After a loss to Duquesne University on Saturday, the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team appeared in serious danger of a winless week when they faced an early double digit deficit to George Washington University on Tuesday night. Instead, they rode a huge second half on their way to an 88-65 victory, getting back…
The Atlantic 10: a conference filled to the brim with buzzer beater finishes, high intensity play and paradoxical upsets. Every week, The Good Five Cent Cigar sports staff will vote on these teams to generate a power ranking of the conference’s basketball programs. Here are the men’s basketball rankings as of Feb. 5: 15th Place:…
Conference play is now well underway in the 2023-24 Men’s College Basketball season and things are ramping up. As we head into the month of February, teams are seeking to put themselves in a spot to make a run in March. With the landscape of where each team stands becoming clearer, the Good Five Cent…
Uncertain, unlikely, and undeterred is just one alliteration that could be used to describe the 2023-24 season for third-year guard David Green of the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team. The transfer from Louisiana Tech University lived a life in limbo from his transfer announcement in the middle of the 2022-23 season until December…
Riding a three-game losing streak, wins became ever more important when the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team took on a two-game stretch against George Mason University and La Salle University this week. Traveling to Fairfax, Virginia on Saturday, Rhode Island’s first task of the week would be taking down the Patriots of George…
The University of Rhode Island Rams and the University of Delaware faced off in basketball for the first time ever on Saturday. The two teams have been rivals on the football field for over 100 years but had never seen each other on the court. The Rams traveled to UBS Arena in Elmont, New York…
For the 133rd time, the University of Rhode Island and Providence College men’s basketball teams faced off in the battle for the Ocean State in front of a sold-out crowd at the Amica Mutual Pavillion on Saturday, before Rhode Island returned home to face Brown Wednesday. The Friars took down the Rams 84-69 in Saturday’s…
Down by 18 points against the defending Ivy League Champions, a second-half comeback saw the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team remain unbeaten at the Ryan Center in a 76-72 win over the Yale Bulldogs on Sunday. The result saw the Rams come out of November with a 5-2 record to start the year,…
Early in the 2023-24 season for the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team, the wave of offseason transfers has yielded a product of high consistency and veteran leadership, including third-year Bradley University transfer Zek Montgomery. A member of the Braves for two seasons, Montgomery took off his Bradley uniform for the last time after…
Following their first 3-0 start to a season in three years, the University of Rhode Island’s men’s basketball team fell in a pair of matches against Northwestern University and Washington State University over the weekend. The team traveled to Uncasville, CT to participate in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off at Mohegan Sun Arena. The…