The record is what it is.
Three straight NCAA Tournament trips.
Big crowds in the Dunk.
A player who became the third pick in the NBA Draft last spring.
Ever since Ed Cooley, the kid from the inner-city of Providence came back to become the Providence College coach in March 2011, he has become one of the great only-in-America sports stories. His record tells us that.
And now comes the transition year.
Call it the price tag for the past three seasons.
Call it the college game's reality.
Call it anything you want.