The 2016–17 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team represented the University of Richmond during the

2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 11, 2016. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic, and ended with the Final Four in Glendale, Arizona on April 3, 2017. Practices officially began on September 30, 2 ...

. Richmond competed as a member of the

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under 12th-year head coach Chris Mooney and played its home games at the Robins Center. They finished the regular season 19–11, 13–5 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for third place. Due to tiebreaking rules, they received the No. 3 seed in the A-10 tournament, where they defeated

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in the quarterfinals before losing to VCU in the semifinals. They received an invitation to the

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, where, as No. 6 seed in the Iowa bracket, defeated No. 3 seed

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and No. 7 seed

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before falling to No. 4 seed

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in the quarterfinals.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 16–16, 7–11 in A-10 play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Fordham in the second round of the A-10 tournament to advance to the Quarterfinals where they lost to

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Preseason

Richmond was picked to finish in sixth place in the Preseason A-10 poll.

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was selected to the Preseason All-Conference First Team while ShawnDre’ Jones was named to the Third Team.

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting

Recruiting Class of 2017

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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