The Rams finished the 2016 – 17 season 25 – 10 , 13 – 5 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for third place . In the A-10 Tournament , they defeated St. Bonaventure , Davidson , and VCU to win the A-10 Tournament championship . As a result , they received the conference 's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 11 seed in the Midwest region . They received a No. 11 seed in the Midwest region where they defeated No. 6-seeded Creighton in the First Round before losing to No. 3-seeded Oregon in the Second Round
A-10 Tournament
2017 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team