2017 – 18 Rhode Island Rams basketball team represented the University of Rhode Island during the 2017 – 18 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Rams , led by sixth-year head coach Dan Hurley , played their home games at the Ryan Center in Kingston , Rhode Island as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference . They finished the season 26 – 8 , 15 – 3 in A-10 play to finish win the A-10 regular season championship . They defeated VCU and Saint Joseph 's to advance to the championship game of the A-10 Tournament where they lost to Davidson . They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Oklahoma in the First Round before losing in the Second Round to Duke
A-10 Tournament
2018 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team