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Mat’s A-10 Halfway There Awards

We are officially halfway through the conference season and one game past that for four Atlantic 10 teams. Let’s hand out some awards! Player of the First Half of the Year Award: TJ Cline (Richmond) There is a reason Richmond is 7-3 and right on the heels of VCU and Dayton for the A-10 lead: TJ …

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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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Video: Talking TJ Cline and Spider basketball with Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman

Nancy Lieberman has basically the most impressive resume you’ll find in the world of sports. She was a two-time National Player of the Year in college where she won two national championships at Old Dominion (averaging 20.9 points, 10.1 rebounds and 7.9 assists….AS A FRESHMAN!), won a silver medal in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal as …

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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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Davidson at Richmond – Photo Gallery

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A look back and a look ahead

Winter storm Jonas did its best to slow down A-10 play this week including a red-hot VCU team. While the storm may have delayed a number of games, thousands of brave fans forged through snow-covered roads along the East Coast to take in some great Atlantic 10 action this weekend while others will get their chance …

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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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Instant Reaction: A-10 Preseason rankings and awards

Today is one of the absolute BEST days of the college basketball season. Why? Because it’s the point of the season when the rhetoric is highest while the proof on the floor is next to non-existent. That makes for some great preseason debate, and with today’s official 2015-16 preseason rankings and All-Conference Selections, that’s exactly what …