OPINION: A love letter to Spider basketball
(05/10/25 11:00am)
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College basketball in March elicits a range of emotions.
Trodding back down to the other end of the court, junior forward Maggie Doogan smiled.
University of Richmond women’s basketball senior guard Katie Hill said it best following the Spiders’ one-point loss to Saint Joseph’s University in the Atlantic 10 tournament semifinals on March 8 – that the sooner than expected exit from the tournament would not define their season.
A 10-21 record heading into play, the third worst seed in the tournament and a dislocated finger suffered in the first half on the right hand of graduate forward Dusan Neskovic, on their face, certainly don’t make up the recipe for winning a conference postseason game.
Almost a year ago, then-senior, University of Richmond women’s basketball forward Addie Budnik, and Head Coach Aaron Roussell embraced as she checked out of the game.
Come postseason play, there’s another level of intensity on the floor.
This season, University of Richmond men’s basketball players have donned a number 10 patch on their uniforms in honor of Spider Athletics Hall-of-Famer Greg Beckwith, who passed away in May.
A tumultuous second half for the University of Richmond men’s basketball team handed the Spiders a 75-57 loss against Florida Gulf Coast University at the Robins Center on Dec. 28.
To say the University of Richmond women’s basketball team’s schedule as of late has been difficult would be an understatement.
If there’s one thing the University of Richmond basketball team needed heading into play, it was a victory.
To beat the sixth-best college basketball team in the country, almost everything has to go right when it comes to gameplay and execution.
The University of Richmond women’s basketball team put an exclamation point on its undefeated early-season run at the Daytona Beach Classic, picking up victories against Oakland University on Nov. 29 and Oklahoma State University on Nov. 30 in the post-Thanksgiving showcase.
Up until its devastating 20-16 loss to Lehigh University in the first round Football Championship Subdivision playoffs on Nov. 30, it had been 84 days since the University of Richmond football team had lost a game.
Tournaments can often be beneficial for teams in the long run.
Another nail-biter for the University of Richmond men’s basketball team swung in favor of its opponent, as the Spiders lost 65-62 to Louisiana Tech University in game two of the Gulf Coast Showcase on Nov. 26.
Six games have come and gone and the University of Richmond men’s basketball team still has yet to find its identity.
It’s late November, and the University of Richmond women’s basketball team still has yet to lose a game.
Go 1-0 every week.
For the second straight season, the University of Richmond football team captured the ever-elusive Capital Cup trophy against its longtime rival, the College of William & Mary.