2024–25 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team

2024–25 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Record3–0 (0–0 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaRyan Center
Seasons
2025–26 →
2024–25 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Dayton 0 0   5 0   1.000
Loyola Chicago 0 0   5 0   1.000
St. Bonaventure 0 0   5 0   1.000
George Washington 0 0   4 0   1.000
La Salle 0 0   4 0   1.000
Rhode Island 0 0   4 0   1.000
VCU 0 0   4 0   1.000
Davidson 0 0   3 0   1.000
Saint Joseph's 0 0   3 1   .750
Saint Louis 0 0   2 1   .667
Fordham 0 0   3 2   .600
George Mason 0 0   3 3   .500
Richmond 0 0   2 3   .400
UMass 0 0   1 3   .250
Duquesne 0 0   0 4   .000
2025 A-10 tournament winner
As of November 20, 2024

The 2024–25 Rhode Island Rams basketball team represents the University of Rhode Island during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams, led by third-year head coach Archie Miller, play their home games at the Ryan Center in Kingston, Rhode Island as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Previous season

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The Rams finished the 2023–24 season 12–20, 6–12 in A-10 play to finish in a three way for tenth place. As a No. 11 seed in the Atlantic 10 Tournament they lost in the first round to Saint Louis.

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Zek Montgomery 0 G 6'6" 215 Junior Louisville, KY Transferred to Bradley[1]
Luis Kortright 1 G 6'3" 200 Junior Manhattan, NY Transferred to Washington[2]
Tyson Brown 10 F 6'9" 225 Junior Virginia Beach, VA Transferred to Georgia Southern
Jeremy Foumena 11 C 6'11" 235 Redshirt Freshman Montreal, QC Transferred to Mississippi State[3]
Connor Dubsky 14 G 6'4" 190 Freshman Woodbridge, VA Transferred to UNC Asheville
Rory Stewart 15 F 6'8" 230 Sophomore Toronto, ON Transferred to Florida Gulf Coast
Brandon Weston 20 G/F 6'5" 200 Redshirt Sophomore Brooklyn, NY Transferred to Tennessee State
Josaphat Bilau 21 F 6'10" 235 Redshirt Junior La Roche-sur-Yon, France Left the team to personal reasons
Ray Allen III 34 G 6'1" 185 Freshman Miami, FL Walk-on; not on team roster
Jameson Smith 35 G 6'1" 185 Freshman Falls Church, VA Walk-on; transferred

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Sebastian Thomas 1 G 6'1" Senior Providence, RI Albany
Quentin Diboundje 7 G 6'5" 221 Senior Montpellier, France East Carolina
Jamarques Lawrence 10 G 6'3" 183 Junior Plainfield, NJ Nebraska
Javonte Brown 31 F 7'0" 255 Redshirt Junior Toronto, ON Western Michigan
Drissa Traore 55 F 6'8" 215 Redshirt Junior New York City, NY St. John's

Recruiting classes

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2024 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Tyonne Farrell
SF
Baltimore, MD Mount Saint Joseph College 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) N/A Jun 30, 2022 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Damone King
CG
Louisville, KY Dupont Manual High School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2025 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for 2025 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Barrett Loer
SF
Newport, RI St George's School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Aug 1, 2024 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

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2024–25 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Sebastian Thomas 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Bishop Hendricken
Albany
Providence, RI
G 2 Jaden House 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Middleburg Academy
High Point
Richmond, VA
G 4 Cam Estevez 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Canterbury School Harlem, NY
G 5 Always Wright 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Jr Joplin
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
Carthage, MO
G 7 Quentin Diboundje 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Sr Montverde Academy
East Carolina
Montpellier, France
C 8 Moek Icke (W) 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 223 lb (101 kg) So   Purmerend, Netherlands
G 10 Jamarques Lawrence 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Jr Roselle Catholic
Nebraska
Plainfield, NJ
G 11 Damone King 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr DeSales Louisville, KY
G 13 Jaymien Aponte (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Fr Cranston West Cranston, RI
G 14 Arsenii Kolobov (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr   Altea, Spain
F 22 Tyonne Farrell 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 208 lb (94 kg) Fr Mount Saint Joseph Baltimore, MD
F 23 David Green 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS Sr Ocoee
Louisiana Tech
Apopka, FL
F 24 David Fuchs 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) So Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany) Vienna, Austria
G 30 Jimmy Ball (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Jr Arlington Catholic Medford, MA
F 31 Javonte Brown 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) RS Jr Thornlea Secondary
Western Michigan
Toronto, ON
F 55 Drissa Traore 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Jr Long Island Lutheran
St. John's
New York City, NY
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 14, 2024*
6:00 p.m., NBCSB
vs. No. 3 UConn
Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Game
L 75–102 
 16  Brown   10  Brown   5  Farrell  Mohegan Sun Arena (7,953)
Uncasville, CT
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024*
8:00 p.m., ESPN+
Fairfield W 96–58  1–0
 18  Thomas   7  Farrell   7  Thomas  Ryan Center (4,376)
Kingston, RI
November 8, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Holy Cross W 91–77  2–0
 25  Green   8  House   9  Thomas  Ryan Center (3,530)
Kingston, RI
November 12, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Franklin Pierce W 105–73  3–0
 21  House   10  Tied   6  Farrell  Ryan Center (3,334)
Kingston, RI
November 20, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Lafayette       Ryan Center 
Kingston, RI
November 24, 2024*
12:00 p.m., ESPN+
Charleston       Ryan Center 
Kingston, RI
November 27, 2024*
12:00 p.m.
vs. Detroit Mercy
Jacksonville Classic
      FSCJ South Gym 
Jacksonville, FL
November 28, 2024*
2:00 p.m.
vs. UT Arlington
Jacksonville Classic
      FSCJ South Gym 
Jacksonville, FL
December 2, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Yale       Ryan Center 
Kingston, RI
December 7, 2024*
12:00 p.m., CBSSN
Providence
Ocean State Rivalry
      Ryan Center 
Kingston, RI
December 10, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Brown       Pizzitola Sports Center 
Providence, RI
December 15, 2024*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
Central Connecticut       Ryan Center 
Kingston, RI
December 21, 2024*
6:30 p.m., CBSSN
vs. Temple
Basketball Hall of Fame Classic
      MassMutual Center 
Springfield, MA
Atlantic 10 regular season
December 31, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Duquesne       UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse 
Pittsburg, PA
January 4, 2025
2:00 p.m., USA
George Mason       Ryan Center 
Kingston, RI
January 8, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
George Washington       Ryan Center 
Kingston, RI
January 11, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Richmond       Robins Center 
Richmond, VA
January 15, 2025
9:00 p.m., CBSSN
at Loyola Chicago       Joseph J. Gentile Arena 
Chicago, IL
January 18, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Davidson       Ryan Center 
Kingston, RI
January 21, 2025
7:00 p.m., CBSSN
VCU       Ryan Center 
Kingston, RI
January 25, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at La Salle       Tom Gola Arena 
Philadelphia, PA
January 29, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
UMass       Ryan Center 
Kingston, RI
February 5, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Fordham       Rose Hill Gymnasium 
Bronx, NY
February 8, 2025
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
at George Mason       EagleBank Arena 
Fairfax, VA
February 12, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
St. Bonaventure       Ryan Center 
Kingston, RI
February 15, 2025
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
La Salle       Ryan Center 
Kingston, RI
February 22, 2025
2:30 p.m., USA
at Saint Louis       Chaifetz Arena 
St. Louis, MO
February 26, 2025
7:00 p.m., CBSSN
Dayton       Ryan Center 
Kingston, RI
March 1, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UMass       Mullins Center 
Amherst, MA
March 5, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Saint Joseph's       Hagan Arena 
Philadelphia, PA
March 8, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Fordham       Ryan Center 
Kingston, RI
A-10 tournament
March 11–16, 2025
TBA
vs.        Barclays Center 
Brooklyn, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source[4]

References

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  1. ^ Eminian, Dave (April 9, 2024). "'Full circle': Former Bradley basketball player returns to Braves after season at Rhode Island". Journal Star. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  2. ^ Allen, Percy (May 10, 2024). "UW men pick up commitment from Rhode Island transfer Luis Kortright". The Seattle Times. Retrieved October 9, 2024. (subscription required)
  3. ^ Krajisnik, Stefan (May 16, 2024). "Mississippi State basketball lands Jeremy Foumena, Rhode Island transfer center". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  4. ^ "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". The Official Athletics Website of University of Rhode Island Athletics.
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