One of only three non-Power Five teams on Kentucky’s 2020-21 basketball schedule is one of the best non-Power Five teams in college basketball.
On Tuesday the Richmond Spiders were selected by the media as the preseason favorites to win the Atlantic 10 Conference. Richmond returns all five starters from a 24-7 team (14-4 in A-10 play) that finished second in the A-10 in 2019-20, trailing only Obi Toppin’s Dayton club that was well on its way to a one-seed in the NCAA Tournament until the coronavirus pandemic had other plans.
Three members of Chris Mooney’s team were preseason all-conference selections — Blake Francis, 6-foot-10 forward Grant Golden and Jacob Gilyard.