One in an occasional series By Mark Blaudschun Globe Staff SMITHFIELD, R.I. - Ron Machtley was sitting in the stands last winter watching the Bryant University men's basketball team endure another loss in what would end up a woeful 1-29 season. Machtley was there as a fan and as a supportive arm for a program, like all varsity sports at Bryant, making the transition from Division 2 to Division 1 - a quantum leap in college athletics. Sitting next to Machtley, Bryant's president, was
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