THE 1963-64 RAMS RANKED with the top teams in URI basketball compiling an 18 and 9 record against
petition and winning
University
a
history by tough com co-championship with the
of Connecticut in the Yankee Conference.
The tie for the Yancon
championship was unprece ultimately hod the final say when they edged the Rams by a point to represent the conference in the NCAA championship tourna ment. The three titanic struggles between the two dented but the UConns
schools had to be the highlight of the season. Although having different types of players and playing a different style of basketball the two teams always seemed to come out with the score
pretty won
victory tion
even
at
gomes was
the end of their contests. Connecticut
by
two
also
packed
by
and a
moment
when the Rams
one
points,
single point. come
while
Rhody's
The most
emo
in the season's finale
trailing UConn by one point left, but had the ball. The winning basket just wasn't in the cards, however, but oh how were
with 18 seconds
long
it took the ball to be worked up court in these
vital seconds.