Ryan Fazekas Transferring from PC

Providence College Sophomore Ryan Fazekas confirmed that he is transferring from PC following a report from Jeff Goodman at ESPN. Providence wing Ryan Fazekas is transferring, source told ESPN. — Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) March 22, 2017 The 6'8'' sharpshooter from Indiana will have to sit out a year before having two years of playing eligibility left …

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Rodney Bullock Declares for the NBA Draft to Test the Waters with No Agent

Rodney Bullock is declaring for the NBA Draft, per ESPN, but will not be hiring an agent. Providence forward Rodney Bullock will declare for the NBA Draft, but will not sign with agent, source told ESPN. Testing waters. — Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) March 29, 2017 With the new draft rules allowing for college players to enter …

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Game Recap: PC Friars Fall to USC 75-71 in NCAA First Four Revenge Game

#11 USC Trojans (25-9) 75 #11 Providence Friars (20-13) 71 It was a game of two halves, that's as simple as you can put it.  Providence College raced out to what looked to be an insurmountable 15-point lead at half time in their first four NCAA Tournament rematch with the USC Trojans, but that wasn't the end of the story. …

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Game Preview: PC vs. USC Tonight at 9:10 PM on TruTV

#11 Providence Friars #11 USC Trojans Wednesday March 15th 9:10 PM Dayton, Ohio (UD Arena) TruTV Network   Before we get started with anything, let's just get this video out of the way... I have mixed feelings going into this play-in game between PC and USC.  One the one hand, the last NCAA game that we …

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Game Recap: PC Friars Drop a Sloppy Game to Creighton in the BE Tourney 70-58

Providence Friars (20-12) 58 Creighton Bluejays (24-8) 70 Ed Cooley summed up the game perfectly in the post-game conference, "We just didn't play well.  We picked a bad time to play our worst game in probably 5 or 6 weeks." After finishing the Big East regular season with 6 straight wins and seemingly gelling and peaking at the most …

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Ben Bentil becomes the first Ghanian player to ever play in the NBA.

Bentil signed a 10-day contract with the Dallas Mavericks that just happened to fall in the window of Dirk Nowitzki scoring his 30,000th point to become just the 6th player in NBA history to achieve that feat.

Bryce Cotton wins the Australian League Championship with the Perth Wildcats

Cotton led the Wildcats to their 8th League Championship, dropped 45 points in the title game (on just 17 shots), was named the Grand Finals MVP.  Cotton turned down multiple NBA offers (most likely 10-day contracts) to head over to Perth  🎥WATCH🎥 @PerthWildcats Star Bryce Cotton was INCREDIBLE in the @NBL Grand Final Series Vs @illawarrahawks Including an EPIC game 3🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/YgPmAF8TXk …

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Rodney Bullock and Kyron Cartwright Take Home 2nd Team All-Big East Honors

Rodney Bullock finished the season 10th in scoring (16.1 ppg), 5th in rebounding (6.4 rpg), 10th in blocks (0.8 bpg), 11th in steals (1.2 spg), 15th in FT percentage (74.8%). Kyron led the league in assists (6.8 apg) by 2.5 assists per game more than anyone else in the league.  He was 2nd in the …

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Bullock and Cartwright were also named to USBWA All-District 1st Team with Kyron being named Player of the Year

The USBWA All-District Teams are broken out by colleges that fall into each particular regional district.  District 1 consists of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Mass, and Connecticut.  There were 12 players selected to this district's team.  They usually have 10 players but in case of ties, they can have a few more Jalen …

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Game Recap: PC Friars Make it 6 in a Row with 86-75 Win at the Garden

Providence Friars (20-11) 86 St. John's Red Storm (13-18) 75 6...Can I get a 6 in a row!?! The Friars needed to complete their 6-game Big East win streak in order to solidify themselves both a first round bye in the Big East Tournament and a spot in the NCAA Tournament. The win gave their Friars at least 1 …

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