The Richmond Spiders will play for a chance to advance to the Sweet 16 today, accomplishing what’s been in the works for over two years. This is what they came back for, a chance to cement themselves in Richmond basketball history.
The 2019-20 Richmond Spiders were destined to enter the 2020 NCAA Tournament as a threat to make some noise. The Spiders planned to go dancing, but the plan never came to fruition,
As conference tournaments ramped up, so did the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2020 NCAA Tournament was cancelled, along with the Cinderella aspirations for Chris Mooney’s squad.
“Everything that we had set out to accomplish was right there in front of us,” sixth-year senior Grant Golden said. “We were going to have an opportunity to go play up there in Brooklyn, so to have that all taken away certainly hurt a lot.”
As the NCAA offered an extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Richmond’s quartet of seniors decided to take advantage of it.
Golden,…
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