Richmond Spiders women's basketball

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Richmond Spiders women's basketball
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University University of Richmond
Head coach Aaron Roussell (6th season)
Conference Atlantic 10
Location Richmond, Virginia
Arena Robins Center
(capacity: 7,201)
Nickname Spiders
ColorsBlue and red [1]
   
Uniforms
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Home
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Away
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Alternate
NCAA tournament second round
2025
NCAA tournament appearances
1990, 1991, 2005, 2024, 2025
Conference tournament champions
CAA
1990, 1991
A10
2024
Conference regular season champions
CAA
1984, 1990
A10
2024, 2025

The Richmond Spiders women's basketball team represents the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia and currently competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team plays its home games at the Robins Center. [2]

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History

Richmond began play in 1919. They were a member of the ECAC South from 1983 to 1985. They joined the Colonial Athletic Association in 1985. During their time in the CAA, they won two tournament titles, beating James Madison 47–46 in 1990 and East Carolina 88–70, while finishing as runner up in 1984 (losing 54–39 to East Carolina) and 1989 (losing 55–45 to James Madison). They also won the regular season title in 1984 and 1990. They joined the Atlantic-10 Conference in 2001. The Spiders have made the NCAA Tournament five times (1990, 1991, 2005, 2024, 2025) and the Women's National Invitation Tournament ten times (1989, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2023). As of the end of the 2023–24 season, the Spiders have an all-time record of 1,012–735–7. [3]

NCAA tournament results

Richmond has appeared in the NCAA Tournament five times.

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
1990 10First Round(7) Tennessee TechL 59–77
1991 7First Round(10) George WashingtonL 62–73
2005 11First Round(6) Florida StateL 54–87
2024 10First Round(7) Duke L 61–72
2025 8First Round
Second Round
(9) Georgia Tech
(1) UCLA
W 74–49
L 67–84

References

  1. "Palettes – University of Richmond" . Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  2. "University of Richmond". www.richmondspiders.com.
  3. "Richmond Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). RichmondSpiders.com. Retrieved October 10, 2024.