Richmond Spiders women's basketball

Richmond Spiders women's basketball
Richmond Spiders women's basketball
	2025–26 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team
University	University of Richmond
Head coach	Aaron Roussell (7th season)
Location	Richmond, Virginia
Arena	Robins Center ; (capacity: 7,201)
Conference	Atlantic 10
Nickname	Spiders
Colors	Blue and red;
NCAA Division I tournament second round
	2025
NCAA Division I tournament appearances
	1990, 1991, 2005, 2024, 2025, 2026
Conference tournament champions
	CAA; 1990, 1991; A10; 2024
Conference regular-season champions
	CAA; 1984, 1990; A10; 2024, 2025
Uniforms

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 six times (1990, 1991, 2005, 2024, 2025, 2026) 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

The Spiders have appeared in the NCAA Tournament six times. Their combined record is 1–6.

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
2024	10	First Round	(7) Duke	L 61–72
2025	8	First Round Second Round	(9) Georgia Tech (1) UCLA	W 74–49 L 67–84
2026	11	First Four	(11) Nebraska	L 56–75

References

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

External links

Official website

[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.

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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	Head coaches
Seasons	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1942–43 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

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 History News Network
Commons Category

Atlantic 10 Conference women's basketball
Teams	Davidson Wildcats Dayton Flyers Duquesne Dukes Fordham Rams George Mason Patriots George Washington Revolutionaries La Salle Explorers Loyola Chicago Ramblers Rhode Island Rams Richmond Spiders St. Bonaventure Bonnies Saint Joseph's Hawks Saint Louis Billikens VCU Rams
Championships & awards	Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26