University of Richmond Athletics
Men's Basketball Returns To Kansas Tuesday On ESPN2
12/18/2012 | Men's Basketball
LAWRENCE, Kansas - Richmond returns to the site of one of the biggest wins in school history, facing Kansas at legendary Phog Allen Fieldhouse on Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
Richmond is 9-2, off to its best start in 25 years, while Kansas is 8-1, having won seven-straight games. The series is tied 1-1 with Richmond winning the only meeting at Phog Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas defeated the Spiders in the 2011 Sweet 16.
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• The Spiders return to legendary Phog Allen Fieldhouse 9 years after defeating the No. 10 ranked Jayhawks to snap a 52-game non-conference winning streak against unranked opponents. Mike Skrocki scored 23 points and Tony Dobbins hit a turnaround jumper with under a second remaining as the Spiders shocked the sellout crowd and ESPN2 national TV audience on Jan. 22, 2004. That Spider team entered Phog Allen with a 9-8 record, but used the win to close the season strong and earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
• Richmond's win at Phog Allen is one of just 7 home losses for Bill Self during his 10 seasons at KU. Kansas is 150-7 in Phog Allen Fieldhouse under Self and the Jayhawks have won 60 straight non-conference home games.
• The Spiders are 12-7 in their last 19 games against BCS conference teams and Chris Mooney has 17 wins over BCS conference teams in 9 years as a D-I head coach, including 15 in 8 seasons at Richmond. The Spiders have defeated a team from all 6 BCS conferences in Mooney's tenure, including multiple wins against the Big East (5), ACC (4) and SEC (3). The Spiders defeated Big 12 member Missouri to win the 2009 South Padre Island Invitational.
• Richmond is 7-3 in the last 10 games against ranked teams, with 1 of the losses in that spanning coming to No. 2 ranked Kansas in the 2011 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. Richmond has won 8 of its last 13 games against ranked teams.
• The Spiders' 9-2 start is the best since the 1988 Sweet 16 team also started 9-2. Richmond has matched its fourth best start ever.
• Darien Brothers, a sophomore starter on the 2011 Sweet 16 team, has connected on 51.9 percent of his three-point attempts this season, which ranks 2nd in the Atlantic 10. The Richmond native has made 28 three-pointers this season to give him 149 for his career, which ranks 10th on Richmond's all-time career list. Brothers is 5th in the A-10 in three-pointers made per game (2.5) and 12th in scoring (14.8).
• The Spiders have shot over 50 pct. from the field in 4 of the last 5 games and rank 3rd in the A-10 in field goal pct. at 46.7 percent. The Spiders rank 1st in the A-10 in three-pointers made per game (8.2) and rank 2nd in the A-10 in three-point field goal pct at .388.
