Richmond earns top seed in NIT
Richmond men’s basketball earned a number-one seed in the National Invitation Tournament after a loss to VCU in the Atlantic 10 quarterfinals ended the team’s chances for an NCAA Tournament berth.
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Richmond men’s basketball earned a number-one seed in the National Invitation Tournament after a loss to VCU in the Atlantic 10 quarterfinals ended the team’s chances for an NCAA Tournament berth.
In a back-and-forth classic between Richmond and VCU, the Spiders were unable to keep up with the Rams late in the Atlantic 10 quarterfinals.
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For the second year in a row, Richmond men’s basketball and Virginia Commonwealth University will meet in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament. Also for the second year in a row, Mat Shelton of VCU Ram Nation and I address some of the burning questions heading into the Brooklyn version of the Black and Blue Classic:
Update (Thursday, 5:01 p.m.): VCU defeated Fordham 63-57 Thursday, setting up a quarterfinal showdown between VCU and Richmond.
Richmond women’s basketball lost to the Fordham Rams in the final seconds of Friday’s quarterfinal matchup in the Atlantic 10 tournament, potentially ending the Spiders’ season.
Richmond women’s basketball team lost to the conference-leading George Washington Colonials in an overtime thriller Thursday night.
Heading into the second half of Wednesday night’s game between Richmond and VCU, Kendall Anthony and the Spiders held a nine-point lead and were playing with confidence. The Robins Center was easily as loud as it’s been this season, and Anthony was waving his arms toward the student section as if to say, “Cheer louder, we’ve got this!”
The Black and Blue Classic got a little bit more intense on Monday after Richmond’s sophomore guard ShawnDre' Jones sent a picture on Snapchat that has garnered much social media attention.
Richmond’s swimming and diving team won the Atlantic 10 championship for the fifth year in a row this weekend in Geneva, Ohio.
Richmond’s track and field team earned second place at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships in Rhode Island over the weekend.
Richmond muscled out a victory over George Washington Saturday afternoon in front of a sellout crowd, avenging a double overtime loss it suffered at the Colonials in January.
Richmond men’s basketball beat conference-foe St. Bonaventure Wednesday night. But the Spiders did not beat the snow.
Richmond football will have a new offensive coordinator for the second time in two months after Steed Lobotzke left the Spiders late last week to coach at Air Force Academy, his alma mater, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.
We have reached the NBA All-Star Break. For basketball fans, this is an exhibition of the most entertaining facets of the NBA: high flying dunks, young superstars facing off and the best players in the world competing against one another. But for NBA players, the All-Star Break’s purpose is to provide a much-needed rest as they prepare for the grueling, final 30-game push toward the playoffs.
Despite a valiant effort Sunday by the Richmond Spiders to stay close with the Rhode Island Rams, the Spiders fell short in the final four minutes and could not complete their comeback.
A last-second shot attempt from S. Jones from half court misses the mark. The Rams win 79-74.
University of Richmond will add cost-of-attendance stipends to scholarships for men's and women’s basketball players, yet there are no current plans to offer a stipend to scholarship athletes on Richmond’s 14 other varsity teams.
The visiting Saint Louis Billikens scored the first 20 points of Saturday’s game, but it was the Richmond women's team who came out on top thanks to an inspired second-half performance.
After trailing for the entire game, Richmond took its first lead over Virginia Commonwealth with just minutes left in the game and hung on to win Wednesday’s game at the Robins Center.