In news the other day, Dept. of Education said Title IX applies to NIL Payments. Not sure how they expect that to work - but personally, this makes it even more of a mess and in my opinion, makes no sense to me. I am not against women sports and women athletes making money, but this to me seems like Dept. of Education trying to achieve an equality of outcome for women in a space where this is a more of business decision.

I would expect this to get appealed in some manner, and lots of schools to fight this. But I just don't see how this works. Not to mention - there are instances, where women can and should be able to make more in this space. Such as the LSU gymnast and basketball twins, etc. Now - we all know they make more for different reasons, but wouldn't this limit their ability to cash in as well and say they must be equal to the 12th man on the men's lacross team?

This one deserves its own thread. I mean for the love of God, that was ineptitude to the Nth degree. Make it end.

The Ukrainian President has refused to leave. The US offered to rescue President Zelensky. He said I don't need a ride, I need ammunition. The world will never forget.

Disclaimer: I realize not everyone on the forum likes following former Spiders, but some of us still find it interesting to keep up with the rest of their college careers.

Former Spiders:

• Marcus Randolph – Now a senior at St. Peter's, Marcus started 19 of 32 games last season, averaging 6.5 points per game. He’s likely to maintain a starting role this year.
• Isaiah Wilson – Senior at Winthrop. After starting the first two games last year, Isaiah suffered a season-ending injury. His profile still lists him as a senior, suggesting no medical redshirt was applied for. Wishing him a full recovery.
• Aiden Noyes – Redshirt junior at Belmont, returning to the Robins Center on 12/14. Expect him to receive a different reception compared to last year's transfer return.
• Jason Nelson – Redshirt junior at Youngstown State. He won’t be returning to the Robins Center this year. Personally, I hope Jason finds his stride and makes a significant impact during his final two seasons.
• Trevor Smith – Now a sophomore at Hampton. With the move to a lower division, hopefully, Trevor secures a starting role.
• Malcolm Dread – Redshirt junior at Mt. Saint Mary’s. Last season, he only appeared in 7 games, averaging less than 1 point per game.
• Andre Weir – The 6'9", 270 lb senior is now at Kennesaw State after several years at FGCU, where injuries sidelined him for most of last season.
• Dji Bailey - Given he is a UR graduate, I assume we'll continue to use his dedicated thread for ongoing updates as we did last year for TB.

Family Connections:

• Jarin Stevenson - Sophomore at Bama. Assume he may start this year but we'll see.
• Curtis Blair III - Redshirt freshman at Liberty.
• BB Washington – A freshman at FGCU and brother of George Washington III. He’ll be playing at the Robins Center on 12/28.
• Nikolas Gustavson – Brother Gus, a redshirt sophomore at D2 UT-Tyler. He was previously at North Alabama (D1, Atlantic South) but didn’t seem to play there.

Suspect I missed a couple folks and will edit the above based on comments.

Going for 2 in a row - Spiders 72 LaSalle 68.

Didn’t see a thread for our men’s and women’s golf this year so thought I would start one. Men’s team has played in 6 tournaments so far this year and have been top 5 in each.


Men’s schedule: https://richmondspiders.com/sports/mens-golf/schedule

Women’s schedule:

SF must be off so I’ll fill in, not step in as the shoes are too big.
The girls are in 2nd behind GW after two of four days. They are lacking in the diving category. Lots of best times and look to have more National B cut times than ever before and it’s only day 2.
Today and tomorrow the events break out into to more individual strokes with 100s and 200s of fly, back and breast.
Pretty darn good for a program that is shoved under the rug and only around to satisfy title ix and minimum sport requirements.

KUDOS to the SID for the meet reporting on athletic dept website.

Second day results

GW is 12-13 overall and only 5-9 in the A10. Lady Spiders have a been shooting game and cruise 68-45.

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Which Spider graduates were the ones to reach the highest levels of governance in the United States, among either of the 3 branches of the US government? What was his or her position?

I enjoyed this thread last year so let's roll it back for the new year.

11/4:

LaSalle -4.5 over American

Currently 34 overall

only 1-3 in Quad 1 games, Quad 1 is defined as:


A "Quad 1" game in women's NET rankings refers to a game played against an opponent ranked within the top 30 NET rankings at home, top 50 NET rankings on a neutral court, and top 75 NET rankings on the road; essentially, a game against a highly ranked opponent regardless of where the game is played, giving the most weight to home games against top teams.

Next up #329 St Bonaventure tomorrow night at 6pm in RC

Then followed by #130 VCU in the RC on Sunday at 2pm.

See you all there!

VCU is 12-15 overall and 6-9 in the A10. We beat then 75-42 back at Robins in mid January.

Lady Spiders cruise after a few closer games than expected. Spiders 75 - Ewes 48.

First of our final 4 regular season games can could see us being +10 for all of them .. However, given Lange is probably the worst coach in the league and they typically play down to the competition, I think we extend our mini streak to 3 games on Saturday. Spiders 67 - Flapping Hawks 65.

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Looks like we have a 2025 baseball schedule on the website - hasn't officially been announced by the athletic department yet, but should be coming soon. Some highlights:

• Season-opening home series vs. Navy (Feb 14 - Feb 16).
• Second-weekend home series vs. Fairfield (Feb 21-23), followed by a mid-week @ NC State (2/25).
• We're hosting the "Central Virginia Challenge" again this year, and the field is MUCH better. We play Penn State (2/28), Boston College (3/1), and Toledo (3/2).
• Strangely, we host BC again on 3/5. Looks like they're doing a long trip to VA, playing W&M/UR/VCU/UR/UVA all in a row.
• Mid-week @ UVA on 3/19.
• End of conference play should be rather tough. Our last 4 weekends are vs. SLU, @ Dayton, @ VCU, vs. Davidson.

Figured we could use a thread separate from the betting one to follow how our conference mates are doing.

14 squads in action on opening day, with 13 of them playing D-I competition. Davidson was the exception, hosting D-III William Peace, and of course the Spiders were not in action. The A-10 went a respectable 11–3 on the day, with several squads recovering from early deficits to score wins.

Not a lot of surprises I guess. Mostly beating up on inferior competition, though Loyola only winning by 5 over Chicago State is a bit surprising to me even though Chicago State isn't quite the basement dweller they were a few years ago. SLU falling to Santa Clara was a missed opportunity for a decent win...gotta have those if you've hoping to be a contender. Hope Avila is okay.

I don't know whether to be surprised about Duquesne losing to Lipscomb...it's Duquesne. VCU rolled over Bellarmine with their guards doing a ton of damage. Not a lot of bench production and they really only went 8 deep. Billups only got 4 minutes but had 5 points, while Jennings was scoreless in 15 minutes.

Wins
Bona 70, CSUN 56
UMass 103, UNH 74
Dayton 87, St. Francis 57
Mason 75, NC Central 58
VCU 84, Bellarmine 65
St. Joe's 70, Navy 63
La Salle 65, American 52
URI 96, Fairfield 58
GW 76, Mercyhurst 59
Loyola 77, Chicago State 72
Davidson 88, William Peace 47 (D-III)

Losses
Santa Clara 85, SLU 78
St. John's 92, Fordham 60
Lipscomb 77, Duquesne 72

I still think I should probably be benched—or retire from starting game threads—given my 8-17 record this season, and I take full accountability for it. That said, I’m optimistic about Saturday’s game and expect a win over the Bronx Rams. Spiders 72-62.

Looks like VCU will start paying its student athletes directly next year through revenue sharing. I hope UR starts doing this too. Revenue not as high as VCU I’m sure but can still benefit us to do this.

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Women's season opener is a bit of a mystery. Supposed to open at Penn State at 1:00pm today, but the live stats feed isn't working on either team's site. I suspect there may be a weather issue, and maybe it's been announced on Twitter, but for those of us who have discarded Twitter who knows what's going on.