NCAA Tournament March Madness

#116 Richmond

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Projection: likely out

Richmond's profile reads like a team that has flashes but not enough signature work to earn a ticket because its best moments — notably the road victory at Belmont and the tough road win at St Bonaventure — show it can handle hostile environments, yet those positives are undone by damaging results such as the lopsided defeat at Saint Louis and painful home setbacks to George Washington and Rhode Island, plus a neutral-site loss to Furman that undercuts consistency. The Spiders have beaten solid midlevel opponents and guarded the glass at times, but they also have several close defeats away from home that suggest they are volatile rather than reliable. With a stretch that still includes difficult road trips to VCU and Rhode Island and opportunities to add résumé builders at Davidson and Loyola‑Chicago the path back into the committee’s good graces is straightforward but narrow: they need road or neutral victories against recognizable opponents to replace those damaging losses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8East Carolina280W87-72
11/11William & Mary141W90-86
11/19VMI350W87-54
11/22Gardner Webb363W102-67
11/27(N)Furman174L73-72
11/28(N)Charlotte179W71-66
12/3@Belmont63W84-76
12/6Old Dominion242W86-77
12/13S Illinois138W93-84
12/17@Elon153L73-70
12/20Citadel352W80-56
12/28Charleston So227L77-72
12/31G Washington74L99-85
1/4@Fordham200W83-75
1/7@St Bonaventure145W89-80
1/11St Joseph's PA173L67-65
1/14La Salle219W74-53
1/17@St Louis29L88-63
1/21Rhode Island111L69-68
1/24@G Washington7424%
1/27@VCU4917%
1/31Davidson13165%
2/7@Rhode Island11137%
2/10George Mason7344%
2/14VCU4934%
2/18@Davidson13143%
2/21St Bonaventure14568%
2/28@Loyola-Chicago30979%
3/3Dayton7746%
3/7@Duquesne12842%