Northern Exposure
The good news for Tad Boyle is that he has traveled this road before, experiencing first-hand what it's like to exist in a college basketball program making the transition into Division I.
He knows where to look for potholes. He knows how difficult the journey is.
"It's kind of like in business," Boyle said. "It's like a start-up company, not a Fortune 500 company. You need to go recruit kids with the kind of gumption and self-confidence that they want to put your program on the map. You recruit to that personality trait as much as anything."
They are characteristics Boyle will need at Northern Colorado this season and in the foreseeable future. His challenge as the first-year head coach is to deliver the Bears away from their independent status and into the Big Sky Conference. In its final year of D-I reclassification, Northern Colorado has turned to a Greeley native to make the difference in a program that has gone 19-67 since announcing its intentions to elevate from Division II, including 5-24 last season (0-14 on the road).
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2567657
Northern Colorado gets some Big Sky exposure
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