2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 February 2023 basketball 2009–10 Richmond Spiders Richmond Spiders text logo.svg 200 Atlantic 10 Conference A-10 24 26–9 13–3 Chris Mooney 5th Kevin McGeehan 5th Jamal Brunt 3rd Rob Jones 2nd Robins Center South Padre Island Invitational Champions NCAA tournament Round of 64 The 2009–10 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team represented the University of Richmond in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball during the 2009–10 season. Richmond competed as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) under fifth-year head basketball coach Chris Mooney and played its home games at the Robins Center. Coming off a 20–16 performance in the 2008–09 season that saw the Spiders advance to the semifinals of the 2009 College Basketball Invitational, the Spiders were picked third in the Atlantic-10 preseason poll.http://www.richmondspiders.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102209aaa.html Men's Basketball Picked Third In A-10 Preseason Poll; Highest Since Joining A-10 2010-02-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20110725203202/http://www.richmondspiders.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102209aaa.html 2011-07-25 dead Point guard Kevin Anderson was named to the Preseason All-Atlantic 10 First Team, with guard David Gonzalvez being named to the Second Team and center Dan Geriot to the Third Team. Following the end of the regular season, Anderson was named Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, while Gonzalvez was named to both the All-Atlantic 10 Second Team and Defensive Team.A-10 Announces Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams https://web.archive.org/web/20110707183027/http://www.atlantic10.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030710aab.html 2011-07-07 With its 26th win of the season coming in the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament against Xavier, Richmond tied a school record for number of wins in a season.http://www.richmondspiders.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031310aaj.html University of Richmond Men's Basketball Postgame Notes: March 13, 2010 2010-03-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20110725203222/http://www.richmondspiders.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031310aaj.html 2011-07-25 dead After finishing in third place in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season, Richmond advanced to the finals of the conference tournament before falling to Temple. Richmond was awarded an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. As the seventh seed in the tournament's South region, Richmond earned the highest seeding in its history. They lost in the first round to ten seed Saint Mary's to end their season. Preseason Recruiting no no 2009 Darien Brothers G Richmond, VA Benedictine HS 6 3 185 August 6, 2008 2 2 85 Greg Robbins F/G Wynnewood, PA Lower Merion HS 6 5 195 August 8, 2008 2 3 73 2009 Rivals.com 2009 Richmond Commitments Scout.com 2009 Richmond Commitments ESPN 2009 Richmond Commitments richmond 436 257 NR NR NR April 13, 2011 yes Roster 2009 Richmond Spiders #000066 #990000 #FFFFFF #FFFFFF Darrius Garrett y 1 F 6 9 210 SO Raleigh, North Carolina Darien Brothers 3 G 6 3 195 FR Richmond, Virginia David Gonzalvez y 5 G 6 4 205 SR Marietta, Georgia Jonathan Benjamin 10 G 5 11 160 FR Rochester, New York Josh Duinker y 11 F/C 6 11 230 SO yes Sydney, Australia Kevin Smith 12 F 6 5 200 JR Murfreesboro, Tennessee Zak Estes 13 G/F 6 4 200 SO Indianapolis, Indiana Kevin Anderson basketball y 14 G 6 0 175 JR Atlanta, Georgia Francis-Cedric Martel 15 F 6 6 205 SO Montreal, Canada Kevin Hovde 21 F/G 6 6 215 SR Kennett Square, Pennsylvania y Greg Robbins 22 F/G 6 5 215 FR Wynnewood, Pennsylvania Liam Billings 24 G 6 4 195 SO Winter Park, Florida Conor Smith 31 F 6 9 225 SO yes Brookfield, Wisconsin Justin Harper basketball y 32 F 6 10 225 JR Richmond, Virginia Dan Geriot 41 C 6 9 255 JR yes Springfield, Pennsylvania Ryan Butler 44 F/G 6 7 210 SR yes Richmond, Virginia Chris Mooney (Princeton) Kevin McGeehan (Gettysburg) Jamal Brunt (Randolph-Macon) Rob Jones (Toccoa Falls) https://www.webcitation.org/5lPMKND1z?url=http://www.richmondspiders.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/rich-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2009-11-19 Schedule yes |- !colspan=9 style=Richmond Spiders white| Regular Season November 13 7:00 pm yes Lehigh Robins Center Richmond, Virginia 65–53 4,139 1–0 November 16 7:00 pm yes VMI Robins Center Richmond, Virginia 103–59 3,802 2–0 November 19 7:00 pm yes yes William & Mary Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 71–78 2,104 2–1 November 22 5:00 pm yes 2009–10 none Chattanooga Mocs Chattanooga Robins Center Richmond, Virginia South Padre Island Invitational 75–49 3,185 3–1 November 24 7:00 pm yes Longwood Robins Center Richmond, Virginia South Padre Island Invitational 65–52 3,338 4–1 November 27 6:00 pm yes yes Mississippi State South Padre Island Convention Centre South Padre Island, Texas South Padre Island Invitational Fox College Sports 63–62 585 5–1 November 28 8:00 pm yes yes Missouri South Padre Island Convention Centre South Padre Island, Texas South Padre Island Invitational Fox College Sports 59–52 543 6–1 December 2 7:00 pm yes Old Dominion Robins Center Richmond, Virginia 67–60 4,130 7–1 December 12 7:30 pm yes yes VCU Siegel Center Richmond, Virginia Black & Blue Classic 57–65 7,567 7–2 December 16 7:00 pm yes yes South Carolina Colonial Life Arena Columbia, South Carolina SportSouth 58–76 9,640 7–3 December 19 6:30 pm yes yes Florida 13 BankAtlantic Center Sunrise, Florida Orange Bowl Basketball Classic Sun Sports 56–53 13,258 8–3 December 22 12:00 pm yes 2009–10 UNC Greensboro Spartans UNC Greensboro Robins Center Richmond, Virginia 89–63 3,127 9–3 December 28 7:00 pm yes 2009–10 UNC Wilmington Seahawks UNC Wilmington Robins Center Richmond, Virginia 66–64 4,027 10–3 December 31 7:00 pm yes yes Wake Forest LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina ESPNU 68–74 OT 10,210 10–4 January 2 2:00 pm yes yes 2009–10 Bucknell Bison Bucknell Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 59–50 2,322 11–4 January 6 7:00 pm yes Duquesne A. 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Palumbo Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 80–68 2,523 12–4 1–0 January 9 5:00 pm yes Saint Louis Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, Missouri 58–63 8,134 12–5 1–1 January 13 7:00 pm UMass Robins Center Richmond, Virginia 70–63 OT 4,019 13–5 2–1 January 16 4:00 pm 2009–10 La Salle Explorers La Salle Robins Center Richmond, Virginia CBS College Sports 67–63 4,641 14–5 3–1 January 20 7:00 pm Charlotte Robins Center Richmond, Virginia 59–71 4,042 14–6 3–2 January 23 2:00 pm yes George Washington Smith Center Washington, D.C. 62–57 3,298 15–6 4–2 January 30 2:00 pm Saint Louis Robins Center Richmond, Virginia CBS College Sports 62–36 3,193 16–6 5–2 February 3 7:00 pm yes 2009–10 Saint Joseph's Hawks Saint Joseph's Hagan Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 68–58 3,886 17–6 6–2 February 6 2:00 pm Temple 19 Robins Center Richmond, Virginia ESPNU 71–54 6,806 18–6 7–2 February 10 7:00 pm yes Rhode Island Ryan Center Kingston, Rhode Island 69–67 7,109 19–6 8–2 February 13 2:00 pm yes 2009–10 St. Bonaventure Bonnies St. Bonaventure Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York CBS College Sports 68–49 5,013 20–6 9–2 February 17 7:00 pm 25 2009–10 Fordham Rams Fordham Robins Center Richmond, Virginia 84–56 4,834 21–6 10–2 February 20 7:00 pm 25 George Washington Robins Center Richmond, Virginia 74–70 9,025 22–6 11–2 February 28 1:00 pm yes 23 Xavier Cintas Center Cincinnati, Ohio ESPN2 76–78 2OT 10,250 22–7 11–3 March 4 7:00 pm Dayton Robins Center Richmond, Virginia CBS College Sports 60–56 7,121 23–7 12–3 March 6 2:00 pm yes Charlotte Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina 89–84 OT 6,559 24–7 13–3 |- !colspan=9 style=Richmond Spiders white| Atlantic 10 tournament March 12 9:00 pm yes 3 UMass 11 Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey A-10 Quarterfinal CBS College Sports 77–72 6,027 25–7 March 13 3:30 pm yes 3 Xavier 24 2 Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey A-10 Semifinal CBS College Sports 89–85 OT 8,208 26–7 March 14 1:00 pm yes 3 Temple 17 1 Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey A-10 Championship Game CBS 52–56 7,882 26–8 |- !colspan=10 style=Richmond Spiders white| NCAA tournament March 18 2:50 pm yes yes 24 7 S Saint Mary's 10 S Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, RI NCAA First Round CBS 71–80 11,106 26–9 AP Poll Eastern Time S NCAA South Regional Sourcehttp://www.richmondspiders.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/rich-m-baskbl-sched.html University of Richmond Spiders Men's Basketball 2009–10 Schedule https://web.archive.org/web/20080727012922/http://www.richmondspiders.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/rich-m-baskbl-sched.html 2008-07-27 November 13, 2009 References Category:Richmond Spiders men's basketball seasons Richmond Richmond Richmond Richmond