Richmond men's basketball opens season at home against UNC Asheville

The Richmond Spiders open their men's basketball season Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. ET at the Robins Center in Richmond, Va., against the UNC Asheville Bulldogs. The game will be shown on ESPN+.

Both teams are 0-0 and playing their first game of the season.

How Richmond finished last season

The Spiders ended the 2025-26 season on a skid. They beat St. Bonaventure 99-94 at home on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, then lost their last four games shown in the recent results.

Those losses came at Loyola Chicago, 69-66, on Saturday, Feb. 28; at home to Dayton, 65-60, on Tuesday, March 3; at Duquesne, 79-77, on Saturday, March 7; and at home to Loyola Chicago, 75-67, on Wednesday, March 11.

Three of the four losses were by five points or fewer, and the Duquesne game was decided by two.

How UNC Asheville finished

The Bulldogs went 3-2 in their last five games of 2025-26, and two of the wins came in overtime. They beat Radford 74-73 in overtime at home on Saturday, Feb. 21, and won at Gardner-Webb 77-71 on Thursday, Feb. 26.

On Saturday, Feb. 28, they lost 92-75 at home to Charleston Southern. They then beat Longwood 85-82 in overtime at home on Friday, March 6, and lost 75-71 at High Point on Saturday, March 7.

Richmond is at home for the opener, and UNC Asheville is the road team.