Photo by Autumn Walter | Taken at a basketball game in February 2018. It’s a new season for David Cox and a new era for Rhode Island Rams basketball. After a long and eventful offseason, the Rams are just one week away from beginning their 2018-2019 campaign. It was an action-packed offseason that started with…
Fans are a big reason why we love the game. They provide the source of emotion for sports. The crowd creates palpable tension and drama through their rabid, unflappable and sometimes irrational support of their team. They are the reason we have debates over legacies and dwell on mistakes or questionable coaching decisions. Consequences can…
The year was 1999. The average price of gas was $1.30. Kurt Warner, Dick Vermeil and the St. Louis Rams were coined, “the greatest show on turf,” and the team to beat in the NFL. And the starting five for the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team was Preston Murphy, Antonio Reynolds-Dean, Tavorris Bell,…
While nearly everyone at the University of Rhode Island was closely following the men’s basketball team throughout the playoffs, some members of the community were following closer than others. Thanks to a few plane rides, a handful of Ubers and several hundred dollars, Ramettes Hannah Ritchie, Rachel Silva, Cassie Clifford and Sam Angell were able…
The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team beat the University of Massachusetts Minutemen 70-62 at the Mullins Center in Amherst Tuesday night. The game marked the 150th time the Rams and Minutemen have squared off in the programs’ collective histories. URI was coming off their biggest road win of the season as they…
The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team (4-19, 0-11-Atlantic 10 ) has had a tough 2016-17 season thus far, which has only gotten tougher with star guard Charise Wilson missing the last four games, the last being a 67-51 loss at the University of Richmond last Sunday. Rhode Island started the first half strong,…
The University of Rhode Island ended a heart wrenching two-game skid, beating Old Dominion University, 51-39, in an offensively-anemic contest at the Ryan Center Tuesday night. The Rams (6-3) looked to shake off a couple of road losses that saw their national ranking vanish, and their NCAA Tournament hopes dwindle a bit. The team returned…
Positives: The Rhode Island men’s basketball team’s unexpected performance against Providence College really kept Rhode Island afloat and in position to a win a game against a good opponent. The unexpected production from sophomore Jarvis Garrett and freshman Christion Thompson really gave the team a huge boost with Thompson connecting on three three pointers in…
Sometimes in sports we take for granted the consistent contributors, the ones that do not always receive the glory that the stud freshmen recruits do. The player that gradually ascends to the top, all the while still being a reliable producer, is the stability that programs desire and appreciate. Many fans are just now starting…
The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team (6-3) rebounded nicely after enduring a devastating defeat against Providence College, disposing of the formerly undefeated University of Houston (5-1), 67-57. The offensive fluidity that was apparent on Saturday night diminished a bit, as they returned to their common identity of vitality through stifling defense and efficiency…