The Ocean State Rivalry is an American college basketball rivalry between the Providence Friars and Rhode Island Rams. The Ocean State Rivalry is thought to be a competitive college basketball rivalry in the New England region, though Providence has won 9 of the last 11 games. It is the biggest game of the year on the schedule for Rhode Island. It is also a crucial game for the Ocean State Cup.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The name of the rivalry comes from the nickname of the State of Rhode Island which is the Ocean State.

Ocean State Rivalry
Statistics
Providence Friars Rhode Island Rams
Sport	College Basketball
First meeting	1933–34 season
Latest meeting	December 4, 2021 Providence, 66–52
Next meeting	December 3, 2022
Stadiums	Dunkin' Donuts Center Ryan Center
Meetings total	133
All-time series	Providence leads, 75–58
Current win streak	Providence, 2 (2021–present)

History

The Providence Friars and the Rhode Island Rams have met 133 times since the 1933-34 college basketball season. The Ocean State Rivalry game is usually played in December, and the venue alternates between the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Downtown Providence in odd-numbered years and the Ryan Center on the campus of the University of Rhode Island in Kingston in even-numbered years. Providence leads the series 75–58.

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Locations of Providence and Rhode Island along with the Amica Mutual Pavilion (Providence's home court)

Game results

Providence victories	Rhode Island victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	December 4, 2010	Providence, RI	Providence	87–74
2	December 23, 2011	Kingston, RI	Providence	80–61
3	December 6, 2012	Providence, RI	Providence	72–57
4	December 6, 2013	Kingston, RI	Providence	50–49
5	December 10, 2014	Providence, RI	Providence	68–60
6	December 5, 2015	Kingston, RI	Providence	74–72
7	December 3, 2016	Providence, RI	Providence	63–60

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
8	December 2, 2017	Kingston, RI	Rhode Island	75–68
9	December 1, 2018	Providence, RI	Providence	59–50
10	December 6, 2019	Kingston, RI	Rhode Island	75–61
11	December 4, 2021	Providence, RI	Providence	66–52
12	December 3, 2022	Kingston, RI	Providence	88–74
Series: Providence leads 10–2

References

^ "Providence, URI Resurrect Rivalry After Two Years". ABC6. 2021-12-04. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
^ "Ocean State pride on line as Providence hosts Rhode Island". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
^ Geoghegan, William. "URI, PC set to renew rivalry after year off". The Independent. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
^ Austin, Zach. "Rams fall to Providence in Battle for Ocean State | The Good 5 Cent Cigar". Retrieved 2021-12-07.

v t e Providence Friars men's basketball
Venues	Bishop Harkins Hall (1926–1955) Alumni Hall (1955–1972, 2020–21) Amica Mutual Pavilion (1972–2020, 2021–present)
Rivalries	Rhode Island
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

v t e Rhode Island Rams men's basketball
Venues	Rodman Hall (1928–1953) Keaney Gymnasium (1953–2002) Ryan Center (2002–present)
Rivalries	Providence
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Atlantic 10 Conference rivalries

Conference

Arch Baron Cup (Dayton–Saint Louis)
George Mason–VCU
Revolutionary Rivalry (George Mason–George Washington)
Big 5 (La Salle–Saint Joseph's)
Capital City Classic (Richmond–VCU)

Non-conference

Commonwealth Classic (Boston College–UMass)
Blackburn/McCafferty Trophy (Dayton–Xavier)
City 6 (Drexel/La Salle/Penn/Saint Joseph's/Temple/Villanova)
City Game (Duquesne–Pittsburgh)
Battle of the Bronx (Fordham–Manhattan)
Fordham–St. John's
Old Dominion–VCU
Ocean State Rivalry (Providence–Rhode Island)
Saint Joseph's–Temple
Holy War (Saint Joseph's–Villanova)
Franciscan Cup (Siena–St. Bonaventure)
UConn–UMass

v t e Big East Conference men’s basketball rivalries
Conference	Georgetown–St. John's Georgetown–UConn
Non-conference	City 6 Creighton–Nebraska Cincinnati–Xavier Dayton–Xavier Fordham–St. John's Marquette–Wisconsin Philadelphia Big 5 Providence–Rhode Island Rutgers–Seton Hall Saint Joseph's–Villanova Syracuse–UConn UConn–UMass

History

Game results

See also

References