From the best start since 1947 to getting knocked out in the opening round of the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament, calling the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team’s 2024-25 season a ‘rollercoaster’ would be an understatement. The peaks of the season were very high, as the Rams kicked the year off with a nine-game…
The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team was sent home in the opening round of the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament for the third straight season on Wednesday with an 88-71 loss to Fordham University. Rhody entered the tournament in Washington D.C. as the No. 10 seed after going 7-11 in their conference slate, while…
In the midst of a 0-0 10th inning tie against a nationally-ranked opponent with two outs, a full count and the winning run looming just 90 feet away, the only thing on the mind of University of Rhode Island fifth-year pitcher Trystan Levesque was executing his next, and final, pitch. “I can only focus on…
The University of Rhode Island men’s golf team began its spring season with a top-five finish at the World Golf Village Collegiate in St. Augustine, Florida this week. Coming off a fall season where they had four wins in the span of five tournaments, the most overall wins for the program since the 2016-17 season,…
The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team won back-to-back conference games for the first time this season with a wire-to-wire 86-71 victory over La Salle University on Saturday. The Rams took to the Ryan Center court coming off a comeback 68-64 win against St. Bonaventure University on Feb. 12, in which third-year guard Jamarques…
The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team had its losing streak stretch to five games with a winless week on the road against a pair of Ivy League opponents, Harvard University and Princeton University. Rhode Island went into its matchup against Harvard coming off three consecutive close losses, all within seven points or less….
With four teams making the postseason, the Coastal Athletic Association displayed why it’s one of the most highly-regarded conferences at the Football Championship Subdivision level this season. Every week throughout the year, the Good Five Cent Cigar sports staff has come up with a ranking of all 16 teams within the conference. As the postseason…
For the first time since 1947, the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team moved to 8-0 this week with a pair of close wins over the University of Texas at Arlington on Thursday, then Yale University on Monday. Rhode Island wrapped up a two-game slate at the Jacksonville Classic on Thanksgiving by taking down…
The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team moved to 6-0 for the first time in 44 years by defeating the University of Detroit Mercy 81-75 in the Jacksonville Classic on Wednesday. Coming off their 91-53 thrashing over the College of Charleston on Sunday, the Rams traveled down to Florida for their first games away…
Whether it’s serving as the coxswain in the boat or providing support to her teammates out of the boat, fourth-year Ellie McGee always remains a vocal leader for the University of Rhode Island women’s rowing team. Throughout her tenure in Kingston, McGee has been part of two teams who have won the Atlantic 10 Championship…