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| URI set to take on Duke in the Round of 32 Pittsburgh, PA– The Rhode Island Rams have advanced to their second straight round of 32 appearance in the NCAA tournament. This season they have to face men’s basketball powerhouse, Duke University. This year’s second round draw brings in a…
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| Rhode Island enters NCAA Tournament with chip on their shoulder The month February and early March for Rhode Island men’s basketball was full of highs and lows. The Rams clinched their first outright Atlantic 10 regular season title in program history, cutting down the nets and celebrating an impressive feat….
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| In the climax of what is one of the greatest seasons for Rhode Island men’s basketball, the Rams find the whole weight of the state behind them as they compete for back-to-back Atlantic 10 championships this afternoon. The Keaney blue faithful packed the Capitol One Arena on Friday and Saturday,…
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| It’s less than two weeks removed from the lowest point that Rhode Island men’s basketball has found themselves in this season. After clinching their first Atlantic 10 regular season title and celebrating a night that was supposed an emotional but proud senior night send-off, the St. Joseph’s Hawks came into…
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…
Stock Photo by Daniel Goldmen |CIGAR 1998| Preston Murphy helped bring the Rams basketball team to the ‘Elite Eight’ in 1998 It’s been 20 years since the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team has made it to the Sweet Sixteen but that drought might be coming to a close in a matter of weeks….