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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Spiders had other plans. Iowa shot 36.8 percent from the field from three point range as a team this season (including Iowa\u2019s 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\u2019s went 0-8 and the Hawkeyes went 6-29 (20.7 percent) from behind the arc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u2019t called. But the Spiders still managed to hit their free throws and hold off the Hawkeyes\u2019 last ditch efforts to catch up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the end, it was 12 seeded Richmond winning 67-63. These Spiders will be continuing to build their webs in Buffalo\u2019s KeyBank Center, and they have the 4 seed Providence Fryars in their sights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Be afraid of Spiders! Very aftaid!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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