Three noteworthy dwelling video games, a street journey in opposition to a state rival and three matchups on impartial flooring spotlight the nonconference schedule launched by the College of Rhode Island males on Monday.
Charleston, Yale and Windfall will all go to the Ryan Middle in the course of the opening two months of the 2024-25 season. The Rams will make the quick journey to the East Facet to resume acquaintances with Brown. URI may even play a pair of opponents to be decided on the Jacksonville Basic and rekindle an previous Atlantic 10 feud with Temple after they meet in Springfield.
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Fairfield offers the primary check when it visits on Nov. 4. That begins the third season for the Rams beneath coach Archie Miller, and the Stags would be the first of 5 20-win groups on the schedule previous to league play. Holy Cross, Franklin Pierce and Lafayette comply with earlier than URI battles the Cougars, who completed 27-8 final season and dealt the Rams an 85-70 defeat on the way in which to an NCAA Event bid.
URI follows with a pair of video games in Florida. Opponents and recreation instances are to be decided on Nov. 27 and 28. That may cap a stretch of 4 video games in eight days for the Rams earlier than they return dwelling.
The Bulldogs are in for the second straight season and coming off one other Ivy League championship. They began slowly in 2023-24 — URI clipped Yale down the stretch, 76-72, as a part of a 5-5 starting. The Bulldogs received 12 of their subsequent 13 video games and ultimately upset Auburn within the opening spherical of March Insanity.
The Friars and Rams will meet on their conventional first Saturday in December, matching up for the 136th time. URI has dropped three straight in opposition to Windfall, together with an 84-69 street defeat final season and an 88-74 dwelling setback in 2022-23. The Rams have misplaced 11 of the final 13 video games within the sequence, their roughest stretch within the rivalry for the reason that Nineteen Sixties.
URI follows with one other in-state showdown in opposition to the Bears on Dec. 10. The Rams have misplaced three straight in opposition to Brown for the primary time for the reason that Seventies, together with a pair of dwelling stunners by a mixed 4 factors. URI’s final journey to the Pizzitola Middle ended with an 85-75 loss early in 2019-20, because the Bears knocked down 13 3-pointers.
The Rams host a final nonconference dwelling recreation in opposition to Central Connecticut State earlier than making the quick journey north to greet the Owls as a part of the Corridor of Fame Basic. URI and Temple performed 72 instances starting in 1941, however this would be the first assembly for the reason that Owls left the convention in 2013. Temple has received seven straight in opposition to the Rams and holds a commanding 57-15 all-time benefit.
URI closed 12-20 general final season and went 6-12 in league play. The Rams had been eradicated by Saint Louis within the opening spherical of the convention match and underwent a big roster makeover. URI just lately accomplished a 3-0 sweep by means of the Bahamas as a part of an offseason journey, a weeklong go to that capped this system’s summer season classes.
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URI males’s basketball nonconference schedule
Nov. 4 — FairfieldNov. 8 — Holy CrossNov. 12 — Franklin PierceNov. 20 — LafayetteNov. 24 — CharlestonNov. 27 — Jacksonville Basic (TBD)Nov. 28 — Jacksonville Basic (TBD)Dec. 2 — YaleDec. 7 — ProvidenceDec. 10 — at BrownDec. 15 — Central Connecticut StateDec. 21 — vs. Temple (in Springfield, Mass.)
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