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December 24, 2007

URI hoop team ranked 25th in AP poll

SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- The Rhode Island men's basketball team has cracked The Associated Press poll for the first time in nearly a decade.

The Rams are ranked Number 25 in the poll released today. Rhode Island was last ranked during the first week of the 1998-99 season.

The Rams have opened the year at 11-1, their best start since the 1991-92 season. They have racked up wins against Providence, Syracuse, South Florida and Alabama-Birmingham.

The team's lone loss was against Boston College.

Coach Jim Baron says the ranking is a big deal for the school considering how far the program has come in the last few years, when they typically finished near the bottom of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

-- The Associated Press

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