Ocean State Rivalry

Ocean State Rivalry
	Providence Friars Rhode Island Rams
Sport	College Basketball
First meeting	1933–34 season
Latest meeting	December 7, 2024; Rhode Island, 69–63
Next meeting	December 6, 2025; Providence, Rhode Island
Stadiums	Amica Mutual Pavilion ; Ryan Center
Statistics
Meetings total	134
All-time series	Providence leads, 75–59
Current win streak	Rhode Island, 1 (2024–present)

Last updated August 03, 2025

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 one of the most competitive college basketball rivalries in the New England region. 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.

History

The Providence Friars and the Rhode Island Rams have met 134 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 75–59.

13km
8.1miles

Amica Mutual Pavilion

Rhode Island

Providence

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 7, 2002	Providence, RI	Rhode Island	73–71
2	December 6, 2003	Kingston, RI	Rhode Island	89–79
3	December 4, 2004	Providence, RI	Providence	65–58
4	December 3, 2005	Kingston, RI	Rhode Island	77–69
5	December 2, 2006	Providence, RI	Providence	95–66
6	December 4, 2007	Kingston, RI	Rhode Island	77–60
7	December 6, 2008	Providence, RI	Providence	66–65
8	December 5, 2009	Kingston, RI	Rhode Island	86–82
9	December 4, 2010	Providence, RI	Providence	87–74
10	December 23, 2011	Kingston, RI	Providence	80–61
11	December 6, 2012	Providence, RI	Providence	72–57
12	December 6, 2013	Kingston, RI	Providence	50–49

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
13	December 10, 2014	Providence, RI	Providence	68–60
14	December 5, 2015	Kingston, RI	Providence	74–72
15	December 3, 2016	Providence, RI	Providence	63–60
16	December 2, 2017	Kingston, RI	Rhode Island	75–68
17	December 1, 2018	Providence, RI	Providence	59–50
18	December 6, 2019	Kingston, RI	Rhode Island	75–61
19	December 4, 2021	Providence, RI	Providence	66–52
20	December 3, 2022	Kingston, RI	Providence	88–74
21	December 2, 2023	Providence, RI	Providence	84–69
22	December 7, 2024	Kingston, RI	Rhode Island	69–63
Series: Providence leads 14–8

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.

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[1] "Providence, URI Resurrect Rivalry After Two Years". ABC6. 2021-12-04. Retrieved 2021-12-07.

[2] "Ocean State pride on line as Providence hosts Rhode Island". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-12-07.

[3] Geoghegan, William. "URI, PC set to renew rivalry after year off". The Independent. Retrieved 2021-12-07.

[4] Austin, Zach. "Rams fall to Providence in Battle for Ocean State | The Good 5 Cent Cigar" . Retrieved 2021-12-07.

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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	List of 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 1943–44 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 2024–25 2025–26
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	List of 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 2024–25

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

Ocean State Rivalry

Contents

History

Game results

See also

References

Statistics
Providence Friars Rhode Island Rams
Sport	College Basketball
First meeting	1933–34 season
Latest meeting	December 7, 2024 Rhode Island, 69–63
Next meeting	December 6, 2025 Providence, Rhode Island
Stadiums	Amica Mutual Pavilion Ryan Center
Meetings total	134
All-time series	Providence leads, 75–59
Current win streak	Rhode Island, 1 (2024–present)