With the Atlantic 10 tournament taking place in Brooklyn in six days, it got me thinking, what type of conference championship are we looking at? First, let’s talk favorites in Brooklyn. This year while the Atlantic 10 has only one true at large bid in Virginia Commonwealth University, the Rams are still a very beatable…
Junior Guard Jeff Dowtin elevates over Davidson defender in Friday’s loss at home. Photo by Kayla Michaud. The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team could do nothing wrong on Tuesday night as the Rams snapped their five game losing streak and downed George Washington by a score of 80-53. Coming off yet another tough…
Freshman forward Jermaine Harris goes for the fastbreak layup against Fordham on Saturday. Photo by Greg Clark. Just when you think it can’t get any worse, the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team fell to Fordham University in overtime 66-63, a week after getting blown out by Dayton by 29 points. Three days later…
The Rhode Island Rams men’s basketball team finds themselves under .500 for the first time all season following their worst effort in years, losing by 34 points to Virginia Commonwealth University on Tuesday night. The Rams were able to muster a grand total of 42 points in a 40 minute basketball game. That’s not what…
Junior Forward Cyril Langevine goes up strong for layup in loss against Dayton on Saturday. Photo by Momolu Akoiwala. “That was an embarrassing loss on our home floor.” In a game that was billed to be a heavyweight battle between two Atlantic 10 foes, this was the sentiment Rhode Island Head Coach David Cox had…
Junior Guard Jeff Dowtin looks in on defense as the Rams lost to Dayton this past Saturday. Photo by Momolu Akoiwala A benchmark of Rhode Island men’s basketball has been astute and unrelenting defensive play. It’s simply put, the culture. However, with the Rams now losing four of their last five, and currently licking their…
Greg Clark | Freshman Tyrese Martin fights through content for a lay-up. This year’s Rhode Island men’s basketball team was always going to be an unknown. Losing five seniors and a majority of your scoring production will hurt any program not among the blue bloods of college basketball. However, I am personally sick and tired…
Greg Clark | Guard Tyrese Martin soars through are for a dunk. Many people predicted that the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team would be a talented team that would be prone to some missteps given their youth. This last week proved those pre-season sentiments to be correct come midseason, as the Rams went…
Photo by Autumn Walter | Tyrese Martin drives-in for a layup. “It’s a tough situation to walk into if you’re a first-year coach. You’re inheriting a team with the expectation and I’m just hoping all the fans in Kingston are patient with development.” Providence College coach Ed Cooley couldn’t have said it better. After six…
1. Davidson Kellan Grady and Jon Axel Gudmundsson are the metaphorical engines that keep the Wildcats going. They served as a two-headed monster against the University of North Carolina Wilmington this past Saturday, each scoring 25 points apiece. Gudmundsson played the entire forty minutes, with Grady playing 39 minutes. 2. Saint Louis The Billikens had…