2016 – 17 Rhode Island Rams basketball team represented the University of Rhode Island during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Rams , led by fifth-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 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 . 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
2016–17 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team