Providence Friars (1-0) 106 Sacred Heart Pioneers (0-1) 60 Now THAT is how you open a college basketball season. I didn't think that the Friars could play well enough to match my excitement for meaningful college basketball games to be back, but they actually managed to somehow exceed my high anticipation. We saw a couple …
One of my favorite blogs to write before the season is assembling of 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 something? Here is the …
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This will be the third year that I have ranked the Men's Basketball Non-Conference schedule for the Friars in anticipation for the upcoming season, so I guess I can officially call it my annual rankings. Here's the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 rankings if you're interested. Overall on the Friars schedule, they have two true away games …
Here are my Pre-Season picks for the Big East last season: 2018-2019 Pre-Season Big East Team picks. Here is what the actual team ended up being compared to where my pre-season pick had them. 1st Team Markus Howard (Marquette) - 1st Team (Player of the Year) Jessie Govan (Georgtown) - 2nd Team Shamorie Ponds (St. John's) …
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Providence College Junior Nate Watson has been named to the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Preseason Watch List for the upcoming 2020 NCAA basketball season. This is the sixth year that the award will be given out to the top Center in Men’s Division I college basketball and a national committee has put together the following list of …
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Providence College Senior Alpha Diallo has been named to the Julius Erving Preseason Watch List for the upcoming 2020 NCAA basketball season. This is the sixth year that the award will be given out to the top Small Forward in Men's Division I college basketball and a national committee has put together the following list …
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The Friars have received their first verbal commitment for the 2020 class, as 6'3'' shooting guard Alyn Breed posted a photo on his Instagram with the hashtag #PC2020. View this post on Instagram #PC2020🧸💕🚀 A post shared by 1/1 🧸 (@alynbreed) on Sep 7, 2019 at 5:00pm PDT Breed, a lethal scorer from Georgia, made …
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Height/Weight: 6'7''; 190 lbs. High School: Ranney School (Eatontown, NJ) AAU Team: Team Rio Rankings: Date 247Sports Rivals ESPN Average 9/5/19 255 Unranked (150) Unranked (100) 255+ College Offers: (4/30/19) Unofficial College Visits: N/A Official College Visits: N/A Cut Down List: N/A Commitment (8/7/19): Stella Azzurra Basketball Academy (Rome, Italy) NLI Signing: N/A BLOGS: N/A …
Height/Weight: 6'5''; 192 lbs. High School: Vanier College (Montreal, Quebec Canada) AAU Team: Brookwood Elite Rankings: Date 247Sports Rivals ESPN Average 9/5/19 128 Unranked (150) Unranked (100) 128+ College Offers: (4/27/19) Unofficial College Visits: N/A Official College Visits: Cut Down List (Top Ten - 10/31/2019): Commitment (7/16/2020): Turned Professional NLI Signing: N/A BLOGS: N/A Highlights:
Height/Weight: 6'8''; 215 lbs. High School: Long Island Lutheran (Glen Head, NY) AAU Team: NY Team United Rankings: Date 247Sports Rivals ESPN Average 9/5/19 183 115 Unranked (100) 149+ College Offers: (6/28/19) Unofficial College Visits: Official College Visits: Cut Down List: N/A Commitment (9/22/19): NLI Signing: N/A BLOGS: N/A Highlights:
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