Rhode Island basketball cracks Top 60 in first NET ratings of season. What about PC?

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There was plenty of local news to start the college basketball week on Monday.

The University of Rhode Island men cracked the top 60 in the debut of the NET rankings. Providence native Enoch Cheeks was honored by the Atlantic 10. Brown first-year guard Gia Powell picked up some hardware from the Ivy League.

The Rams checked in at No. 58 in the men’s NET, leading Providence (104), Bryant (156) and Brown (216). The Friars (132) were the top women’s team, sitting ahead of URI (142), the Bulldogs (144) and the Bears (223). Those rankings for both men and women will be updated weekly by the NCAA until March Madness fields are selected in four months.

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A perfect 7-0 start into Monday night’s meeting with Yale and some strong metrics favored the Rams men. URI jumped into the KenPom.com top 100 after crushing Charleston, 91-53, and remained there through two victories at the Jacksonville Classic. The Rams are a top-10 team nationally in effective field-goal percentage at both ends of the floor — shooting on offense, and preventing made shots on defense.

Providence’s women are just 3-5 but have played a top-65 national schedule through nine games. That includes a win at Vermont and another against San Diego State to close a three-game stint at the Cancun Challenge. Grace Efosa’s pair of free throws in the last five seconds handed the Aztecs a first defeat, 55-54.

Dayton guard Enoch Cheeks (6) and North Carolina guard Ian Jackson (11) fight for a loose ball during the second half of a game at Lahaina, Hawaii, last week.

Cheeks is a former All-State selection at Mount Pleasant who is currently starring at Dayton, and he earned conference Player of the Week honors. He put together a strong three-game stay at the Maui Invitational, producing against national powers like North Carolina, Iowa State and two-time champion Connecticut. The Flyers finished their stay in Hawaii with an 85-67 dusting…

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Author : The Providence Journal

Publish date : 2024-12-03 10:53:00

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