URI Rams, PC Friars Selected to NCAA Tournament

Both the University of Rhode Island Rams and Providence College Friars qualified for the NCAA Men's Basketball Championaship Tournament. Rhode Island returns to the tournament for the first time since 1999.

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URI Rams

The Rams will play as the 11 seed in the Midwest Region, facing the Big East's Creighton Bluejays (6 seed) of Omaha, Nebraska:

Friday, March 17
Golden 1 Center
Sacramento, CA
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11 - Rhode Island Rams (24-9)
Atlantic 10 Champion

6 - Creighton Bluejays (25-9)
Big East Runner-Up

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Providence College Friars

The Friars will play in the First Four ("Play-in") round in the East Region, facing the Pac-12's USC Trojans of Los Angeles, California, both as the prospective 11 seed:

Wednesday, March 15
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH

​11 - Providence Friars (24-10)
5th in Big East

11 1 USC Trojans (21-13)
​5th in Pac-12