University of Richmond Athletics
Spiders To Play Charlotte, George Washington And Saint Joseph's Twice In 2010-11
05/25/2010 | Men's Basketball
May 25, 2010
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Richmond will play Charlotte, George Washington and Saint Joseph's twice in Atlantic 10 Conference play, it was announced by the league office at the conclusion of four days of meetings at The Kingsmill Resort & Spa.
In addition to playing Charlotte, George Washington and Saint Joseph's in home-and-home series, the Spiders will host Duquesne, Rhode Island, Saint Louis, St. Bonaventure and Xavier. Richmond will travel to Dayton, Fordham, La Salle, Massachusetts and Temple.
Richmond has played Charlotte twice in all six seasons that the 49ers have been in the Atlantic 10, with the Spiders having won five of the last six meetings between the two schools.
This will be the ninth time in 10 years in the Atlantic 10 that the Spiders will play their closest geographical A-10 rival, George Washington. The Spiders have won three of the last four meeting against the Colonials and have won in their last two visits to the nation's capital. Richmond and Saint Joseph's will play two scheduled regular season games for the first time in 2010-11.
The Conference also announced that the format for the 2011 Men's Baksetball Championship (March 8-13) will remain the same as this past year. The top 12 teams at the conclusion of the regular season will advance to the 2011 Championship, with the top four seeds earning byes. First round contests will be played on the campuses of teams seeded fifth-thru-eighth.
The setting for the Championship then shifts to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. with the championship game airing live on CBS.
Last season the Spiders finished third in the Atlantic 10 standings, just a 78-76 double-overtime loss at Xavier from winning the conference regular-season title. Richmond reached the Atlantic 10 Championship game, televised nationally on CBS.
The Spiders (26-9, 13-3 Atlantic 10) received an at-large bid as a No. 7 in the NCAA Tournament and finished the year ranked No. 24 in the Associated Top-25 Poll. Richmond returns 14 of the 16 players on its 2009-10 roster, including Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and honorable mention All-American point guard Kevin Anderson.
