2025-2026 Non Conference Schedule

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William and Mary (pre-existing contract)
ODU just added
VMI
Belmont (away?)

Men's Basketball Renews Series Against Old Dominion - University of Richmond Athletics

RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond men's basketball will begin a home-and-home series against longtime rival Old Dominion this season, the program announced Wednesday....

richmondspiders.com

 

[SFspidur]

Locking in those Q4 home-and-homes!

 

[8legs1dream]

ODU showing remarkable consistency with the exact same final NET ranking the past two seasons, too bad it was 293.

 

[SFspidur]

Don't forget we should have VMI on the schedule as well...third year of a 5-game series at the RC where we're paying them close to half a million dollars.

 

[GKiller]

Don't forget we should have VMI on the schedule as well...third year of a 5-game series at the RC where we're paying them close to half a million dollars.

we also owe Belmont an away game. So now 4 known games. I assume we are done with Bucknell we owed them 1 game as part of a 2 for 1 series supposedly (after skipping it in 23-24). Unless we did a 5 for 1 that spiderstudent17 would have turned down.

Personally I don't know why we didn't do a H&H with JMU instead of ODU. While ODU can potentially bounce back JMU is currently better program and more similar to us as school, and have a new arena.

 

[SFspidur]

Odd that we didn't mention the date for next season's game...ODU did: December 6.

ODU Men's Basketball Renews Series With Richmond Spiders

odusports.com

 

[Eight Legger]

ODU is the Virginia school that I never really cared about playing. They’re like the Charlotte of Virginia. Probably should be better than they are every year, the school itself is average, just feels like a place and program that exists but not much else. Don’t really like the area, either. But I guess I’ll be excited to lose to them by 12 at home?

 

[mojo-spider]

Locking in those Q4 home-and-homes!

Better than a non D-I Mt. Olive or Florida Poly…hoping to see whoever is in charge of scheduling show the loyal Robins Center fans some respect!

Go Spiders!

 

[CarolinaSpider]

Better than a non D-I Mt. Olive or Florida Poly…hoping to see whoever is in charge of scheduling show the loyal Robins Center fans some respect!

Go Spiders!

Anything is better than their OOC scheduling last year.

 

[SFspidur]

Anything is better than their OOC scheduling last year.

Challenge...accepted! Off to a booming start.

at #129 Belmont
#218 W&M
#293 ODU
#298 VMI

 

[MrTbone]

Challenge...accepted! Off to a booming start.

at #129 Belmont
#218 W&M
#293 ODU
#298 VMI

Hey, they’re all under 300 so we got that going for us.

 

[97spiderfan]

We are scheduling like its 1993 still. ODU bastardized their hoops program to play FBS football. We are promoting this out on social media as something to get fans should be excited about it. All this is a bad Q4 game.

 

[kneepadmckinney]

Odell Hodge isn't walking through that door. Petey Sessoms isn't walking through that door.

 

[SpiderTrap]

Why not Liberty? They have been very good the last few years. I thought we had Rob Jones connection there - but I just looked on their website and he is not listed? Where did he go?

 

[SFspidur]

Why not Liberty? They have been very good the last few years. I thought we had Rob Jones connection there - but I just looked on their website and he is not listed? Where did he go?

He was named head coach at D-II Cedarville before last season.

 

[Eight Legger]

Odell Hodge isn't walking through that door.

I have a hunch he might not fit through a door these days.

 

[spider23]

We continue to strive to be the least interesting program in the country. Before long only the handful of posters on this board will know or care that Moon is stealing $1.5 mil per year and has compiled most losses in our history. And that's how the Triumvirate likes it.

 

[SpiderGuy]

We continue to strive to be the least interesting program in the country. Before long only the handful of posters on this board will know or care that Moon is stealing $1.5 mil per year and has compiled most losses in our history. And that's how the Triumvirate likes it.

TV commentators frequently reference Moon as the winningest coach in Richmond history. Do we expect them to also reference losing coach - no? They’re just not going to state that. But it is a fact as you pointed out.

 

[urfan1]

TV commentators frequently reference Moon as the winningest coach in Richmond history. Do we expect them to also reference losing coach - no? They’re just not going to state that. But it is a fact as you pointed out.

Their job is to get eyeballs, of course they will try to build it up.

 

[SpiderTrap]

He was named head coach at D-II Cedarville before last season.

We play D2 schools now - give him a call, lets get a home and home going.

 

[SpiderGuy]

He was named head coach at D-II Cedarville before last season.

We play D2 schools now - give him a call, lets get a home and home going.

Sounds good and probably would be a competitive series. Didn’t we only beat Florida Tech this season by 10?

 

[GKiller]

Isn't Cedarville where McGeehan is going because he couldn't bring in Duggan?

 

[8legs1dream]

Sounds good and probably would be a competitive series. Didn’t we only beat Florida Tech this season by 10?

Yep, and it was a tie game with 8 minutes to go. Moon had to dig deep to secure the W on that one.

 

[spider23]

TV commentators frequently reference Moon as the winningest coach in Richmond history. Do we expect them to also reference losing coach - no? They’re just not going to state that. But it is a fact as you pointed out.

A couple more seasons like this one I would hope they do.

 

[plydogg]

Any chance we see Radford or Columbia on the schedule in the near future with the Spider connection?

 

[GKiller]

Any chance we see Radford or Columbia on the schedule in the near future with the Spider connection?

Possible. Or Iona. We actually have more history w them. Tho Radford Columbia presumably buy games. Minus that we love giving up away games to low majors.

 

[spiderman]

Iona without Pitino should be just as much a buy game as Radford or Columbia.

 

[mojo-spider]

Iona without Pitino should be just as much a buy game as Radford or Columbia.

All three of these teams, mostly because of the coaching connection, not their power rankings, would be more interesting games than many of the home opponents Richmond fans suffered through last season...

I hope the schedule maker(s) are working to put together a home schedule that respects the loyal Spiders' fans, the players and the history of our program.

Go Spiders!

 

[spiderman]

All three of these teams, mostly because of the coaching connection, not their power rankings, would be more interesting games than many of the home opponents Richmond fans suffered through last season...

I hope the schedule maker(s) are working to put together a home schedule that respects the loyal Spiders' fans, the players and the history of our program.

Go Spiders!

mostly? I'd say entirely. nothing special about any of those teams outside of the alumni connections.

 

[SFspidur]

Just don't play Radford as a Christmas getaway game in DC.

 

[GKiller]

Iona without Pitino should be just as much a buy game as Radford or Columbia.

Geriot>Pitino

We did a H&H with Iona pre-pitino. But I agree we should only be interested as buy games.

 

[GKiller]

Just don't play Radford as a Christmas getaway game in DC.

We are due to be back at that arena. Played HP there once too. Was at both games remarkably. The Radford one of course almost kept us out of NCAA. We don't know for sure, I think in but if we were out that was the game to pinpoint. I think the HP game my friend & i made up exactly half of the Spids fans in attendance. Not counting player parents who where there to take their son back home for Xmas. Getaway game!

Cozy. Anacostia. Close to overpriced & overrated National Harbor. But I liked it because while Xmas getaway for the Spids it was also Xmas pickup & getaway for GK's mom.

 

[SFspidur]

Incredibly. we've lost to Radford by double digits two out of the last three times we've played them.

They should be buying us.

 

[8legs1dream]

Incredibly. we've lost to Radford by double digits two out of the last three times we've played them.

They should be buying us.

They should at least be paying us something for those beatdowns, agreed.

 

[SpiderTrap]

Here is an interesting link highlighting MTE's already determined for next season. Lot of A10 teams in the events.

2025-26 Men’s College Basketball Exempt Multi-Team Event (MTE) Tracker

A regularly-updated list of the 2025-26 men’s college basketball season’s exempt multiple-team events (MTEs). If you have any info to add to this page, please email it to mcbb dot mte dot info at gmail dot com.

www.bloggingthebracket.com

St. Joes - Vegas Players Era event
Bonnies - Fort Myers Tip Off
Loyola, St. Louis - Acrisure Series California
VCU - Battle for Atlantis
Dayton - ESPN Event - Florida

6 teams already locked in. Anyone know if Randolph-Macon is hosting an MTE this year?

 

[Eight Legger]

I doubt Mooney wants to play any of his former players in their first year on the job, and then by the time they've been there a couple years he won't want to play them because we might lose.

 

[Dr. Spidey]

What a pansy non-conference. Who else are we going to add, the Washington Generals?

 

[GKiller]

Acc likely to move down from 20 to 18 league games. They r realizing ooc too important. Hopefully more ooc inventory coming.

ACC considering reducing conference basketball schedule to help boost the league's NCAA Tournament profile

The ACC may move from 20 to 18 conference games next season to play more marquee nonconference matchups

www.cbssports.com

 

[SpiderRick]

When was the last time UVa was on our schedule, 50 years ago? Why won't they play us, they play every other D1 in Virginia.