CCRI 2024 Athletics News

The three-time defending Region XXI champion Knights play No. 8 seed Prince George’s Community College in the opening round of the tournament on Wednesday, March 13 at 1 pm ET.

CCRI is heading back to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division III Women’s Basketball National Championships for the third year in a row thanks to a spirited comeback in Sunday’s Region XXI championship game.

After earning the No. 6 seed in this year's Region XXI Tournament, the Knights head to Worcester tonight at 6 for a rematch with Quinsigamond, whom they split the regular-season series with and beat February 20 at home on a buzzer-beater. 

After sweeping rival Quinsigamond Community College on Tuesday, CCRI's men's and women's basketball teams are geared up for a successful run in the Region XXI Tournament as the regular season draws to a close.

Playoff fever is intensifying at the Community College of Rhode Island as both the men’s and women’s basketball teams are making a run for the 2023–24 postseason with the regular season winding to a close.

With the calendar flipping to February, the Community College of Rhode Island’s men’s and women’s basketball teams are trending in the right direction. Coming off a doubleheader sweep Tuesday at home, the No. 10 nationally-ranked women’s team has now won 31 consecutive games against its NJCAA Division III Region XXI rivals over the last three years while the men have won three in a row to climb to seventh in the regional standings.

As the annual winter chill takes over New England, basketball in the northeast is beginning to heat up as teams vying for postseason spots begin the all-important stretch of conference games that will ultimately make or break their playoff hopes.