Stroudsburg’s Baker reached D-I the hard way ** It took two years of playing and studying at a junior college to get to Rider.

Maybe some of the “ballers’ from the ‘hood where Rich Baker grew up have succumbed to negative influences, and had their dreams of playing Division I basketball shattered. But not Baker. He continued to improve his slashing and shooting skills at Stroudsburg High en route to…

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