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The URI Rams hit the Ryan Center floor again tonight, putting their four game winning streak on the line against the La Salle Explorers. Both teams enter conference play 1-0 after dominating their Atlantic 10 openers, La Salle vs Saint Louis and Rhody against George Mason. The game can be seen on Yurview New...

The URI Rams hit the Ryan Center floor again on Thursday, taking on the MAAC's Iona Gaels at 7:00pm. The game can be seen on Yurview Channel 4 or 1004 for customers of Cox Communications. Call it a Comeback Dan Hurley's team is coming off a 68-62 win over College of Charleston, using all forty minutes...

After a week off, the Rhode Island Rams are back in action, hosting College of Charleston in a Saturday afternoon tilt. Rhody is 5-3 on the season, and looking to get back on track after a loss to Alabama. The game can be seen on Yurview New England Channel 4 and 1004 at 4:00pm...

The Rhode Island Rams suffered more than their first loss of the 2017-18 season Monday night in falling to an NCAA Tournament caliber Nevada team on the road, 88-81. Beyond the blemish in the loss column, Dan Hurley's club learned on Tuesday that star guard - and preseason all-conference selection - E.C. Matthews will...

It was almost ten years ago that I first started covering college basketball and recruiting in the state of Rhode Island. One of my first observations, candidly, was what I considered somewhat unrealistic expectations of the collective local fan base. Rhode Island won 20 or more games for four consecutive seasons and 19 or more...

The beach, cookouts, vacation; there are a lot of things vying for our attention in summer. College basketball generally is not one of them. However, those in the know understand that the decisions, developments, and even the thoughts in coaches heads that quietly happen while most folks are flipping burgers on the grill are...

When the final buzzer sounded allowing Oregon to slip by Rhode Island 75-72 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, it marked the end of the outstanding career of both Hassan Martin and his front court sidekick Kuran Iverson, a true success story in player development. The good news? Everyone, yes everyone, else returns...

The Rhode Island Rams delivered in 2017 — in many ways. Dan Hurley's team won 25 games. It claimed the program's first Atlantic 10 Tournament Championship since 1999. It appeared in the NCAA Tournament, ending a 17+ year drought. And it advanced — downing Big East foe Creighton and going nip-and-tuck with third seed Oregon...

The 11th-seeded Rhode Island Rams (25-9) led wire-to-wire in completing a no-doubt, 84-72, win over the Creighton Blue Jays (25-10) in the first round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament. Greg McDermott's Blue Jays finished tied for third place in the Big East this season, but were no match for the locked-in Rams, now winners...

It’s now Cox’s team from top-to-bottom with no holdovers from the previous era. Blend that reality with increased experience and continuity across the roster – and a pandemic that appears to be softening – and there’s room for optimism in Kingston.