2016 – 17 Richmond Spiders men 's basketball team represented the University of Richmond during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . Richmond competed as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference under 12th-year head coach Chris Mooney and played its home games at the Robins Center . They finished the regular season 19 – 11 , 13 – 5 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for third place . Due to tiebreaking rules , they received the No. 3 seed in the A-10 Tournament , where they defeated George Washington in the Quarterfinals before losing to VCU in the semifinals . They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament , where , as No. 6 seed in the Iowa bracket , defeated No. 3 seed Alabama and No. 7 seed Oakland before falling to No. 4 seed TCU in the Quarterfinals
A-10 Tournament
2017 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team