Bad news for the Spiders:

The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions placed the University of Richmond on two-year probation on Friday resulting from an investigation into recruiting violations that members of the athletic department committed during 2007 and 2008.

The committee’s report said the university did not properly monitor its athletic programs and that the men’s and women’s basketball coaches failed to encourage an atmosphere of compliance within their programs. Specifically, coaches from the men’s and women’s basketball programs made illegal phone calls and sent illegal text messages to recruits. Text messaging recruits was deemed illegal by the NCAA starting on Aug. 1, 2007.