Bob Black's 10 best Spider moments

[Section9.RowD]

Well done by our social media folks ... seems like a pretty reasonable ranking to me of the Top 10. Others?

As he gets ready for his 40th season with Richmond Spiders Men's Basketball, we asked Bob Black for his five favorite moments behind the microphone. He... | By Richmond Spiders Men's Basketball | Facebook

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[brooklyn brownstone]

some really great moments in there. I always loved this split screen video they put together on that Kevin Anderson shot.

 

[Long Island Spiders]

Well done by our social media folks ... seems like a pretty reasonable ranking to me of the Top 10. Others?

As he gets ready for his 40th season with Richmond Spiders Men's Basketball, we asked Bob Black for his five favorite moments behind the microphone. He... | By Richmond Spiders Men's Basketball | Facebook

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Were you there live for 9 out of 10 of these??

 

[mojo-spider]

Well done by our social media folks ... seems like a pretty reasonable ranking to me of the Top 10. Others?

As he gets ready for his 40th season with Richmond Spiders Men's Basketball, we asked Bob Black for his five favorite moments behind the microphone. He... | By Richmond Spiders Men's Basketball | Facebook

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A great biography of the original "Giant Killers" who returned in 2022...I enjoyed each of these unforgettable moments live, but most were on TV...only made two in person...

if I were making a top ten there are only a couple of other games I'd include that probably fell into Bob Black's "also receiving votes" category...

the 1986 Navy v. Richmond David Robinson game at the Robins Center...

1990 CAA Tournament Championship at Richmond Coliseum...either the semifinal 91-90 semifinal Curtis Blair coast-to-coast game or the Championship game that followed Tarrant over Driesell for the final time...

congrats to Bob Black on his 40 years...the only other Spiders play by play announcer I can remember is Frank Soden...I don't recall when Soden gave it up but he had a long run too in the 60s into the 70s...

Go Spiders!

 

[SFspidur]

Soden had a 30-year run as hoops play-by-play guy...1950–1980.

Frank Soden (1997) - Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame - University of Richmond Athletics

Frank Soden, Class: Induction: 1997 Sport(s): Faculty Athletic Representative, Athletics Administration - Frank Soden worked for more than 30 years as a broadcaster

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[Section9.RowD]

Were you there live for 9 out of 10 of these??

Sadly no - was working in Harrisburg, PA on a consulting project in '98 and watched the game at a late lunch - then made it in person to the U. of Washington 2nd round game where we got killed.

In 2011, didn't go to 1st 2 rounds but was working in Austin on another project and drove down to San Antonio to watch the Kansas game where we got killed ..

so I'm only 1-3 live at Richmond NCAA games.

 

[PalmTreeSpidUR]

Great memories. I look forward to more, hopefully even this season.

 

[72Spider]

To me the Kansas game was at the top of the shelf but that's splitting hairs

 

[AnnapSpider]

My favorite was when the No. 4 team , Wake Forest came into Robins Center .
It May have been Dick Tarrant‘s first game (not sure about that) The Coach was
terrific and he had a secret weapon- Johnny Newman.
Wake left a loser, and Richmond started on their road to move up the latter to
being a serious program.

 

[Ferrum Spider]

To me the Kansas game was at the top of the shelf but that's splitting hairs

I wasn't alive or too young for a few of these. For me, the Kansas was the biggest win. KU had a 58 (Give or take) non-conference home winning streak vs unranked opponents. Winning on the road is harder than winning in the tournament against the blue bloods. Still remember hitting my head on the bedroom fan jumping from the couch when Dobbins hit that shot.

Cool montage by the athletic department. Crazy to think BB has been here for 40 years. Congrats to him.

 

[PalmTreeSpidUR]

Some of them were before my time and there was a bit of a recent seasons bias, but I have no real quibbles with the list other than none of the clips were from victories against our biggest rival. Then again, I suppose local radio politics might have had something to do with that omission.

 

[CarolinaSpider]

The double OT win against talent ladened, AlLen Bristow lead VaTech team that
beat Notre Dame in NIT championship which was same ND team to end the long UCLA
win streak. This was in late 70s but still a big one in my memory bank.

 

[Wood Hall]

The double OT win against talent ladened, AlLen Bristow lead VaTech team that
beat Notre Dame in NIT championship which was same ND team to end the long UCLA
win streak. This was in late 70s but still a big one in my memory bank.

Our freshman year, Feb. 1973, I think. "Dueling Banjos" and the Tech cheerleaders.

 

[LongTimeSpiderFan]

Our freshman year, Feb. 1973, I think. "Dueling Banjos" and the Tech cheerleaders.

I would like to hear a little more about "Dueling Banjos" and the Tech Cheerleaders!... sounds funny.
It was a little before my time...

 

[Wood Hall]

Whoever handled the music played "Dueling Banjos" during a timeout. It might have been for the first time, since the Robins Center was less than three months old. The students, and then the entire place, started clapping along and gradually stomping their feet and going nuts. It became a staple at games for a year or two.

Tech's cheerleaders wore knee-high white go-go boots, white hot pants and tight orange tops. Suffice it to say, it was a far different look than your average Westhampton College coed of that era, almost all of whom still wore dresses to class. The VPI (at that time) cheerleaders were a big hit with Richmond College students.

The campus was still segregated by sex, with women on one side of the lake, men on the other, men-only dining in the Refectory, very limited visitation in the dorms and many single-sex classes until your junior year. Students could smoke in class if the prof allowed it; one of my journalism profs chain-smoked through the entire class. UR was only one year removed from Saturday morning classes at that time.

It was a much, much, much different place than it is today.

 

[SpiderK]

I didn’t see the Richmond beating David Robinson game in 1986 on Black’s list. I was glad he didn’t give VCU any stature by listing any of the few times we beat them.

 

[LongTimeSpiderFan]

Whoever handled the music played "Dueling Banjos" during a timeout. It might have been for the first time, since the Robins Center was less than three months old. The students, and then the entire place, started clapping along and gradually stomping their feet and going nuts. It became a staple at games for a year or two.

Tech's cheerleaders wore knee-high white go-go boots, white hot pants and tight orange tops. Suffice it to say, it was a far different look than your average Westhampton College coed of that era, almost all of whom still wore dresses to class. The VPI (at that time) cheerleaders were a big hit with Richmond College students.

The campus was still segregated by sex, with women on one side of the lake, men on the other, men-only dining in the Refectory, very limited visitation in the dorms and many single-sex classes until your junior year. Students could smoke in class if the prof allowed it; one of my journalism profs chain-smoked through the entire class. UR was only one year removed from Saturday morning classes at that time.

It was a much, much, much different place than it is today.

Thank you.