Getting to Know the Rhode Island Rams
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University of Rhode Island
Location: Kingston, R.I.
Founded: 1892
Enrollment: 15,800
Type: Public
Religious affiliation: None
Joined A-10: 1980
Nickname: Rams
Colors: Keaney Blue, Dark Blue and White
Mascot: Rhody the Ram
Teams: 18
A-10 Men's Sports in Common with Davidson (6): Baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field.
A-10 Women's Sports in Common with Davidson (8): Basketball, cross country, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, indoor track & field, outdoor track and field, volleyball.
Notable Athletic Accomplishments: 1941 NCAA Men's Cross Country Champions, 1945 NIT Semifinalists, 1988 NCAA Men's Basketball Sweet 16, 1998 NCAA Men's Basketball Elite Eight. Defending A-10 champions in men's indoor track & field and outdoor track & field.
Notable Alumni: Christiane Amanpour '83 (CNN Reporter); Robert Ballard '75PhD (Found Titantic); Todd Bozeman '86 (Head men's basketball coach at Morgan State); Geoff Cameron '07 (MLS/World Cup Player); Jim Christian '88 (Head men's basketball coach at Boston College); Chet Jaworski '39 (1938-39 College Basketball Player of the Year); John King '85 (CNN Reporter); Cuttino Mobley '98 (NBA Player); Lamar Odom (NBA Player); Dana Quigley '69 (Senior PGA Golfer).
Fun Fact: "Oozeball" is an annual campus-wide mud volleyball tournament that takes place in a field flooded by the fire department.
Davidson Connection: Davidson men's basketball's first-ever opponent in the NCAA tournament was Rhode Island in 1966, which Davidson defeated 95-65 for its first NCAA tourney win.
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University of Rhode Island
Location: Kingston, R.I.
Founded: 1892
Enrollment: 15,800
Type: Public
Religious affiliation: None
Joined A-10: 1980
Nickname: Rams
Colors: Keaney Blue, Dark Blue and White
Mascot: Rhody the Ram
Teams: 18
A-10 Men's Sports in Common with Davidson (6): Baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field.
A-10 Women's Sports in Common with Davidson (8): Basketball, cross country, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, indoor track & field, outdoor track and field, volleyball.
Notable Athletic Accomplishments: 1941 NCAA Men's Cross Country Champions, 1945 NIT Semifinalists, 1988 NCAA Men's Basketball Sweet 16, 1998 NCAA Men's Basketball Elite Eight. Defending A-10 champions in men's indoor track & field and outdoor track & field.
Notable Alumni: Christiane Amanpour '83 (CNN Reporter); Robert Ballard '75PhD (Found Titantic); Todd Bozeman '86 (Head men's basketball coach at Morgan State); Geoff Cameron '07 (MLS/World Cup Player); Jim Christian '88 (Head men's basketball coach at Boston College); Chet Jaworski '39 (1938-39 College Basketball Player of the Year); John King '85 (CNN Reporter); Cuttino Mobley '98 (NBA Player); Lamar Odom (NBA Player); Dana Quigley '69 (Senior PGA Golfer).
Fun Fact: "Oozeball" is an annual campus-wide mud volleyball tournament that takes place in a field flooded by the fire department.
Davidson Connection: Davidson men's basketball's first-ever opponent in the NCAA tournament was Rhode Island in 1966, which Davidson defeated 95-65 for its first NCAA tourney win.
Click here to learn about the rest of the A-10
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