former VCU standouts.
Coaching will be led by Jamion Christian, a former VCU assistant coach.
Sideline Cancer’s roster features Tyrese Rice, now 36, the MVP of the 2021 TBT with Boeheim’s Army. Rice starred at L.C. Bird High, Boston College and has been playing professionally since 2009.
This is RamNation’s fifth entry into the TBT and first since 2019.
