When his Providence Friars were picked to finish ninth out of 10 Big East teams in October, Ed Cooley felt disrespected. The coach gathered his team, looked the players square in the eye and swore that prediction wouldn't become reality. "I told them there's no way this team will end up in ninth place. We won't be ninth or tenth. We'll find a way, and make it happen," he said.
Journal Sports Writer
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DAYTON, Ohio — Virtually every successful college basketball coach needs to wear many hats these days.
He's a motivator, a recruiter, the face of his school, a crisis counselor and, hopefully, knows some X's and O's.