| Mode: | basketball |
| Year: | 2023–24 |
| Team: | Richmond Spiders |
| Conference: | Atlantic 10 Conference |
| Short Conf: | A-10 |
| Record: | 23–10 |
| Conf Record: | 15–3 |
| Hc Year: | 19th |
| Assoc Coach: | Peter Thomas |
| Asst Coach1: | David Boyden |
| Asst Coach2: | Will Gipe |
| Asst Coach3: | Mark McGonigal |
| Asst Coach4: | Jack Fahed |
| Champion: | Atlantic 10 regular season co-champions |
| Bowl Result: | First Round |
The 2023–24 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team represented the University of Richmond during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by 19th-year head coach Chris Mooney and played their home games at the Robins Center as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.
Richmond secured the Atlantic 10 Conference regular season championship with a 73–66 win over the Saint Joseph's Hawks on March 6, 2024.
Mooney returned to the team as head coach[1] after missing the final six games of the 2022–23 season due to heart surgery to address an aneurysm in his ascending aorta.[2] 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.[3]
The Spiders finished the 2022–23 season 15–18, 7–11 in Atlantic 10 play to finish in 11th place. The Spiders defeated UMass in the first round of the A-10 tournament before losing to George Mason to end their season.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Nelson | 1 | G | 5'10" | 175 | Redshirt Freshman | Transferred to VCU | ||
| Marcus Randolph | 2 | G | 6'5" | 195 | Sophomore | Transferred to Saint Peter's | ||
| Tyler Burton | 3 | F | 6'7" | 215 | Senior | Graduated and transferred to Villanova | ||
| Connor Crabtree | 5 | G | 6'6" | 200 | Graduate Student | Graduated | ||
| Malcolm Dread | 12 | G | 6'4" | 210 | Redshirt Freshman | Transferred to Mount St. Mary's | ||
| Matt Grace | 15 | F | 6'9" | 230 | Graduate Student | Graduated | ||
| 22 | G | 6'5" | 205 | Graduate Student | Graduated | |||
| Gabe Arizin | 34 | G | 6'4" | 190 | Senior | Walk-on; Graduated |
In addition to the four scholarship freshmen and walk-on freshman Jack Graham, Richmond also brought in three new players via transfer: DeLonnie Hunt from Wagner,[4] Jordan King from East Tennessee State,[5] and Tyler Harris from Western Carolina.[6]
In June 2023, assistant coach Peter Thomas was elevated to the role of associate head coach. Thomas had served as interim head coach for the final few weeks of the 2022–23 season with head coach Chris Mooney on leave due to heart surgery.[7]
Under a new NCAA rule permitting two additional staff members to be designated as assistant coaches without being able to participate in off-campus recruiting, Mark McGonigal and Jack Fahed were elevated from their previous staff roles in September 2023.[8]
In a preseason poll of league head coaches and select media members, Richmond was chosen to finish 11th out of 15 teams in the Atlantic 10 Conference in 2023–24. Neal Quinn was selected to the Preseason All-Conference Third Team. [9]
Richmond announced a 13-game non-conference schedule on August 25, 2023, followed by its 18-game Atlantic 10 schedule on September 6, 2023.[10] [11] The non-conference schedule began on November 6 with a home game against VMI and will conclude with a December 30 home game against Lafayette. Richmond's Atlantic 10 schedule begins on January 6, 2024, and will see the Spiders facing VCU, Davidson, George Mason, and George Washington twice each and all other conference teams once each.
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See also: 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.