Projo Season Preview 2016-17

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Bill Koch previews URI's upcoming men's basketball season.

http://www.providencejournal.com/sports ... r-uri-rams


Bill Reynolds: A season of promise for Dan Hurley, URI

http://www.providencejournal.com/sports ... hurley-uri
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Both Good articles, but I would disagree with this from Bill Reynolds
"The reality that said Jim Baron, who had a very good run at URI, complete with his two sons who had had great careers there, was now gone, and Hurley was now the coach of a team coming off a 7-24 season."

A very good run?
Please.......
Baron had the gift of a brand spankin new Ryan Center. One of the premier arenas in the East and he struggled to bring in the level of player that he should have. Always blaming something like the refs, the ball didn't go in the basket, over and over again with excuses.
Dan Hurley has built this program of his from the ground up. Family atmosphere among players, coaches and support staff. Strong academic expectations and results. Good kids. Team atmosphere. Winning atmosphere. Dan has recruited a higher caliber of player overall than Baron. Dan signs higher caliber players than Baron. Dan retains his players far better than Baron did.

It's not even close.
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Although he's better than some local sports reporters, not always a huge fan of Reynolds, but this is a funny quote about Dan...
"Intense? Intense was just a warmup act."
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Hopefully these pieces serve as a form of marketing to the greater Providence area.
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Never been a huge Reynolds fan, and I am confused by this journalistic choice - why would he only mention that "Sports Illustrated picked URI to finish second in the Atlantic 10, the 32nd-best team in the country" - and not mention the actual AP or Coaches Poll, where we are ranked significantly higher and have the prestigious "Top-25" label to go along with it?

I'm definitely over sensitive and splitting hairs, but that seemed very odd to me.
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Because he probably doesn't "have Internet", and the only reference material was an actual printed Sports Illustrated in the office.
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