(12.4) It was a huge deal when last year’s game had to be canceled. Bill Koch writes in the ProJo, “The Friars and Rams failed to schedule a game for the first time since before World War II.” Do fans consider this a grudge match, a tradition, a rivalry? URI head coach David Cox put …
(1.2) The Brown Bears (5-6) will host the URI Rams (8-3) tonight, Thursday, at the Pizzitola Center on Hope Street. Last year the Rams upset the favored Bears 71-51. This year it is the Rams who are favored. Bill Koch writes in the ProJo: Brown will need to secure its league’s automatic bid to the …
Wow. The basketball courts at Fargnoli Park on Smith Street have been repaired and repainted with results that should please both athletes and aesthetes. Which is to say: The courts look fabulous, and since the project came together through the efforts of Friends of Friars (and their newly created My Homecourt Providence), Friends of Fargnoli Park, …
“I was Rhode Island born and Rhode Island bred, and when I die I’ll be [clap, clap] Rhode Island dead!” You know the rest. Good luck to the URI Rams in their match against the Oregon Ducks today. The winner heads to Kansas City to play the Michigan Wolverines in the Sweet Sixteen. Okay, can …
The Mayor’s office — in conjunction with several local entities interested in focusing the energies of city youth during the summer months — has announced the return of nighttime basketball in the City of Providence. The Midnight Basketball League will consist of 24 teams, meeting in four locations throughout the City. Games will be played …
Lost to Temple last night. Lost to Mass, and barely beat Fordham. And only 6-4 in the Atlantic 10. They’re still 20-5 over-all, but uh-ohs… PC is miserable. But Brown’s second in the Ivies, and within striking distance. Are they the dark-horse RI candidate to make the tourney? Also, what’s with Cornell leading at 6-0, …
With Oregon and Xavier losing this week, it’s lookin like there’s a damn good chance the URI men’s basketball team will make the ESPN/USA Today top 25 today for the first time in, like, a while. (Not sure how long exactly, but no NCAA tourney since 1999.) The 11-1 Rams have already beaten four teams …