Boston Globe 12/18/10: Bulldog mentality – The Boston Globe. 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 Beth O’Shea, the wife of basketball coach (and Wayland native) Tim O’Shea.