URI fires basketball coach Baron after 7-24 season (Yahoo! Sports)

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The University of Rhode Island has fired men's basketball coach Jim Baron after 11 years and a 7-24 season. Director of Athletics Thorr Bjorn said on the university's website Sunday that a nationwide search for a successor would begin immediately. He did not say why Baron was released from his contract, which had two years remaining.

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