OPINION: A love letter to Spider basketball
(05/10/25 11:00am)
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Trodding back down to the other end of the court, junior forward Maggie Doogan smiled.
The University of Richmond women’s basketball team continued its 14 game win streak with big plays in the paint, winning 68-55 over Virginia Commonwealth University on Feb. 23 in VCU’s Siegel Center.
The University of Richmond women’s basketball team snapped Saint Joseph’s University’s eight game win streak with a 59-51 victory in the Robins Center on Feb. 13.
The University of Richmond women’s basketball team continued their impressive season with an 82-58 victory over Duquesne on Feb. 9 at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh.
Even with challenges at the arc, the Spiders dominated the court yet again.
The University of Richmond men’s basketball team beat the Duquesne University Dukes 73-68 in their Feb. 5 matchup at the Robins Center, to snap a seven game losing streak.
The University of Richmond women’s basketball team secured a hard-fought victory against the University of Rhode Island in a game on Feb. 2.
The University of Richmond women’s basketball team continued to dominate the court with an 83-72 victory over the University of Dayton Flyers on Jan. 26, improving to an 8-1 record in Atlantic 10 Conference play.
The Saturday, Jan. 25 sold out game between the University of Richmond Spiders men’s basketball team and the Davidson College Wildcats, featured two teams badly in need of a win. The down-to-the-wire clash saw the Wildcats walk away with a hard fought 72-66 victory over the Spiders.
With just over a minute to play in the second half, University of Richmond men’s basketball Head Coach Chris Mooney took his three super seniors out of the game.
Fortunately for the Spiders, they still have some basketball left in them.
The tough thing about conference tournaments is that on one hand, they can produce some of the most thrilling moments for a program and its fanbase, but on the other, they can also produce some of the most heartbreaking moments for a program and its fanbase.
If the University of Richmond men’s basketball team’s season couldn’t get any better, it now has three yearly Atlantic 10 awards to add to its trophy case of regular season accomplishments.
Unfortunately for the University of Richmond men’s basketball team, the success it saw on March 6 when it won a piece of the Atlantic 10 regular season championship could not be replicated in its last regular season game against George Mason University on March 9.
The University of Richmond men’s basketball team withstood early pressure from the George Washington University Revolutionaries, pushing their win streak to nine games after an 82-74 victory at the Robins Center on Jan. 24.
The University of Richmond Spiders men’s basketball team defeated the College of William & Mary Tribe 88-69 at the Robins Center this past Saturday Dec. 2.
The University of Richmond’s women's basketball team beat the Le Moyne College Dolphins 69-40 in the Robins Center on Dec. 3.
After two straight losses over Boston College and the University of Colorado Boulder, the Spiders got back in the win column in an all-out effort over the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Nov. 21, defeating the Runnin’ Rebels 82-65 and claiming third place in the Sunshine Slam in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Former University of Richmond men’s basketball player Jacob Gilyard, ‘22, who now plays professionally for the Memphis Grizzlies, has risen to the occasion when it comes to his playing time this NBA preseason.