AP Photo June 13, 2009  by Scott Brand As a former University of Rhode Island (URI) graduate (1983-1987), I wanted to write an article regarding my 25-year working relationship and friendship with former URI head Men’s Basketball Coach Brendan Malone, who is presently an Orlando Magic assis...

AP Photo March 19, 2009 | AP Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Stanley Pringle scored 19 points, Andrew Jones had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Penn State withstood Rhode Island’s backcourt pressure in an 83-72 victory Thursday night to advance to the NIT quarterfinals. The Nittany Lions (24-1...

AP Photo March 17, 2009 | AP Press LEWISTON, N.Y. — Kahiem Seawright scored 20 points in the second half — including all 10 for Rhode Island during its critical run — and the Rams beat Niagara 68-62 in an NIT first-round game on Tuesday night. Jimmy Baron scored 20, including hitt...

AP Press March 12, 2009 | AP Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Damian Saunders had 20 points to lead Duquesne to a 78-74 win over Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 tournament on Thursday. Bill Clark finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds and Aaron Jackson added 17 points for the Dukes (20-11), who a...

AP Photo March 7, 2009 by Chris Frechette | A10CollegeHoops KINGSTON, RI — The stage was set for another big win for URI.  Marquis Jones had just hit two free throws to put the Rams up 71-70 with just six seconds to play.  After a UMass timeout, the Minutement inbounded the ball to their s...

March 1, 2009 by Josh Taylor | A10CollegeHoops PITTSBURGH, PA. — If there was ever any doubt about Aaron Jackson’s legitimacy as an elite college basketball player, perhaps one of his best efforts to remove it came over the weekend against Rhode Island. Jackson led all scorers with 24 p...

February 25, 2009 by Chris Frechette | A10CollegeHoops KINGSTON, RI – URI was pretty in pink tonight at the annual “pink out” game as they defeated Dayton 93-91 in overtime on a last second driving layup by point guard Marquis Jones as time expired.   After Dayton shooting guard...

February 21, 2009 | AP Press NEW YORK, NY – Jimmy Baron scored 19 of his 29 points in the first half and Rhode Island handed Fordham its sixth straight loss, 77-58 on Saturday. Kahiem Seawright added 19 points for Rhode Island (20-8, 9-4 Atlantic 10) in the matchup of teams nicknamed Rams, w...

February 18, 2009 by Chris Maza | A10CollegeHoops AMHERST, Mass. – The UMass student section’s “blackout” couldn’t stop Keith Cothran from shooting lights out. As the UMass fans donned all black in an attempt to throw the Rhode Island Rams off their game, Cothran foun...

February 14, 2009 by Chris Frechette | A10CollegeHoops KINGSTON, RI — Rhode Island started off their contest against St. Louis in much different fashion than their win over St. Bonaventure last Wednesday, but the outcome was still the same.  “It’s real important to grab an early l...