2025–26 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team

2025–26 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball
2025–26 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	7–4 (0–0 A-10)
Head coach	Archie Miller (4th season);
Assistant coaches	James Whitford; Duane Woodward; Austin Carroll; Benny Sander; Chandler Graves;
Home arena	Ryan Center

2025–26 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
George Mason	0	–	0	–	10	–	1	.909
Saint Louis	0	–	0	–	10	–	1	.909
St. Bonaventure	0	–	0	–	10	–	2	.833
Richmond	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
Dayton	0	–	0	–	9	–	3	.750
Davidson	0	–	0	–	8	–	3	.727
Fordham	0	–	0	–	8	–	4	.667
George Washington	0	–	0	–	8	–	4	.667
Rhode Island	0	–	0	–	8	–	4	.667
VCU	0	–	0	–	8	–	4	.667
Saint Joseph's	0	–	0	–	7	–	4	.636
Duquesne	0	–	0	–	6	–	5	.545
La Salle	0	–	0	–	4	–	7	.364
Loyola Chicago	0	–	0	–	3	–	9	.250

† 2026 A-10 tournament winner As of December 18, 2025

The 2025–26 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team represents the University of Rhode Island during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams, led by fourth-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

The Rams finished the 2024–25 season 18–13, 7–11 in A-10 play, to finish in a tie for tenth place.^[1] They were upset by #15 seed Fordham in the first round of the A-10 tournament.^[2]

Preseason

On September 30, 2025, the Atlantic 10 Conference released their preseason poll. Rhode Island was picked to finish 12th in the conference.^[3]

Preseason rankings

Atlantic 10 Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	VCU	342 (11)
2	Saint Louis	341 (11)
3	Dayton	321 (3)
4	George Washington	296
5	Loyola Chicago	286 (2)
6	George Mason	254
7	Saint Joseph's	195
8	St. Bonaventure	185
9	Duquesne	155
10	Richmond	142
11	Davidson	107
12	Rhode Island	102
13	La Salle	56
14	Fordham	53
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[3]

Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Teams

No players were named to the Preseason All-Atlantic 10 First, Second, or Third Teams.^[3]

Roster

2025–26 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G/F	0	Jahmere Tripp	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	234 lb (106 kg)	Jr	Fordham	Brooklyn, New York
G	5	Jonah Hinton	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Jr	St. Bonaventure	Chicago, Illinois
G	7	Jalen Harper	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	St. Joe's Prep	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
F	8	Alex Crawford	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS Sr	Fresno State	Chula Vista, California
G	10	Barrett Loer	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	St. George's School	Millis, Massachusetts
F	11	Javon Perry	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	Fr	MacDuffie School	Springfield, Massachusetts
G	13	Jaymien Aponte (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	So	Cranston High School West	Cranston, Rhode Island
C	17	Moek Icke (W)	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	RS Fr	Porsche BBA Ludwigsburg	Purmerend, Netherlands
G	20	Myles Corey	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	GS	South Alabama	Ontario, California
G	21	Damone King	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS Fr	DeSales High School	Louisville, Kentucky
G	22	RJ Johnson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	GS	Charleston Southern	Matthews, North Carolina
G	23	Tyler Cochran	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	GS	Minnesota	Bolingbrook, Illinois
G	30	Jimmy Ball (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	Sr	Arlington Catholic High School	Medford, Massachusetts
F	35	Mouhamed Sow	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	RS Sr	Saint Peter's	Dakar, Senegal
F	40	Keeyan Itejere	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	GS	Northern Kentucky	Knightdale, North Carolina
F	55	Drissa Traore	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Sr	St. John's	New York, New York

Head coach

Archie Miller (NC State)

Assistant coach(es)

James Whitford (Wisconsin)
Duane Woodward (Boston College)
Austin Carroll (American)
Benny Sander (Arizona)
Chandler Graves (Indiana)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 7, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Stetson	W 93–62	1–0	17 – Cochran	9 – Cochran	6 – Johnson	Ryan Center (3,269) Kingston, RI
November 7, 2025* 6:00 pm, CBSSN	vs. Tulsa Veteran's Classic	L 65–82	1–1	19 – Hinton	8 – Sow	4 – Tied	Alumni Hall Annapolis, MD
November 11, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Stonehill	W 80–57	2–1	16 – Tied	7 – Cochran	2 – Tied	Ryan Center (3,451) Kingston, RI
November 14, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Albany	W 80−61	3−1	19 – Corey	7 – Crawford	3 – Tied	Ryan Center (3,331) Kingston, RI
November 18, 2025* 8:00 pm, ESPN+	at Yale	W 86−77	4−1	24 – Hinton	6 – Sow	4 – Tripp	John J. Lee Amphitheater (942) New Haven, CT
November 24, 2025* 11:00 am, ESPN2	vs. Towson ESPN Events Invitational Adventure Bracket quarterfinals	L 55–62	4–2	14 – Corey	9 – Itejere	3 – Johnson	State Farm Field House Bay Lake, FL
November 25, 2025* 2:30 pm, ESPNU	vs. Vermont ESPN Events Invitational Adventure Bracket consolation semifinals	W 80–65	5–2	22 – Corey	7 – Tied	3 – Hinton	State Farm Field House (957) Bay Lake, FL
November 26, 2025* 7:30 pm, ESPNU	vs. Temple ESPN Events Invitational Adventure Bracket 5th place game	W 90–75	6–2	25 – Hinton	9 – Cochran	5 – Johnson	State Farm Field House (539) Bay Lake, FL
December 2, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Brown	W 66–56	7–2	17 – Tied	10 – Cochran	3 – Tied	Ryan Center (3,575) Kingston, RI
December 6, 2025* 12:00 pm, truTV	at Providence Ocean State Rivalry	L 71–90	7–3	23 – Hinton	5 – Corey	4 – Tied	Amica Mutual Pavilion (11,924) Providence, RI
December 9, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	McNeese	L 64–66	7–4	16 – Tripp	10 – Itejere	2 – Tied	Ryan Center (3,419) Kingston, RI
December 16, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Canisius						Ryan Center Kingston, RI
December 22, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Northeastern						Ryan Center Kingston, RI
A-10 regular season
December 31, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+	Loyola Chicago						Ryan Center Kingston, RI
January 3, 2026 4:00 pm, USA	at George Mason						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
January 7, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	La Salle						Ryan Center Kingston, RI
January 10, 2026 2:00 pm, USA	at Davidson						John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC
January 14, 2026 6:00 pm, CBSSN	VCU						Ryan Center Kingston, RI
January 21, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Richmond						Robins Center Richmond, VA
January 24, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	George Mason						Ryan Center Kingston, RI
January 27, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Dayton						UD Arena Dayton, OH
February 1, 2026 12:00 pm, USA	at Duquesne						UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA
February 7, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Richmond						Ryan Center Kingston, RI
February 10, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at George Washington						Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C.
February 14, 2026 12:00 pm, ESPN+	Fordham						Ryan Center Kingston, RI
February 17, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Saint Louis						Ryan Center Kingston, RI
February 21, 2026 2:30 pm, ESPN+	at La Salle						John Glaser Arena Philadelphia, PA
February 25, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at St. Bonaventure						Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY
February 28, 2026 12:00 pm, ESPN+	Saint Joseph's						Ryan Center Kingston, RI
March 4, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Duquesne						Ryan Center Kingston, RI
March 7, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Fordham						Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[4]^[5]

References

^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Atlantic 10. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "Rhode Island basketball bounced from A-10 Tournament. What happened". The Providence Journal. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "VCU Picked to Repeat as A-10 Men's Basketball Champions; 23 Earn Preseason Honors". Atlantic 10. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Rhode Island. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "Rhode Island Rams 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[1] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Atlantic 10. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[2] "Rhode Island basketball bounced from A-10 Tournament. What happened". The Providence Journal. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[poll-3] "VCU Picked to Repeat as A-10 Men's Basketball Champions; 23 Earn Preseason Honors". Atlantic 10. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[4] "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Rhode Island. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[5] "Rhode Island Rams 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

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