Our Atlantic 10 previews continue with Rhode Island. The next preview will come from Nathan Strauss on Monday and feature Saint Joseph’s.
A year after earning a fourth seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship and improving by five wins in conference play, Rhode Island’s third-year head coach Tammi Reiss has made a clear statement towards her team’s goal this season.
The Rams want to be Atlantic 10 champions and the conference has now recognized this as the team placed second in the A-10 Preseason Poll, a year after being 11th in the same poll.
“Anything less in our opinion, and this is us, we didn’t meet our expectations because we feel we have enough to win the championship,” she said. “You’ve got to put it out there, you’ve got to say it, you can’t be scared of failure. Now that we’ve said it and everyone knows that’s what we’re doing, you’ve got to bring it every day and do it. We go to work because we want something we’ve never had.”
Why does Reiss feel this way?
Reiss, the A-10...
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