By 2012, Baron's last year, the situation was toxic. He laid a solid foundation between 2001-2007 from the house fire that was the Jerry DiGregorio experiment.
In 2008 he had an experienced roster with talent. They were ranked 22nd in the AP at one point. They started off 14-1, made it halfway through the A10 schedule at 19-4 and then proceeded to lose seven of their next 9 including 1st round loss in conference tourney. Completely tanked any chance of at-large.
In 2009-10 they again had NCAA expectations, but ended up 22-9 (11-5) and lost in the first round of the conference tourney again.
In 2010-11 Baron's rams were again well-positioned for an at-large going 12-1 in the non-con and were sitting at 19-3 (7-2) in conference before losing 5 of their last 7. They bounced back in the conference tourney getting to the semi-finals before losing. Their 23-9 record wasn't enough to get an at-large and they made a nice run in the NIT, losing to UNC in the semis.
In 2011-12 they never won more than three in a row and finished 18-12 (9-7) well outside of at-large discussion.
Baron went 7-24 his final season and had been there 10 years, averaged 18 wins a season and had 0 NCAA tournament bids. It's easy to forget that prior to Jim Baron Sr,
Rhody had been to NCAA Tourney 4 out of the previous 10 years.
