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April 3, 2008

URI AD gives coach Baron a thumbs-up

By MIKE SZOSTAK
Journal Sports Writer

Despite an epic collapse that resulted in nine losses in his team's last 11 games and disappearance from the national rankings, Jim Baron has received a vote of confidence from his boss.

Not that the University of Rhode Island's basketball coach needed one. His 10-year, $4.3 million contract runs through 2013, and his team did finish with a record of 21-12.

"We have a heck of a basketball coach," Thorr Bjorn, URI's director of athletics, said yesterday during an interview. "We have a heck of a team returning and a heck of a class coming in. I'm really excited about next year."

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