Richmond Spiders women's basketball

Richmond Spiders
Richmond Spiders
	2018–19 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team
University	University of Richmond
Head coach	Aaron Roussell (1st season)
Conference	Atlantic 10
Location	Richmond, Virginia
Arena	Robins Center ; (Capacity: 7,201)
Nickname	Spiders
Colors	Blue and red;
Uniforms
NCAA Tournament Appearances
	1990, 1991, 2005
Conference tournament champions
	CAA; 1990, 1991
Conference regular season champions
	CAA; 1984, 1990

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]

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 three times (1990, 1991, 2005) and the Women's National Invitation Tournament nine times (1989, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015). As of the end of the 2020-21 season, the Spiders have an all-time record of 964-716-7.^[3]

NCAA Tournament results[]

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1990	#10	First Round	#7 Tennessee Tech	L 59-77
1991	#7	First Round	#10 George Washington	L 62-73
2005	#11	First Round	#6 Florida State	L 54-87

References[]

^ "Institutional Identity - Colors". Retrieved February 9, 2018.
^ "University of Richmond". www.richmondspiders.com.
^ https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/richmond.sidearmsports.com/documents/2020/12/15/Women_s_Basketball_Record_Book_4_0.pdf

External links[]

Official website

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[1] "Institutional Identity - Colors". Retrieved February 9, 2018.

[2] "University of Richmond". www.richmondspiders.com.

[3] ttps://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/richmond.sidearmsports.com/documents/2020/12/15/Women_s_Basketball_Record_Book_4_0.pdf

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v t Richmond Spiders women's basketball
Venues	Millhiser Gymnasium (1922–1947) Blues Armory (1947–1950) Grays Armory (1950–1951) Benedictine High School Gymnasium (1951–1954) Richmond Arena (1954–1971) Richmond Coliseum (1971–1972) Robins Center (1972–present)
Rivalries	VCU
Culture & lore	History
People
	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21

v t Atlantic 10 Conference women's basketball
Teams	Davidson Wildcats Dayton Flyers Duquesne Dukes Fordham Rams George Mason Patriots George Washington Colonials La Salle Explorers Rhode Island Rams Richmond Spiders St. Bonaventure Bonnies Saint Joseph's Hawks Saint Louis Billikens UMass Minutewomen VCU Rams
Future teams	Loyola Chicago Ramblers (joining in 2022)
Championships & awards	Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament
Seasons

v t University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia
Academics	School of Arts & Sciences E. Claiborne Robins School of Business Jepson School of Leadership Studies School of Law School of Professional & Continuing Studies
Athletics	Atlantic 10 Conference Richmond Spiders Men's basketball Capital City Classic Women's basketball Football Capital Cup Men's lacrosse Baseball Robins Center E. Claiborne Robins Stadium Malcolm U. Pitt Field
People	Alumni Former Presidents Kevin Hallock (President)
Student Life	The Collegian WDCE Fraternities and Sororities
Miscellaneous	Gottwald Center for the Sciences
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