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LC005562 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
CONGRATULATING THE BRYANT UNIVERSITY MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM ON | |
WINNING THE 2022 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP AND ON | |
QUALIFYING FOR THE 2022 NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT | |
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Introduced By: Senator Stephen R. Archambault | |
Date Introduced: March 22, 2022 | |
Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
1 | WHEREAS, The 2021-2022 Bryant University Bulldogs Men’s Basketball Team have |
2 | compiled an outstanding record of 22-10 and finished in first place in the Northeast Conference |
3 | (NEC) regular season; and |
4 | WHEREAS, The Bryant Bulldogs also claimed its first ever NEC Conference |
5 | Tournament Championship and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament. In the conference |
6 | tournament, they easily dispatched Central Connecticut in the first round by fourteen points, but |
7 | in the second round they faced a severe challenge from Mount St. Mary’s before finally |
8 | prevailing by one point in a thrilling 70-69 victory. The Bulldogs then proceeded to arguably play |
9 | their best game of the season as they thrashed second-seeded Wagner in the championship game |
10 | by the score of 70-43; and |
11 | WHEREAS, Bryant was led all season by its leading scorer, senior guard Peter Kiss, who |
12 | averaged 25 points per game and was named to the NEC All-Tournament Team, and chosen the |
13 | NEC Tournament MVP. Bryant also benefitted all season from the sterling leadership and |
14 | important contributions provided by senior forward Hal Elisias, also selected to the NEC All- |
15 | Tournament Team, junior guard Charles Pride, the leading rebounder on the team who averaged |
16 | 18 points per game in scoring, senior guards Adam Eleeda and Luke Hurtado, Jr., as well as the |
17 | contributions provided by Erickson Bans, Tyler Brelsford, Greg Calixte, and the entire roster of |
18 | players; and |
19 | WHEREAS, The Bryant Bulldogs were led all season by the superb leadership and |
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1 | excellent coaching provided by Head Coach Jared Grasso, who in four short years has made the |
2 | basketball program into one of the best in New England. In recognition of the esteem in which |
3 | Coach Grasso is held by his peers within the college basketball universe, he was named the 2021 |
4 | USBWA District I Coach of the Year; now, therefore be it |
5 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby congratulates the |
6 | Bryant University Men’s Basketball Team on winning the 2022 Northeast Conference |
7 | Tournament Championship, and on qualifying for the 2022 NCAA Basketball Tournament; and |
8 | be it further |
9 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
10 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Jared Grasso, Head Men’s Basketball |
11 | Coach, Bryant University. |
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