Rhode Island Rams men's basketball

Rhode Island Rams
Rhode Island Rams
	2020–21 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team
University	University of Rhode Island
Head coach	David Cox (3rd season)
Conference	Atlantic 10
Location	Kingston, Rhode Island
Arena	Ryan Center ; (Capacity: 7,657)
Nickname	Rams
Colors	Keaney Blue, Navy Blue, and White[1];
Uniforms
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
	1998
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
	1988, 1998
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
	1978, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2017, 2018
NCAA Tournament Appearances
	1961, 1966, 1978, 1988, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2017, 2018
Conference Tournament Champions
	1999, 2017
Conference Regular Season Champions
	1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1950, 1961, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1981, 2018

The Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team is under the direction of head coach David Cox[2] who was formerly Assistant Coach to Dan Hurley for four years at Rhode Island until March 22, 2018 when Hurley departed for another college head coaching position.[3] The Rams play their home games at the Ryan Center (capacity 7,657) which opened in 2002.

Current coaching staff

Name	Title	College	First Season
David Cox	Head Coach	William and Mary	2018
Kevin Sutton	Assistant Coach	James Madison	2018
Austin Carroll	Assistant Coach	American	2019
T.J. Buchanan	Assistant Coach	Rhode Island	2019
Vacant	Graduate Assistant Coach	-	-

All-Americans

Rhode Island has had three All-Americans in its history.

Player	Count	Years
Stan Modzelewski	2	1941 (second-team); 1942 (second-team)
Chet Jaworski	1	1939 (first team)
Sly Williams	1	1979 (second-team)

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Rams have appeared in ten NCAA Tournaments. They have a combined 8–10 record. Tom Garrick holds the Rhode Island single-tournament game scoring record with 29 points in 1988 during a march to the Sweet Sixteen.[4] The eighth-seeded 1997-98 Rams, led by senior guard Cuttino Mobley, had the best tournament run in school history, making it to the Elite Eight. Six head coaches have led Rhode Island to the NCAA Tournament with four of them registering tourney wins. Success in basketball fell off after the 1998 season, with the Rams making the tournament in 1999 but losing in the First Round. The team has seen a new degree of success recently, qualifying for the NCAA tournament in 2017 and 2018, both times successfully defeating their First Round opponents and advancing to the Second Round.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1961		First Round	St. Bonaventure	L 76–86
1966		First Round	Davidson	L 65–95
1978		First Round	Duke	L 62–63
1988	#11	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#6 Missouri #3 Syracuse #2 Duke	W 87–80 W 97–94 L 72–73
1993	#8	First Round Second Round	#9 Purdue #1 North Carolina	W 74–68 L 67–112
1997	#9	First Round	#8 Purdue	L 76–83^OT
1998	#8	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#9 Murray State #1 Kansas #13 Valparaiso #2 Stanford	W 97–74 W 80–75 W 74–68 L 77–79
1999	#12	First Round	#5 Charlotte	L 70–81^OT
2017	#11	First Round Second Round	#6 Creighton #3 Oregon	W 84–72 L 72–75
2018	#7	First Round Second Round	#10 Oklahoma #2 Duke	W 83–78^OT L 62–87

NIT results

The Rams have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 15 times. Their combined record is 14–16. The Rams reached the NIT semifinals three times (1945, 1946, and 2010) with their best showing being runner-up in the 1946 finals. Seven head coaches have led Rhode Island to the NIT with four of them recording wins.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1941	First Round	Seton Hall	L 54–70
1942	Quarterfinals	Toledo	L 71–82
1945	Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game	Tennessee DePaul St. John's	W 51–44 L 53–97 L 57–64
1946	Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	Bowling Green Muhlenberg Kentucky	W 82–79 W 59–49 L 45–46
1979	First Round	Maryland	L 65–67^3OT
1981	First Round	Purdue	L 58–84
1987	First Round	Florida State	L 92–107
1992	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Vanderbilt Boston College Utah	W 68–63 W 81–80^2OT L 72–84
1996	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Marist College of Charleston Saint Joseph's	W 82–77 W 62–58^OT L 59–76
2003	First Round Second Round	Seton Hall Temple	W 61–60 L 53–61
2004	Opening Round First Round	Boston University West Virginia	W 80–52 L 72–79
2008	First Round	Creighton	L 73–74
2009	First Round Second Round	Niagara Penn State	W 68–62 L 72–83
2010	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals	Northwestern Nevada Virginia Tech North Carolina	W 76–64 W 85–83 W 79–72 L 67–68^OT
2015	First Round Second Round	Iona Stanford	W 88–75 L 65–74

CBI results

The Rams have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) one time. Their record is 1–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2011	First Round Quarterfinals	Miami (OH) UCF	W 76–59 L 54–66

NBA Players

Years	Name	NBA Team(s)
1946-1947	Armand Cure	Providence Steamrollers
1946-1947	Bob Shea	Providence Steamrollers
1946-1948	George Mearns	Providence Steamrollers
1943-1949	Stan Stutz	Baltimore Bullets
1946-1949	Ernie Calverley	Providence Steamrollers
1946-1952	Johnny Ezersky	Baltimore Bullets, Boston Celtics, Providence Steamrollers
1946-1953	Earl Shannon	Providence Steamrollers, Boston Celtics
1970-1971	Claude English	Portland Trail Blazers
1979-1985	Sly Williams	New York Knicks, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics
1988-1998	Tom Garrick	Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves, San Antonio Spurs
1998-2008	Tyson Wheeler	Denver Nuggets
1998-2008	Cuttino Mobley	Houston Rockets, Orlando Magic, Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Clippers
1998-2010	Sean Colson	Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets
1999-2014	Lamar Odom	Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks
2014-2018	Xavier Munford	Memphis Grizzlies, Milwaukee Bucks
2018-2019	Jared Terrell	Minnesota Timberwolves

References

"University of Rhode Island". Retrieved February 12, 2019.
Kourakis, Yianni (4 April 2018). "URI to name David Cox as next men's basketball coach". WPRI. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
Goodman, Jeff (March 22, 2018). "Dan Hurley leaving Rhode Island, named head coach at UConn". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
"Rhode Island Rams Tournament History". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2010.

External links

Official website

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[1] "University of Rhode Island". Retrieved February 12, 2019.

[2] Kourakis, Yianni (4 April 2018). "URI to name David Cox as next men's basketball coach". WPRI. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

[3] Goodman, Jeff (March 22, 2018). "Dan Hurley leaving Rhode Island, named head coach at UConn". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 22, 2018.

[4] "Rhode Island Rams Tournament History". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2010.

Rhode Island Rams men's basketball
Venues	Rodman Hall (1928–1953) Keaney Gymnasium (1953–2002) Ryan Center (2002–present)
Rivalries	In-state Division I schools
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches Retired jerseys Statistical leaders
Seasons	1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21

University of Rhode Island
Athletics	Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Governor's Cup Ramnapping Trophy Men's ice hockey Women's ice hockey Men's soccer Rhody the Ram
Facilities	Bill Beck Field Bradford R. Boss Arena Center for Ocean Exploration and Archaeological Oceanography Keaney Gymnasium Meade Stadium Ryan Center University of Rhode Island Botanical Gardens and Everett P. Christopher Arboretum
Media	U.R.I. Rams Radio WRIU

Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball
Teams	Davidson Wildcats Dayton Flyers Duquesne Dukes Fordham Rams George Mason Patriots George Washington Colonials La Salle Explorers Rhode Island Rams Richmond Spiders St. Bonaventure Bonnies Saint Joseph's Hawks Saint Louis Billikens UMass Minutemen VCU Rams
Championships & awards	Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20