The
University of Richmond
Athletics Department announced today that the men's basketball
team will play William & Mary at home on Saturday, Dec. 31, and
the game against Virginia Commonwealth, originally scheduled for
the Robins Center, has been moved to VCU's Siegel Center on
Saturday Dec. 10.
After the William
& Mary game was set for the Robins Center, giving the Spiders
what would have been a school-record-tying 17 home games,
Richmond asked VCU if it would host the Dec. 10 contest and then
play at the Robins Center in the 2006-07 season.
"We requested
this change from VCU in order to balance our home schedule over
the next two years, and they agreed," head coach
Chris Mooney said.
The home game
with William & Mary will mark the first visit to the Robins
Center for the Tribe since Richmond was a member of the Colonial
Athletic Association in the 2000-01 season.
The Spiders'
2005-06 non-conference schedule now includes just two road trips
outside the city of Richmond. The team will play in the Colonial
Classic at Louisville Dec. 3-5 and have a road game against
Tulane with the site yet to be determined. The Green Wave is
currently living and practicing on the campus of Texas A&M.
Including eight
home Atlantic 10 contests, the Spiders are scheduled for 16
regular season home dates - which equals the second-most in
Robins Center history. The 1981-82 slate included 17 home games,
while 16 regular season games were played on the home court in
2001-02.
Richmond will
face eight teams which went to postseason play last year, five
in the NCAA Tournament (Louisville, Wake Forest, Old Dominion,
George Washington, Charlotte) and three NIT participants (Saint
Joseph's, Temple, Virginia Commonwealth).
The 13-game
non-conference schedule includes two teams from the Big East
(Louisville and Seton Hall) and two from the ACC (Wake Forest
and Virginia). Richmond will play six in-state opponents, with
home games against Virginia, Old Dominion, William & Mary,
Hampton and Longwood.
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11/18/05 |
HAMPTON |
Richmond, Va. |
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TBA |
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11/22/05 |
VIRGINIA |
Richmond, Va. |
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TBA |
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11/26/05 |
MCNEESE STATE |
Richmond, Va. |
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TBA |
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12/01/05 |
SETON HALL |
Richmond, Va. |
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TBA |
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12/03/05 |
vs. Arkansas State (Colonial Classic) |
Louisville, Ky. |
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TBA |
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12/04/05 |
vs. Prairie View A&M (Colonial Classic) |
Louisville, Ky. |
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TBA |
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12/05/05 |
at
Louisville (Colonial Classic) |
Louisville, Ky. |
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TBA |
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12/10/05 |
at
Virginia Commonwealth |
Richmond, Va. |
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TBA |
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12/20/05 |
OLD DOMINION |
Richmond, Va. |
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TBA |
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12/22/05 |
WAKE FOREST |
Richmond, Va. |
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TBA |
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12/27/05 |
at
Tulane |
TBA |
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TBA |
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12/31/05 |
WILLIAM & MARY |
Richmond, Va. |
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TBA |
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01/02/06 |
LONGWOOD |
Richmond, Va. |
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TBA |
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01/07/06 |
LA
SALLE |
Richmond, Va. |
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TBA |
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01/11/06 |
at
Duquesne |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
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TBA |
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01/14/06 |
DAYTON |
Richmond, Va. |
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TBA |
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01/18/06 |
SAINT LOUIS |
Richmond, Va. |
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TBA |
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01/21/06 |
at
Rhode Island |
Kingston, R.I. |
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TBA |
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01/28/06 |
CHARLOTTE |
Richmond, Va. |
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TBA |
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02/01/06 |
at
Fordham |
Bronx, N.Y. |
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TBA |
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02/05/06 |
at
George Washington |
Washington, D.C. |
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TBA |
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02/08/06 |
XAVIER |
Richmond, Va. |
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TBA |
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02/12/06 |
at
St. Bonaventure |
Olean, N.Y. |
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TBA |
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02/15/06 |
at
Charlotte |
Charlotte, N.C. |
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TBA |
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02/18/06 |
GEORGE WASHINGTON |
Richmond, Va. |
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TBA |
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02/22/06 |
at
Temple |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
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TBA |
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02/25/06 |
at
Saint Joseph's |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
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TBA |
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03/01/06 |
MASSACHUSETTS |
Richmond, Va. |
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TBA |
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03/04/06 |
ST. BONAVENTURE |
Richmond, Va. |
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TBA |
Check out more 2005-06
Team Schedules.
