Rhode Island men’s basketball concludes historic season What started off as a 6-3, injury plagued beginning to the 2017-18 University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team, concluded as one of the best seasons in program history. It was a season of firsts for the program, as most seasons have been under head coach Dan Hurley….
|CIGAR| Autumn Walter, Stone Freeman, Margeaux Gagnon, Jack O’Marra and Ben Kinch from the Good Five Cent Cigar and the 5 Cent Cigar Newscast spent their spring break covering the breaking news from the A-10 and NCAA’s. Spring break has come and gone at the University of Rhode Island. While students escaped the frozen tundra…
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| After six years at the helm of URI’s men’s basketball team, Dan Hurley will officially sign a contract with the University of Connecticut. After six seasons as the head coach of the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team, Dan Hurley is departing for the head coaching vacancy at the University…
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| Pittsburgh – A regular season Atlantic 10 Championship. A program long seven-straight weeks in the AP Top 25. The highest ranking in school history in the AP Poll at No. 16. All on the way to the highest seed in an NCAA tournament at No. 7. What a run it…
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| As a tip of the cap to one of the greatest to do this, I try something new this evening. Bill Reynolds has been a columnist for the Providence Journal for 30 plus years and in each Sunday Journal he pens, “For What It’s Worth,” a column with small snippets…
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| WASHINGTON D.C. – Bad news, the University of Rhode Island fell in the Atlantic 10 Championship game to the Davidson Wildcats, 58-57 on Sunday afternoon. Good news, the Rams will receive an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament on Sunday night. The Wildcats had a 45-39 lead with 14:04 left…
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| WASHINGTON D.C. – The magical 2017-18 moves on for the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team. The Rams took down the St. Joseph’s Hawks in the semifinal round of the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament, 90-87. Rhode Island trailed at the half 47-40 and were down by as much as…
Photo by Autumn Walter|CIGAR WASHINGTON D.C. – What a difference a year makes. Last year the 2017 Atlantic 10 final featured the University of Rhode Island Rams vs. the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams. This year those two same teams met up again at the A-10 tournament except in the quarterfinals. It was the No. 25…
Autumn Walter |CIGAR| John “JV” Vanner Jr. calls it a career after 10-seasons as URI basketball hype-man. URI hype-man calls it a career Somethings have changed over the past ten years surrounding the University of the Rhode Island men’s basketball team. The team has seen a head coaching change, another Atlantic 10 Championship and another trip…
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| Senior players Jared Terrell, EC Matthews, and Senior Manager Owen Sammarone sit on the side line frustrated with the loss of their final game at the Ryan Center. By: Stone Freedman & Nick Cardi A regular season championship and senior night celebration, along with the second worst loss in the history…