NCAA Tournament March Madness
#105 Rhode Island
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Projection: likely out
Rhode Island’s profile reads like a team that can knock off good opponents but has yet to assemble a truly signature win and has taken a couple of damaging defeats that limit its résumé. The season’s highlights — a road victory at Yale and convincing neutral-site wins over Temple and Vermont — show the Rams can win away from home and on neutral floors, while the neutral loss to Tulsa, the setback against Towson on a neutral court and the heavy trip to Providence are the kinds of results that selection committees notice. The rest of the nonconference slate offers limited marquee opportunities, so the conference run is decisive: a string of home games against lesser A‑Ten foes gives Rhode Island an opportunity to build momentum, but the schedule also includes meaningful road tests at George Mason, Davidson, Dayton, Richmond and George Washington and high-profile matchups against VCU and St Louis that could either salvage or sink the case. If the Rams can collect a couple of road or neutral wins in those tougher spots while avoiding more ugly losses, the profile improves; without those signature victories the existing bad results explain why the team sits where it does.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | Stetson | 342 | W93-62 |
| 11/7 | (N)Tulsa | 85 | L82-65 |
| 11/11 | Stonehill | 345 | W80-57 |
| 11/14 | SUNY Albany | 317 | W80-61 |
| 11/18 | @Yale | 77 | W86-77 |
| 11/24 | (N)Towson | 130 | L62-55 |
| 11/25 | (N)Vermont | 211 | W80-65 |
| 11/26 | (N)Temple | 158 | W90-75 |
| 12/2 | Brown | 230 | W66-56 |
| 12/6 | @Providence | 64 | L90-71 |
| 12/9 | McNeese St | 74 | 49% |
| 12/16 | Canisius | 352 | 97% |
| 12/22 | Northeastern | 228 | 86% |
| 12/31 | Loyola-Chicago | 288 | 91% |
| 1/3 | @George Mason | 57 | 23% |
| 1/7 | La Salle | 252 | 88% |
| 1/10 | @Davidson | 132 | 48% |
| 1/14 | VCU | 40 | 35% |
| 1/21 | @Richmond | 96 | 37% |
| 1/24 | George Mason | 57 | 43% |
| 1/27 | @Dayton | 67 | 25% |
| 2/1 | @Duquesne | 142 | 50% |
| 2/7 | Richmond | 96 | 59% |
| 2/10 | @G Washington | 65 | 24% |
| 2/14 | Fordham | 221 | 85% |
| 2/17 | St Louis | 44 | 37% |
| 2/21 | @La Salle | 252 | 73% |
| 2/25 | @St Bonaventure | 115 | 41% |
| 2/28 | St Joseph's PA | 180 | 80% |
| 3/4 | Duquesne | 142 | 71% |
| 3/7 | @Fordham | 221 | 68% |