Everyone should be afraid of spiders! All the teams from the Atlantic 10 (especially Dayton and VCU – since this particular version of scary spiders cost them a chance to play in the NCAA Tournament) already knew about these dangerous Spiders.

After invading the Atlantic 10 tournament in Washington, DC, these Spiders took the conference autobid, knocked Dayton out of the at-large pool, and the selection committee sent them to Buffalo, NY expecting that the Big 10 tournament champions would send them back to Richmond.

The Spiders had other plans. Iowa shot 36.8 percent from the field from three point range as a team this season (including Iowa’s leading scorer Keegan Murray and Kris Murray who both shot over 40 percent). Well – the Spiders put a web over the basket, as the Murray’s went 0-8 and the Hawkeyes went 6-29 (20.7 percent) from behind the arc.

To be fair, there were some questionable calls towards the end – such as when Kris Murray clearly got fouled shooting a three pointer and it wasn’t called. But the Spiders still managed to hit their free throws and hold off the Hawkeyes’ last ditch efforts to catch up.

At the end, it was 12 seeded Richmond winning 67-63. These Spiders will be continuing to build their webs in Buffalo’s KeyBank Center, and they have the 4 seed Providence Fryars in their sights.

Be afraid of Spiders! Very aftaid!!