In Smart 's first year as the Rams head coach , the team posted a 27 – 9 record , going 11 – 7 in the CAA , finishing fifth in the conference . As fifth seeds , the Rams made it to the semi-finals of the 2010 CAA Men 's Basketball Tournament before falling to their conference rivals , Old Dominion , who would go on to win the CAA Championship . Despite reaching the semifinals of the CAA Tournament , the Rams did not earn a berth into either the NCAA nor NIT tournaments . However , the Rams earned a berth into the 2010 College Basketball Invitational , where they would finish as the eventual champions , defeating Saint Louis 2 – 0 in the series final . Their sweeping of Saint Louis made it the first time in CBI history a team won the best two-out-of-three championship series in two games . Additionally , it was VCU 's first postseason tournament , other than the Sun Belt and CAA tournaments that the program won
2010 CAA Men 's Basketball Tournament
2010 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
VCU Rams men's basketball