While the Rhode Island Rams aren’t the best team that Providence has played this season (that title belongs to Virginia), Saturday marks the most important game of the season for the Friars. Both Ed Cooley and URI coach Dan Hurley put a ton of stock in the Ocean State’s biggest rivalry, with the Friars winning the last six games in varying fashion.
Last season’s battle was an instant classic, a back and forth battle that ended in a 74-72 Friar victory after a buzzer-beating tip-in by Ben Bentil. This year, URI enters with their best team in recent memory, powered by the return of almost every key contributor from last season, and the return of E.