The 2017–18 Rhode Island Rams basketball team represented the
University of Rhode Island
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during the
2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 10, 2017. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season ended with the Final Four in San Antonio on April 2, 2018. Practices officially began on September 2 ...
. The Rams, led by sixth-year head coach
Dan Hurley
Daniel S. Hurley (born January 16, 1973) is an American basketball coach who currently coaches the University of Connecticut men's basketball team. Hurley was named head coach of the Huskies on March 22, 2018, after two years at Wagner College an ...
, played their home games at the
Ryan Center
Ryan Center is an 8,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Kingston, Rhode Island. The arena opened as a replacement for Keaney Gymnasium, which was built in 1953 for the needs of a much smaller student population at URI. It is home to the University o ...
in
Kingston, Rhode Island
Kingston is a village and a census-designated place within the New England town, town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island, South Kingstown in Washington County, Rhode Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States, and the site of the main ...
as members of the
Atlantic 10 Conference
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. They finished the season 26–8, 15–3 in A-10 play to finish win the A-10 regular season championship. They defeated VCU and Saint Joseph's to advance to the championship game of the A-10 tournament where they lost to
Davidson
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. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated
Oklahoma
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in the first round before losing in the second round to
Duke
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.
On March 22, 2018, it was announced that head coach Dan Hurley had accepted the head coaching job at
Connecticut
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. On April 4, assistant coach David Cox was promoted to head coach.
Davidson
Davidson may refer to:
* Davidson (name)
* Clan Davidson, a Highland Scottish clan
* Davidson Media Group
* Davidson Seamount, undersea mountain southwest of Monterey, California, USA
* Tyler Davidson Fountain, monument in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
* ...
, and VCU to win the A-10 Tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 11 seed in the Midwest region. They received a No. 11 seed in the Midwest region where they defeated No. 6-seeded Creighton in the first round before losing to No. 3-seeded
Oregon
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in the second round.
Offseason
Departures
Incoming transfers
2017 recruiting class
2018 recruiting class
Preseason
In a poll of the league’s head coaches and select media members at the conference's media day, the Rams were picked to win the A-10, receiving 27 of 28 first place votes. E.C. Matthews was selected to the conference's preseason first team while Jared Terrell was picked for the preseason second team.
Rhode Island
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...