DENVER ? The No. 12 seed University of Richmond upset No. 5 Vanderbilt, 69-66, Thursday afternoon at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo.
The University of Richmond women's basketball season came to an end on St. Patrick's Day, fittingly to a team sporting green jerseys. The Spiders were unable to overcome their 31 turnovers as they fell to the lower-seeded University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 63-54, in the first round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament Thursday night at the Robins Center. Richmond's leading scorer for the game was senior Crystal Goring with 17 points.
DENVER ? The seedings of the University of Richmond and Vanderbilt University say that Richmond's 69-66 victory was an upset.
On Tuesday night, University of Richmond football player Donte Boston and former teammate Kevin Grayson, RC '10, spoke to 22 players and the coaching staff from the George Wythe High School basketball program at a team dinner about the importance of academics. Boston, who was suspended indefinitely Wednesday for violating team rules, said he knew of the possible suspension before speaking with the basketball players, but decided to do it anyway.
DENVER ? Tomorrow at 4:10 p.m., the University of Richmond will play Vanderbilt University in the second round of the 2011 NCAA tournament at the Pepsi Center here in Denver, Colo.
DENVER ? Respect for the University of Richmond men's basketball team has increased some over the past two years, but the team is still not well-known nationally. As the Spiders walked out to the floor of the Pepsi Center for practice here in Denver today, one day before it takes on No.
SAN ANTONIO ? 9:40 p.m. Despite the loss, you have to be proud of how this Richmond team handled itself.
Three University of Richmond football players have been suspended indefinitely from the team, and another has left the school, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Wide receiver Donte Boston, junior, and linebacker Harry Lee Daniel, sophomore, have been deactivated until further notice, according to the report.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.? Richmond won the Atlantic 10 Conference's automatic bid by defeating the University of Dayton, 67-54, Sunday afternoon at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J.
The University of Richmond men's basketball team is headed back to the NCAA Tournament, but the recently crowned Atlantic-10 champions earned a surprisingly low 12th seed and will play Vanderbilt University during the first round in Denver on Thursday. The game will be broadcast on TBS at approximately 4:10 p.m., immediately following the 1:40 p.m.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. ? There is no more speculation, the University of Richmond is headed back to the NCAA Tournament for the second-consecutive year. Richmond won the Atlantic 10 Conference's automatic bid by defeating the University of Dayton, 67-54, Sunday afternoon at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. ? Richmond coach Chris Mooney had one goal to accomplish during his press conference Saturday. "I don't want to say too much because growing up, I always made fun of the coaches who cried at the podium," Mooney said when describing his team's effort in the University of Richmond's 58-54 victory in the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Saturday afternoon in Atlantic City, N.J.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. ? University of Richmond senior Dan Geriot wanted a jumping chest bump from fellow senior Justin Harper after Harper's emphatic one-hand dunk with about eight minutes left in Friday's Atlantic 10 Conference quarterfinal game against the University of Rhode Island.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. ? 4:31 p.m. Unbelievable performance by Richmond this weekend.
Richmond has two first-team all-conference selections for the third time in school history. Seniors Kevin Anderson and Justin Harper were named to the first team all-Atlantic 10 Conference team, while fellow senior Kevin Smith was named to the A-10 all-defensive team. The voting was conducted among the 14 head coaches in the conference. The awards add to what has become one of the most successful classes in Richmond men's basketball history.
Kevin Anderson's debut in the Robins Center four years ago was impressive for a freshman as he scored four points, had four assists and four rebounds.
The UR Women's Swim and Dive team took home the title last week at the Atlantic-10 championships.
The women's lacrosse team started the season with games against four of the best teams in college lacrosse.
? The Washington Redskins cut one of its more charismatic and productive players Monday when the front office released runningback Clinton Portis.
Spider baseball opened its out-of-conference schedule against Duke University on Feb. 18, finishing the weekend with two losses and a win.
