| Mode: | basketball |
| Year: | 1997–98 |
| Prev Year: | 1996–97 |
| Next Year: | 1998–99 |
| Team: | Richmond Spiders |
| Conference: | Colonial Athletic Association |
| Short Conf: | CAA |
| Record: | 23–8 |
| Conf Record: | 12–4 |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Champion: | CAA tournament champions |
| Bowl Result: | Round of 32 |
The 1997–98 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team represented the University of Richmond in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball during the 1997–98 season. Richmond competed as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) under first-year head basketball coach John Beilein and played its home games at the Robins Center.
Richmond finished third in the CAA regular-season standings with a 12–4 conference record, and won the CAA tournament to earn an automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA tournament. In the opening round, the Spiders defeated the seventh-ranked, No. 3 seed South Carolina, 62–61,[1] at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. Richmond lost in the second round to No. 11 seed Washington, 81–66,[2] to finish with a 23–8 record.
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