| Mode: | basketball |
| Year: | 2022–23 |
| Prev Year: | 2021–22 |
| Next Year: | 2023–24 |
| Team: | Richmond Spiders |
| Conference: | Atlantic 10 Conference |
| Short Conf: | A-10 |
| Record: | 15–18 |
| Conf Record: | 7–11 |
| Hc Year: | 18th |
| Hc Games: | first 27 games |
| Head Coach2: | Peter Thomas |
| Hc Games2: | interim; final 6 games |
| Asst Coach1: | David Boyden |
| Asst Coach2: | Will Gipe |
| Asst Coach3: | Peter Thomas |
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.[1]
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.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | G | 5'9" | 160 | Graduate Student | Graduated | |||
| Souleymane Koureissi | 2 | F | 6'9" | 215 | Senior | Graduated and transferred to Radford | ||
| Nathan Cayo | 4 | F | 6'7" | 225 | Graduate Student | Graduated | ||
| Nick Sherod | 5 | G | 6'4" | 220 | Graduate Student | Graduated | ||
| Sullivan Kulju | 10 | F | 6'6" | 220 | Graduate Student | Walk-on; Graduated | ||
| Isaiah Wilson | 21 | G | 6'0" | 165 | Sophomore | Transferred to Winthrop | ||
| Jordan Gaitley | 31 | G | 6'4" | 190 | Graduate Student | Walk-on; Graduated | ||
| 33 | F | 6'10" | 255 | Graduate Student | Graduated |
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.[2] [3]
In addition to freshman Walz, Richmond also brought in three new players via transfer: Neal Quinn from Lafayette,[4] Isaiah Bigelow from Wofford,[5] and Jason Roche from The Citadel.[6]
Richmond announced a 30-game schedule on September 7, 2022, with a final game against Wichita State announced on September 15.[7] [8] 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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