Rhode Island is in Free Fall Again

Michael Garman

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Head Coach David Cox can only watch and fume as his Rhode Island Rams disintegrate against #3 Dayton Wednesday night. / Photo Credit: Stew Milne, The Brownsville Herald.
It was a chilly Sunday afternoon, January 5, 2020, and the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team was in free fall. The Rams had just fallen to 8-5 after successive defeats to Brown and Richmond. Now, despite playing a brutal non-conference schedule and doing almost as well as possible – take out the Brown game, and it would have been almost perfect – URI had virtually no hopes of an NCAA at-large bid. The Rams were practically dead in the water and facing tough games against Davidson and VCU that week.
It was the following Saturday afternoon, January 11, 2020, and the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team wasn’t dead anymore. The Kingston Rams knocked off Davidson at home and the Richmond Rams – then...

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If you are looking to figure out what happened to URI, look no further than Fatts Russell's last 4 games.

@Davidson 3-17, zero trips to the line
@ Fordham 4-12, 5-7 from the line - If I'm remembering correctly Fatts was having an even worse game until the final few minutes.
Saint Louis 5-16, 5-7 from the line
Dayon 2-13, 5-6 from the line

Those are similar games to Fatts 2019 when he was extremely inefficient most of the season and URI was a middle of the road A10 team. Rhode Island becomes that middle of the road team if Fatts isn't an efficient scorer.
 
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