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Can Richmond win the regular season title?

Heading into this season I highly doubt many of us would have put their chips on the Richmond Spiders for being the first Atlantic 10 team to seven wins (yes, they have played one more conference game than both VCU and Dayton, so that comes with an asterisk, but still). I doubt anyone would’ve placed …

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A new and improved Spiders defense?

Six games into the season the Richmond Spiders are far from a finished product. Yet despite matching last season’s 4-2 start, could there be some early signs of improvement, particularly in one major area of weakness from last season’s .500 squad? Last year’s Spiders had a mixed OOC resume, taking an 8-4 record into A-10 play …

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Can Richmond bounce back from disappointing 2015-16 season?

After a 21-win season and a solid NIT showing, the Richmond Spiders appeared poised for a potential NCAA tournament run in 2016 thanks to a roster that returned the majority of its production outside of the diminutive Kendall Anthony and his graduating 16.4 points per game. Back were three double-digit scorers in Terry Allen (13 …

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Video: Davidson wins at Richmond

I hit the 4WD around 5PM last night and made the treacherous journey through Richmond, VA’s ice-covered roads to UofR’s Robins Center to take in what I thought was going to be a shootout among two of the A-10’s best offenses. What I found when I got there however was a defensive rock fight and two …

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VCU Visits Richmond – What To Look For

The countdown is on to a capital city showdown. Let’s get right to it… RICHMOND Richmond can absolutely fill it up on the offensive end this season. Their 1.15 points per possession is the highest offensive efficiency rating of the Chris Mooney era. In the Atlantic 10, four different Spiders rank among the top eight …

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Five breakout candidates next season and the players poised to go from good to great

The Atlantic 10 returns an army of known commodities in what looks to be another big season for the conference. A total of 10 All-Conference selections return, 12 if you include the All-Defensive team. Bembry, Gibbs, Price and friends will no doubt fill up the stat sheet starting this November, but what makes college hoops …

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One hack’s guess at next season’s A-10 starting fives

We’re one day closer to the 2014-14 college basketball season yet still over five months away from the first official whistle. That gives us plenty of time to speculate and while we’re doing so we might as well take a stab at every team’s starting five. Davidson G – Brian Sullivan 5’11 175 junior G – …

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Sleepers: 10 players that could make big jumps in 2014-15

Last season’s Atlantic 10 was loaded with senior talent. Four of the First Team All-Conference selections were seniors, four of the Second and Third Teams were as well for a combined 12 All-Conference selections who will now move on to the next step of their professional careers. That amount of proven talent helped the conference secure …