VCU made it nine straight wins, getting 22 points from Max Shulga in a 71-62 victory at Duquesne on Tuesday that clinches a share of the A-10 regular-season title for the Rams.
VCU (25-5, 15-2 A-10, NET: 29) will be the #1 seed in next week’s A-10 Tournament.
The W is also helpful for the Rams’ NCAA Tournament at-large hopes.
For what it’s worth, Joe Lunardi has VCU in the tournament field as a 10-seed as the A-10’s automatic qualifier.
The 29 NET ranking should actually translate to an eight or at worst a nine.
Back to Tuesday night: VCU led 37-29 at the half, and opened up a 14-point lead early in the second half, before a 11-1 run got Duquesne (13-17, 8-9 A-10) back to within four, at 46-42, after a Maximus Edwards three with 14:46 on the clock.
The Rams held the Dukes to five points over the next 10 minutes to get the lead back into double-digits, and Duquesne wouldn’t get closer than seven the rest of the way.
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