The 2022–23 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team represented the University of Richmond during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by 18th-year head coach Chris Mooney and played their home games at the Robins Center as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.
On February 17, 2023, Richmond announced that Mooney would miss the remainder of the 2022–23 season due to heart surgery to address an aneurysm in his ascending aorta. Assistant coach and former Richmond player Peter Thomas served as interim head coach in Mooney's absence, and Mooney returned to his position after the conclusion of the season.
Previous season The Spiders finished the 2021–22 season 24–13, 10–8 in Atlantic 10 play to finish in sixth place. As the No. 6 seed, they defeated Rhode Island, VCU, Dayton, and Davidson to win the Atlantic 10 tournament. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 12 seed in the Midwest Region, where they upset Iowa in the First Round before losing to Providence in the Second Round.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jacob Gilyard 0 G 5'9" 160 Graduate Student Kansas City, MO Graduated Souleymane Koureissi 2 F 6'9" 215 Senior Harlem, NY Graduated and transferred to Radford Nathan Cayo 4 F 6'7" 225 Graduate Student Montreal, Canada Graduated Nick Sherod 5 G 6'4" 220 Graduate Student Richmond, VA Graduated Sullivan Kulju 10 F 6'6" 220 Graduate Student New Berlin, WI Walk-on; Graduated Isaiah Wilson 21 G 6'0" 165 Sophomore Pittsburgh, PA Transferred to Winthrop Jordan Gaitley 31 G 6'4" 190 Graduate Student Haverford, PA Walk-on; Graduated Grant Golden 33 F 6'10" 255 Graduate Student Winchester, VA Graduated
Returning players With the NCAA granting student-athletes an extra year of eligibility due to impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, two scholarship Spiders who would have otherwise exhausted their eligibility elected to return for the 2021–22 season: Matt Grace and Andre Gustavson.
2022 recruiting class
Other new players In addition to freshman Walz, Richmond also brought in three new players via transfer: Neal Quinn from Lafayette, Isaiah Bigelow from Wofford, and Jason Roche from The Citadel.
Roster
Schedule and results Richmond announced a 30-game schedule on September 7, 2022, with a final game against Wichita State announced on September 15. The non-conference schedule began on November 7 with a home game against VMI and concluded with a December 28 home game against Coppin State. Richmond's 18-game Atlantic 10 schedule will see the Spiders facing VCU, George Mason, George Washington, and St. Bonaventure twice each and all other conference teams once each.
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