2016–17 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team
The 2016–17 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team represented the University of Richmond during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Richmond competed as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference under 12th-year head coach Chris Mooney and played its home games at the Robins Center. They finished the regular season 19–11, 13–5 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for third place. Due to tiebreaking rules, they received the No. 3 seed in the A-10 Tournament, where they defeated George Washington in the Quarterfinals before losing to VCU  in the semifinals. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament, where, as No. 6 seed in the Iowa bracket, defeated No. 3 seed Alabama and No. 7 seed Oakland before falling to No. 4 seed TCU in the Quarterfinals. Previous season. The Spiders finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 16–16, 7–11 in A-10 play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Fordham in the second round of the A-10 Tournament to advance to the Quarterfinals where they lost to Dayton. Preseason. Richmond was picked to finish in sixth place in the Preseason A-10 poll. T. J.  Cline was selected to the Preseason All-Conference First Team while ShawnDre’ Jones was named to the Third Team. Schedule and results. ! style=| Non-conference regular season ! style=| Atlantic 10 regular season ! style=| Atlantic 10 Tournament ! style=| NIT Source: