Team preview: UNC Greensboro

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(Information in this team report is as of October 1.)

In his first stint as head coach at Greensboro, Mike Dement helped take the program from Division II into Division I and the Big South Conference and to a 23-win season.

Now, 10 years later, he's back in Greensboro. Some things are the same -- "It's literally the same office furniture I bought16 years ago. It's like a time machine," Dement said -- but the situation is very different. This time around, he inherits a team that won 18 games and barely lost in the league championship game.

"Sixteen years ago, we were on nobody's radar. We were a poor Division II team," Dement said. "Now we've got a tradition and the school has had some success. It's a lot easier to pick up the phone and talk to people when they know who you are. It's the difference in 'we want to be good' and 'we've been good.' "

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