Maybe when he hears more he'll rethink going 1000 miles to play at Rhode Island...?
I have no beef with URI - they are probably a good school trying to land good talent but I will present my case that Bradley is FAR superior!
They just lost 8 players - and brought in a bunch - so almost everyone is new and is gonna be there for a while - so Kendall will be playing behind those guys that are Hurley's first recrtuting class for years to come...
They are rebuilding like BU is but were and are perhaps an even weaker team.
One of the guys they lost was their best returning player who was arrested & booted for some pretty perverted behavior..
...but on top of that they already just got commitments from a Top 100 guard and a small fwd - even more talent that KP's gonna be playing behind.
BUT - here's the best part - and I hope KP is listening - their average attendance is barely a quiet 3000, but some of their games draw a sparse 2700 - and even some of the CONFERENCE games against nearby rivals don't even draw 3000!
A couple years ago when they were winning and hosted a Big Ten team in the NIT they still drew way under 3000.
Even their own fans are bummed at the home attendance - here's a post on their message board about their FIFTEEN home games last year and ONLY ONE of them drew more than around 50% occupancy in their 7000 seat arena!
Much of the time their arena is only 35% to 45% full (assuming all those seats had butts in them and I severely doubt it)
In fact - if you exclude their one home game vs. Providence where most of the fans were actually fans of the opponent team - then their home attendance average drops to around 3K.
http://rhodyrams.8.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=1530&sid=383f272ca097ca8b2b6f0a13dd0cd709
Note the HUGE swath of empty seats that show fan apathy - these are the premier seats RIGHT BEHIND THE HOME TEAM BENCH!
...you will NEVER see this at Bradley or anywhere in the Valley (except ISU)
). Dayton is a great place to play ball. Their fans and atmosphere remind me of Duke's.