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

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during the

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. 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

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. 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. T. J. Cline 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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