College basketball season starts today

[Da Coach]

One game is final--
Richmond 44
Maine 42

One to go--
Tennessee-Martin at
#3 Memphis

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/scoreboard/div1/20071105

[oilerpimp]

Wasn't it Richmond (Spiders?) who sent Bobby Knight home packing in the first round...late eighties mabye?

[brocks]

Wasn't it Richmond (Spiders?) who sent Bobby Knight home packing in the first round...late eighties mabye?

Yep. My brother went there. They've been giant killers but have been down a few years. Can't remember all their victims, but they also beat Syracuse and GT in the tourney. Multiple Sweet 16s. A few years ago they won AT Kansas.

[MacabreMob]

Richmond in the NCAA:

7 appearances
1984 1st appearance
2004 last appearance
Overall record 6-7


2004 - 11 seed, lost to 6 Wisconsin 64-76

1998 - 14 seed, beat 3 South Carolina 62-61, lost to 11 Washington 66-81

1991 15 seed beat 2 Syracuse 73-69, lost to 10 Temple 64-77

1990 - 14 seed, lost to 3 Duke 46-81

1988 - 13 seed, beat 4 Indiana 72-69, beat 5 Georgia Tech 59-55,
lost to 1 Temple 47-69

1986 - 11 seed, lost to 6 St. Joseph's 59-60

1984 - 12 seed, beat Rider 89-65, beat 5 Auburn 72-71, lost to 4 Indiana 67-75

[BUBraves06]

Memphis won big tonight and I know it was Tenn-Martin, but Derrick Rose looked really really good.