SportsLine's model just revealed its college basketball picks for the Dayton Flyers vs. VCU Rams on Friday night

Javon Bennett scored 22 points and Dayton prevented VCU from clinching the Atlantic 10 Conference regular-season title with a 79-76 victory, ending the Rams’ nine-game win streak

No. 11 in the Atlantic-10 Conference, VCU, enters the A-10 National Championship Tournament, facing off against No. 14 La Salle University. The last time these teams faced each other was on March 1.,

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VCU men's basketball (25-5, 15-2 Atlantic 10) is seeking an outright regular-season conference championship on Friday night at the Siegel Center as the Rams host rival Dayton (21-9, 11-6 A-10) in the black and gold's final game of the regular season.

VCU fell behind big early, got the deficit down to one with six seconds left, but a missed three at the buzzer left the Rams with a 79-76 loss to Dayton.

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With conference tournaments getting underway and the NCAA Tournament around the corner, plenty of college basketball teams are looking to strengthen their tournament portfolios. Two of those teams are the VCU Rams and the Boise State Broncos.

VCU was No. 25 in the most recent coaches poll and was two points shy of entering the Associated Press rankings.

The VCU Rams (25-5, 15-2 A-10) take a nine-game win streak into a home matchup with the Dayton Flyers (21-9, 11-6 A-10), winners of three straight. The contest starts at 7 p.m. ET (on ESPN2) on

Max Shulga did not get a good look at the buzzer, but anyone who has watched Virginia Commonwealth play the Dayton Flyers over the years expected the desperation 3-pointer to hit nothing but net. Instead,

The Minutewomen (3-3, 1-0 A-10) scored four unanswered goals at the end of the fourth quarter, with the game winner scored by Delaney Rodriguez-Shaw to put them up 15-12. From there, Kassidy Morris, Lil Hancock and Tessa Shield all found the back of the Rams’ (2-5, 0-1 A-10) net.