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In some ways, 2018 was best of times for college sports in RI

Editor’s note: Both Providence College and URI went dancing in March, Rams head coach Dan Hurley left for a bigger stage in Connecticut and the URI football team did something it hadn’t done in 17 years — enjoy a winning season. Here’s a look back at some of the biggest Division I college sports stories in Rhode Island in 2018.

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Hurley’s border crossing

That other schools came calling for Dan Hurley was nothing new.

Rutgers had tried and failed twice to lure the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball coach from Kingston.