I definitely wasn’t expecting heart-stopping moments this early in the season, but the Friars managed to keep my blood pressure sky-high throughout their opener against Central Connecticut State. A win is a win, no matter the margin (even if KenPom might disagree), but there were plenty of red flags in this underwhelming performance. The team …
I'm counting down the days until the 2024-2025 NCAA basketball season tips off, and what better way to prepare than by making my wildly speculative picks for the All-Big East Teams and Awards? I know these will probably end up way off, but as always, I'll hold myself fully accountable when the season wraps up …
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Big East Media Day for the 2024-2025 basketball season was held at Madison Square Garden on today and with it, the announcement of the preseason Big East awards and conference rankings. The Providence Friars checked in at number 6 in the preseason standings and although preseason projections and prognostications don't really mean all that much, …
Continue reading Bryce Hopkins Named to Preseason Big East 1st-Team, Friars Picked to Finish 6th
Josh Oduro has officially been waived by the New Orleans Pelicans to meet roster requirements as they finalize their NBA Roster for the upcoming season. Oduro, along with three other players (Elfrid Payton, Keion Brooks Jr., & Trhae Mitchell), were the last needed move by the Pelicans whose roster now stands at 17 players, including …
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David Duke Jr. will officially be back with the San Antonio Spurs for the 2024-2025 season, agreeing to a two-way contract. https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1816907072438698091 This will be Duke's second two-way deal with San Antonio having signed his first one with the team at the end of last year's regular season, appearing in four games during the final …
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We've been waiting for a while to see if the Utah Jazz would be able to turn Kris Dunn going to the L.A. Clippers into a sign-and-trade that would benefit the two teams. Dunn was announced to have reached an agreement with the Clippers at the very beginning of Free Agency, all the way back …
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Per Rookie Wire, Josh Oduro has agreed to sign an Exhibit 10 contract with the New Orleans Pelicans. For those of you who are curious, an Exhibit 10 contract is a one-year deal (typically non-guaranteed) worth the league minimum that allows teams to convert it into a two-way contract before the regular season begins. The minimum salary …
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Former Providence Friar men's soccer player Brendan McSorely has signed a short-term loan agreemeent with St. Louis City SC from the soccer club's reserve team, St. Louis City 2 (aka City2) of the MLS Next Pro League. McSorely, a Forward from Randolph, NJ, played four years in Friartown, tallying 23 goals and 5 assists over …
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Kim English has promoted Special Assistant to the Head Coach, Matt Palumbo, to an Assistant Coach for the Providence Friars. Palumbo's previous team contributions included scouting, practice, workouts, analytics, video, report preparation, game strategy, and player development. https://twitter.com/PCFriarsmbb/status/1808873490872754178 If, like me, you witnessed the player development of Devin Carter into a first round NBA Draft …
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Former Friar Ben Bentil has had an illustrious and far-reaching professional basketball career since declaring early for the 2016 NBA Draft back in and being drafted by the Boston Celtics in the second round with the 51st pick. Throughout the 2016-2017 NBA season, Bentil found his way on the roster of the Celtics, Pacers, and …
Continue reading Ben Bentil signs a one-year contract with Hapoel Tel Aviv
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