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Four games into the young season, Rhode Island sits at 2-2 — courtesy of a cruise control win over Bryant, a competitive road loss to a College of Charleston team currently atop the CAA, a nail-biting win over Harvard, and a flat home loss to Stony Brook last Saturday. David Cox's Rams now prepare...

Is there anything better than college basketball? Seriously. More specifically, is there anything better than college basketball in the state of Rhode Island? In a state where fans allegiances to professional teams rely on crossing borders and exiting the state either north or south on interstate 95, college basketball gives Rhode Islanders a sense of...

The David Cox era unofficially began on October 25th with an 80-65 exhibition win over Pace in stress-free fashion. Now the games all count and the University of Rhode Island Rams will tip off the regular season and officially trumpet in the Cox era against in-state foe Bryant at the Ryan Center. Though the Bulldogs...

Rhode Island prepares to tip off its 2018-19 season with a Thursday evening exhibition against Pace at the Ryan Center. Seeking a third consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, the Rams usher in many new faces this season, the most important of which is a familiar one who slides over a chair on the...

We're in the dog days of summer or at least what feels like the doldrums of the college basketball calendar – even though the official start of practice is right around the corner. At the University of Rhode Island, there's been transition over the past few months as new head coach David Cox settles...

On April 6th, Rhode Island formally introduced David Cox as its new men's basketball head coach. It marked a significant milestone in Cox's career, from beginning at the grassroots level and ascending through the college ranks as an assistant over the past roughly dozen years. "This is a dream come true. Navigating the landscape of...

When University of Rhode Island athletic director Thorr Bjorn stepped to the podium on Thursday at 2pm, it signified a turning of the page from the Dan Hurley era - no doubt a successful one by all accounts - to what will become the program's next chapter. Bjorn was poised, confident and clear in his...

When the final horn sounded on Saturday, it signified more than the end of Rhode Island's 26-8 season at the hands of Duke. It marked the culmination of the outstanding careers and contributions of the Rams' senior class: Andre Berry, Stanford Robinson, Jarvis Garrett, Jared Terrell, and E.C. Matthews. They arrived at URI in varying...

The URI Rams season ended at the hands of the Duke Blue Devils on Saturday. By Monday, there were already reports from Jeff Jacobs of the New Haven Register that Coach Dan Hurley was on his way to Storrs, CT to take over coaching a UConn program that is only four years removed from...

That's all she wrote. The back-page cover closes on a historic and memorable University of Rhode Island men's basketball season. The Rams fell to the Duke University Blue Devils 87-62 in the second round of the NCAA tournament, ending their season. Emotions were high following the conclusion of the game as the careers of five...