The 2019–20 Rhode Island Rams basketball team represented the University of Rhode Island during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams, led by second-year head coach David Cox, played their home games at the Ryan Center in Kingston, Rhode Island as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 21–9, 13–5 in A-10 play to finish in third place. Their season ended with the A-10 tournament and all other postseason tournaments were canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Previous season The Rams finished the 2018–19 season 18–15, 9–9 in A-10 play to finish in ninth place. They defeated La Salle and VCU to advance to the semifinals of the A-10 tournament where they lost to St. Bonaventure.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Will Leviton 2 G 5'8" 150 Senior Providence, RI Walk-on; graduated Ryan Preston 5 G 6'6" 195 Senior Brooklyn, NY Graduated Omar Silverio 15 G 6'4" 190 Freshman Bronx, NY Transferred to Hofstra Mike Layssard Jr. 21 F 6'9" 255 Junior Lena, LA Left the team for personal reasons Christion Thompson 25 G 6'4" 190 RS Junior Baton Rouge, LA Graduate transferred to Tulane Nicola Akele 45 F 6'7" 215 Senior Treviso, Italy Graduated Michael Tertsea 55 C 6'10" 230 RS Sophomore Makurdi, Nigeria Transferred to GannonDana Tate12F6'7"230SophomoreBoston, MATransferred to SienaGregory Hammond22G6'5"200FreshmanNew Orleans, LATransferred to UMass-Lowell
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Jeremy Sheppard 2 G 6'1" 160 Junior Richmond, VA Junior college transferred from College of Central Florida. Sheppard is not eligible for the 2019–20 season Antwan Walker 5 F 6'9" 230 Sophomore Washington, D.C. Transferred from Georgetown. Under NCAA transfer rules, Walker will have to sit out for the 2019–20 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. DeVale Johnson 23 F 6'7" 185 Sophomore Brooklyn, NY Junior college transferred from Williston State College.
2019 recruiting class
2020 recruiting class
Scholarship Tree
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 Key Jeff Dowtin Fatts Russell Jermaine Harris Jacob Toppin Ishmael Leggett =Senior Cyril Langevine DJ Johnson Tyrese Martin Mekhi Long Elijah Wood =Junior Fatts Russell Jeremy Sheppard Antwan Walker Ishmael Leggett Open =Sophomore DJ Johnson Antwan Walker Mekhi Long Elijah Wood Open =Freshman Jeremy Sheppard Jermaine Harris Jacob Toppin Open Open Antwan Walker Tyrese Martin Ishmael Leggett Open Open Jermaine Harris Mekhi Long Elijah Wood Open Open Tyrese Martin Jacob Toppin Open Open Open Mehki Long Ishmael Leggett Open Open Open Jacob Toppin Elijah Wood Open Open Open Open Open Open Open Open Open Open Open Open Open Open Open Open Open Open
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=|Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Atlantic 10 regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Atlantic 10 tournament
Source
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