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Bill Russell · 11-08-2012, 01:55 PM

Wow. Thanks, Wolf! I was just wondering if the inauguaral seasons listed above indicated the first season for each school as an overall entity or not. For instance, does Dayton include wins/losses/stats from its years as St. Mary's?

Bona84 · 11-08-2012, 01:58 PM

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VCU started their program when they combined from two other schools (I think they use the founding date of one of those, a medical division, as their official start date), URI used to be an agricultural school and supposedly that's where the Rams mascot comes from. I don't entirely get that, as rams aren't super useful in agriculture as I understand it. Most of them had their current name when their basketball team started.

As we all know, Bona's used to be St. Bonaventure's College, which is why the apostrophe is correct.

Founded name:

Butler: North Western Christian University
Charlotte: Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina , Charlotte College
Dayton: St. Mary's School for Boys (can't believe this isn't used by more Xavier fans)
Duquesne: Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost
Fordham: St. John's College
GW: The Columbian College in the District of Columbia
UMass: Massachusetts Agricultural College
URI: Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
VCU: Medical College of Virginia and Richmond Professional Institute
Xavier: The Athenaeum, St. Xavier College

Temple, Richmond, La Salle, St. Joe's, Bona's and Saint Louis just changed from college (academy for SLU) to university.

Pretty sure we can count on it now, Wolf.

e-parade · 11-08-2012, 03:05 PM

FYI - while UMass officially started in 1900, we celebrated our 100th season of basketball in 2008-2009 thanks to the few years without fielding a team.

SFspidur · 11-08-2012, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Bona Wolf for Pope

Temple, Richmond, La Salle, St. Joe's, Bona's and Saint Louis just changed from college (academy for SLU) to university.

Richmond actually started as Dunlora Academy in 1830, was renamed Virginia Baptist Seminary in 1832, and finally became Richmond College in 1840. Westhampton College for women was added in 1914 when the school moved to its present in location, and in 1920 Richmond College, Westhampton College, and the law school were united under the new University of Richmond name. Richmond College (men) and Westhampton College (women) continue to exist today with separate student governments and traditions, although all classes and other activities have long been coed.

Bona Wolf for Pope · 11-09-2012, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by SFspidur

Richmond actually started as Dunlora Academy in 1830, was renamed Virginia Baptist Seminary in 1832, and finally became Richmond College in 1840. Westhampton College for women was added in 1914 when the school moved to its present in location, and in 1920 Richmond College, Westhampton College, and the law school were united under the new University of Richmond name. Richmond College (men) and Westhampton College (women) continue to exist today with separate student governments and traditions, although all classes and other activities have long been coed.

Interesting, thank you for the correction. Hobart and William Smith Colleges here in western NY has a semi-similar history, I think your degree is from one or the other depending on gender. Is this why campus is split in half by the lake, or is that just random?

SpiderInTheMixingBowl · 11-09-2012, 05:43 AM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mof7eynkvM8

Nice link! Our rivalry is off to a strangely chivalrous start on this message board. Wonder how long that lasts...

SpiderInTheMixingBowl · 11-09-2012, 06:30 AM

Richmond Basketball Tradition Spins On TV Show

SFspidur · 11-09-2012, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Bona Wolf for Pope

Interesting, thank you for the correction. Hobart and William Smith Colleges here in western NY has a semi-similar history, I think your degree is from one or the other depending on gender. Is this why campus is split in half by the lake, or is that just random?

Yes, the campus was originally split by the lake between genders. Where the Commons spans the lake now there was a bridge...with a gate that was locked each night.

Things have obviously come a long way since then. When I was there in the late '90s, classes, dining, etc. had long been coed, but dorms were essentially all single-sex with the men on one side of the lake and women on the other. (The exception was the upperclass apartments on what has now come to be called South Campus, which were mixed.) Just after I left they swapped some dorms so that men and women were on both sides, although the buildings themselves were still single sex. There are now several dorms that are themselves coed by suite.

Every undergrad student at Richmond is a member of two schools/colleges, an academic one and a residential one. The academic one would be Arts & Sciences, Business, or Leadership. On the residential side, men are members of Richmond College and women are members of Westhampton College.

**BigE** · 11-09-2012, 08:37 AM

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URI used to be an agricultural school and supposedly that's where the Rams mascot comes from. I don't entirely get that, as rams aren't super useful in agriculture as I understand it. Most of them had their current name when their basketball team started.

..and since our 1st President was a URI alum, that where our mascot came from.

Before the merger we were the Green Devils (in honor of our mother school William & Mary)

SpiderInTheMixingBowl · 11-09-2012, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by BigE

Before the merger we were the Green Devils (in honor of our mother school William & Mary)

I didn't know that. Green with devilish envy. I like it.

Of course having horns on your head at the time of Shakespeare represented another very specific form of jealousy.

Bona Wolf for Pope · 11-09-2012, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by BigE

..and since our 1st President was a URI alum, that where our mascot came from.

Before the merger we were the Green Devils (in honor of our mother school William & Mary)

The Bona Fanatic approves.

**BigE** · 11-09-2012, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SpiderInTheMixingBowl

I didn't know that. Green with devilish envy. I like it.

Of course having horns on your head at the time of Shakespeare represented another very specific form of jealousy.

some our younger alums have recently become Green Devil fans and a T-Shirt is being made. I would love to see some retro Green Devils unis at one of our homecomings

BTW: you might enjoy this from 1953

SDW · 11-09-2012, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Bona Wolf for Pope

The Bona Fanatic approves.

He's not called the Bonatic?

SpiderInTheMixingBowl · 11-09-2012, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BigE

some our younger alums have recently become Green Devil fans and a T-Shirt is being made. I would love to see some retro Green Devils unis at one of our homecomings

BTW: you might enjoy this from 1953

Very nice. As an Angband player, I may have to start calling you guys the Bile Demons.

**BigE** · 11-16-2012, 11:08 AM

Spiders Announce TV Package With WTVR-TV6

The Richmond Spiders have partnered with WTVR-TV, the local CBS affiliate, to bring more Spider men's basketball telecasts to the Central Virginia viewing area. In addition to the games already scheduled for network and regional television, the Spiders and WTVR are adding five of the most attractive games to their TV schedule on Channel 6 and Digital Channel 6.3.

The Spiders have also added another national telecast to the slate, as the Tue. Dec. 4 game at Old Dominion is now scheduled to be carried by the NBC Sports Network. Tip-off is 7 p.m.

The WTVR schedule begins with a Sat. Dec. 29 home game airing on Channel 6, when Richmond welcomes a perennial NCAA team and longtime rival, Davidson, to the Robins Center for a 6 p.m. contest.

http://www.richmondspiders.com/ViewA...CLID=205744524

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Bill Russell Veteran Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,870 Rep Power: 34346	re: Richmond Wow. Thanks, Wolf! I was just wondering if the inauguaral seasons listed above indicated the first season for each school as an overall entity or not. For instance, does Dayton include wins/losses/stats from its years as St. Mary's? __________________ www.bonaalumni.com

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BigE Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 4,209 Rep Power: 436300	re: Richmond Spiders Announce TV Package With WTVR-TV6 The Richmond Spiders have partnered with WTVR-TV, the local CBS affiliate, to bring more Spider men's basketball telecasts to the Central Virginia viewing area. In addition to the games already scheduled for network and regional television, the Spiders and WTVR are adding five of the most attractive games to their TV schedule on Channel 6 and Digital Channel 6.3. The Spiders have also added another national telecast to the slate, as the Tue. Dec. 4 game at Old Dominion is now scheduled to be carried by the NBC Sports Network. Tip-off is 7 p.m. The WTVR schedule begins with a Sat. Dec. 29 home game airing on Channel 6, when Richmond welcomes a perennial NCAA team and longtime rival, Davidson, to the Robins Center for a 6 p.m. contest. http://www.richmondspiders.com/ViewA...CLID=205744524

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