Young WRams
a be a time to work rebuilding year through the quirks of a young seniorless squad. But with five eager freshmen and a healthy crop of sophomores and juniors, what the WRams lacked in senior ex
It
perience
to
supposed
was
was
gained through
en
thusiasm and hustle. WRam 1982-1983 Yes, the basketball team did spend its season building. Once pre-season workouts, freshman jitters and ear ly season blunders were out of the way, a sturdy WRam confidence level blossomed. And as mid-
approached, a winning at over. Finally after a
season
titude took
gutsy Atlantic
10 Tournament per
formance, the WRams had built blue and white
pedestal
a
that won't
easily collapse. The 20-12 WRams had little trouble beefing up their Nov.-Dec. record. They entered their own Jacob Best Holiday Tournament with a 6-1 slate. Unfortunately they fell just short of wearing the tournament crown, losing in the finals to Providence College, 75-66. It was a cold January for the WRams. They spent the first half and the se of the month numb cond half consistent
gallant
trying to recreate some game-time heat. But a
team
effort
at
Boston
University (80-75 win) convinced coach Nancy Langham and crew that
the
season
salvageable. They
was
went
on
indeed to win
seven out of their next ten games. Three contests later, sixthseeded Rhody competed ,in their first Atlantic 10 Championships. Heads tumed as Rhody knocked the Temple University Lady Owls
from their third-seed platform, 70-69. They advanced to the semi finals of the single-elimination tourney to face second-seeded Rutgers. However, Rhode Island came up six points short of conti nuing their 1982-1983 journey. The WRams' season ended in the
Rutgers University gymnasium. Junior co-captain Coral Smith accepted her leadership duties ad-
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