URI Drops to #25 in Latest National Poll
Tuesday, March 06, 2018
The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team dropped to #25 in the country in the latest AP Poll released on Monday.
The Rams were ranked 17th last week and have been ranked as high as 16th so far this season.
Two Game Losing Streak
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe drop comes after the Rams lost two straight games last week.
First, falling at home to Saint Joseph’s, 78-48, on senior night, then losing their regular season finale to Davidson, 63-61, on the road.
“Losing to Davidson on the road isn’t a bad loss, losing to St. Joe’s, there is no excuse for, that’s like, you forgot to show up. I mean that cost them three lines in the bracket,” CBS Sports Bracketologist Jerry Palm told GoLocalProv on Sunday in a phone interview.
Bracketology
Palm has URI as a seven seed and playing Oklahoma in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in his latest bracket projection.
ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has the Rams as an eight seed and playing NC State in the first round in his latest bracket projection.
Lunardi told GoLocalProv that he thinks Rhode Island can get back to a six-seed at best with an A-10 Tournament win.
For more on URI’s NCAA Tournament scenario, click here.
RPI
URI has the 16th best RPI in the country behind Nevada and Michigan, and ahead of Kentucky and Arizona.
The RPI rankings measure the team's strength of schedule and is adjusted based on wins and losses and who those wins and losses come against.
A-10 Tournament
Next up for URI is the A-10 Tournament.
URI will open the A-10 Tournament against either eighth-seeded VCU or ninth-seeded Dayton on Friday at noon.
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