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March 16, 2008

Rams will play in Omaha

The URI basketball team will get to continue its season in Omaha, Neb.

The Rams tonight accepted a bit to play in the Master Card National Invitation Tournament. They will visit Creighton, from the Missouri Valley Conference, Tuesday night in a late game, 10 p.m. eastern time.

Creighton finished fourth in the Missouri Valley with a 10-8 record, 21-10 overall. The Blue Jays played two Atlantic 10 teams early in the season, beating Saint Joseph's 90-84 at home and losing at Xavier, 79-66.

It will be the Rams’ 12th appearance in the NIT. The Rams are 9-12 in the event, including two losses in the 1945 tournament when only eight teams were invited.

The last was in 2004 when the Rams beat Boston University in the Ryan Center, then lost at West Virginia in the second round. URI’s best finish was in 1946 when it was runner-up to Kentucky. That was the year URI legend Ernie Calverley fired ``the shot heard round the world’’ when he drained a 62-footer at the end of regulation against Bowling Green. Rhode Island won in overtime, 89-86.

Posted by Paul Kenyon  at 8:22 PM to URI Basketball | Permalink

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