Richmond Spiders women's basketball

Richmond Spiders
Richmond Spiders
	2024–25 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team
University	University of Richmond
Head coach	Aaron Roussell (6th season)
Conference	Atlantic 10
Location	Richmond, Virginia
Arena	Robins Center ; (capacity: 7,201)
Nickname	Spiders
Colors	Blue and red;
Uniforms
NCAA tournament appearances
	1990, 1991, 2005, 2024
Conference tournament champions
	CAA; 1990, 1991; A10; 2024
Conference regular season champions
	CAA; 1984, 1990; A10; 2024

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 four times (1990, 1991, 2005, 2024) 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

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