Miller Hasn’t Had a Winning Record in A-10 at URI, This Year Is Not Likely Either

Miller Hasn’t Had a Winning Record in A-10 at URI, This Year Is Not Likely Either

Archie Miller was hired by the University of Rhode Island to turn the men’s basketball program around in March of 2022.

Now, three years into Miller’s five-year contract, the program continues to struggle in the Atlantic-10 conference. 

Under Dan Hurley’s tenure, URI returned to the top of the Atlantic 10 and made two consecutive appearances in the NCAA tournament. The University of Connecticut came knocking, and Hurley was gone.

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URI tried to save money and offered the head coaching job to David Cox, Hurley's assistant. After four years Cox was 64-55 and 34-36 in the conference.

 

Miller's Struggles

Miller has struggled each year at URI in the A-10.

In his first season at Rhode Island, Miller’s Rams were 5-13 in the conference.

The Rams in Miller’s second year continued to flounder in the A-10, with a 6-12 record.

Now, in the third season, Miller continues to stagger. The Rams are just 6-8, and with just four games left, the Rams need to sweep to have a winning record.

Presently, the Rams are in 9th place in the 15-team conference.

Miller is in the middle of a five-year contract, one which pays him more than $2 million a year.

Under Miller, the Rams are just 17-33 in the A-10.

 

The Future Is Troublesome

URI's future is murky.

The Rams' top three scorers are seniors — Sebastian Thomas, David Green, and Jaden House.

The three combine for 43 of the Rams' nearly 77.8 points a game.