Providence Friars 103 (10-3) #24 Marquette Golden Eagles 98 (9-4) The Dunk AMP, where ranked teams go to die. In what was the game of the season so far, the Providence Friars battled against the #24 Marquette Golden Eagles through two overtimes, finally standing victorious on a hostile home court. Over the last 9 years, …
Providence Friars 71 (9-3) Seton Hall Pirates 67 (7-5) For the second year in a row, the Providence Friars started out their Big East Conference slate with a road win, this time beating Seton Hall in New Jersey. The Friars went into the half trailing by 9 but exploded at the start of the 2nd …
Providence Friars 99 (7-3) Manhattan Jaspers 59 (3-5) A win is still a win, but this Manhattan team has been in a pretty rough spot this year. Just two weeks before the season started, their head coach was fired and their best player, the conference pre-season player of the year, subsequently transferred to West Virginia. …
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Providence Friars 62 (5-3) TCU Horned Frogs 75 (6-1) In their first true road game of the season, the Providence Friars fell to the the TCU Horned Frogs, 75-62, as part of the Big East/Big 12 Battle. Although the defense continues to be of major concern for PC as they let the Home team shoot …
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Providence Friars 100 (3-0) Stonehill Skyhawks 76 (1-3) This matchup was particularly special for Ed Cooley as a 1994 graduate from Stonehill, a 3-time team captain of the basketball team, and a 2019 inductee into the school's Hall of Fame. Stonehill is in their inaugural season as a Division I basketball team but appear as …
Continue reading Game Recap: The Friars Crack Triple-Digits Against Stonehill, Winning 100-76
Providence Friars 89 (2-0) Northeastern Huskies 65 (0-2) After an inconsistent first half of basketball had the Friars leading by just 2 at the break, Providence showed the team that they could be this season, putting up 51 points in the second half en route to blowing the doors off of a visiting Northeastern team. …
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Providence Friars 66 (1-0) Rider Broncs 65 (0-1) My, Oh, My, it's good to have college basketball back. The Providence Friars kicked off their 2022-2023 basketball season by unveiling their first ever Big East Conference Regular Season Championship banner at The Dunk (it's still The Dunk as far as I'm concerned) in front of a …
Continue reading Game Recap: Providence Nab Their 1st Win of the Season Squeaking by Rider 66-65
One of my favorite blogs to write before each college basketball season is that of assembling the “How Is That Guy Still in College” Team. These are the guys who you could swear have been in college for at least a decade but somehow they’re still contributing to College teams. Maybe they have tenure or …
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Former Providence Friar Kris Dunn has joined the Capital City Go-Go's training camp roster for the G-League. https://twitter.com/JoshuaBRobbins/status/1584312947790135297 Dunn had a 14 game stint with the Portland Trailblazers last year and showed that he can still be a useful and effective guard on an NBA roster. The former All-American averaged 7.6 ppg, 5.6 apg, 3.5 …
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A year after being named to the All-Big East 2nd Team and the Big East 6th Man of the Year, Jared Bynum has risen to the All-Big East Preseason 1st Team. Bynum was the only Friar to be named to either the 1st or 2nd All-Big East Preseason Team. Here is how the rest of …
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