Originally Posted by OSU Flyer
UConn's AD I think makes a very astute point there. Wright State has a practice facility, Rhode Island doesn't. According to URI's beat writer they were juggling with the women's basketball team and volleyball team for practice time. They're flying Southwest to some of there away games.
These kind of things were cited as some of things Hurley fought the program to upgrade during his time there
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In addition to doubling his salary URI promised charter flights and building a basketball facility. For cash-poor URI those promises were a stretch.
The next big thing for Hurley, retaining players and recruits. There is good reason to believe that Hurley will lose no current players and will retain UConn's recruits...one of which, a four-star, immediately withdrew his commitment when Ollie was fired. If Hurley can get him to change his mind, which the kid says is a possibility, that will be a coup....allowing Hurley to begin next season with exactly the same team Ollie would have had.
