Finishing as the regular season runners-up , the Rams earned a direct bye to the quarterfinals of the 2012 CAA Men 's Basketball Tournament , where they earned the second seed in the tournament . Their conference tournament run began on March 3 , 2012 when the Rams took on the Northeastern Huskies at the Richmond Coliseum in downtown Richmond , Virginia . The Rams won 75 – 65 and advanced to the semifinals against Mason . In the semifinals , the Rams took a 22-point lead against Mason , leading 22 – 0 before Mason successfully scored their first basket . Winning , again by a ten-point margin , 74 – 64 , the Rams reached their second-consecutive CAA Championship , and their seventh in the past eleven years . In the CAA Championship , VCU took on Drexel , whom they lost to during the regular season . After leading by as many as sixteen in the second half , the Rams would weather a Drexel comeback , winning their fifth CAA tournament , 59 – 56
2012 CAA Men 's Basketball Tournament
2012 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
2011–12 VCU Rams men's basketball team