UPDATED: URI Given 7 Seed in NCAA Tournament, Will Face Oklahoma in 1st Round
Monday, March 12, 2018
The URI Rams will be a 7 seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament and face 10th seeded Oklahoma in the first round on Thursday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Game time is set for 12:15 p.m. on CBS.
Rhode Island is in the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year after advancing to the second round last year before falling to Oregon.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTPrior to last season, Rhode Island had not been to the tournament since 1999 when they lost to Charlotte in the first round.
The Rams are 7-9 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
URI This Season
The Rams finished the regular season as the A-10 regular season champions and ranked 17th in the country. They finished the regular season with an overall record of 23-6 and 15-3 in the conference.
In the A-10 Tournament, the Rams got 18 points from sophomore Jeff Dowtin en route to a 76-67 first round win over VCU on Friday afternoon.
In the semifinals, Rhode Island edged St. Joseph's 90-87 to advance to their second straight A-10 Championship game.
Rhode Island lost the A-10 Championship game to third-seeded Davidson 58-57 on Sunday afternoon, giving the Wildcats the A-10's automatic bid.
Atlantic-10 Tournament Bids
Overall, the A-10 saw three teams get into the tournament.
The three teams are Rhode Island, Davidson, and St. Bonaventure.
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