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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2691276, member: 488"] Iverson actually developed quite well at Rhode Island - he accomplished virtually nothing at Memphis before becoming an integral part of one of the best teams in school history for the Rams. You can trust me on that one because I watched a lot of URI hoops over the past four years. He was a beast on the boards and the rare player who could guard basically every position and still protect the rim. He might have been their best player in the NCAA Tournament overall. If you're looking for a less successful story, you could try somebody like E.C. Matthews, but even then, you'd have to consider the fact that he tore his ACL in the first game of his junior season. The real cautionary tale is probably Jarvis Garrett - he was a promising player as a sophomore who regressed (partially due, I'm sure, to the fact that his minutes decreased). I do agree with you, though, that the verdict is still out on Mullin. Some have been quick to dismiss him, but he inherited an absolute dumpster fire from Lavin (seriously, if you think Hurley has it that bad, he doesn't) and has been victim to constant player turnover, be it injury related or otherwise. Some of the retention issues have to fall on Lavin's shoulders (Hurley appears to have been very successful on that front, which is encouraging), but I want to see him with a complete roster before I lump him in with Ollie as one of the great failures of our time (the last part is a joke). [/QUOTE]

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