The Rhode Island football team’s best season since 2001 wasn’t quite enough for an FCS playoff berth.
The URI men’s basketball team suffered its first loss of the season to Tulsa on Saturday, before rebounding on Sunday for a 71-65 victory over Boston College to conclude its stay in the Sunshine Slam tournament in Daytona Beach, Florida.
The Rams took down the UNH Wildcats in their final home game of the season, 28-3.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - For nearly 10 minutes in Wednesday’s game, the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team didn’t make a shot from the field. Things didn’t get much better in the rest of the second half.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - The competition will get tougher, of course, but the University of Rhode Island women's basketball team has dominated in the early part of its highly anticipated season.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - There was a path to an in-state stunner Friday night, and Bryant was very much on it.
The Rams snapped a three-game losing streak, guaranteed a winning season and scored their first victory over a Football Bowl Subdivision foe since 2000 in a 35-22 triumph over Massachusetts on Saturday.
With their defense setting the tone, the Rams never trailed against Patriot League preseason favorite Boston University and held off a final push down the stretch for a 71-62 victory on Tuesday night at the Ryan Center.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - Fans returned to the Ryan Center for the first time since March 4, 2020 on Thursday night and were treated to a solid dress rehearsal by the home team.
The basketball teams at the University of Rhode Island are taking the Atlantic 10’s preseason predictions released last week with a grain of salt, for different reasons.
After falling behind 24-3 in the first half, the Rams shook off the rough start – plus some of the struggles of losses to Towson and VIllanova – but couldn’t complete their comeback and lost 45-24 to Maine at soggy Meade Stadium.
Maine visits Meade Stadium on Saturday in a game that could go a long way toward determining URI’s fate.
The University of Rhode Island football team finally had a bad day.
It was good to be back, for the people on both sides of the cheering.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - Alumni and former players who returned to the University of Rhode Island for Homecoming on Saturday might have been bracing for something different.
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