Happenings Around Friartown While the Providence Friars basketball season is right in the thick of the 2022-2023 schedule, it seemed like a good time to shed some light on some other news and accomplishments that are happening around Friartown. 1) Julian Gressel ('16) gets the call up to the US Men's National Team Julian Gressel …
Providence Friars 83 (14-3) St. John's Red Storm 80 (11-6) Stop me if you've heard this one before, but the Friars are once again off to their best start of conference play in their program's history. First it was when they were 4-0, then it was when they were 5-0, and now they are officially …
Providence Friars 73 (13-3) #4 UConn Huskies 61 (14-2) The UConn Huskies returned to The Dunk/AMP for the first time since 2013 and were met with a hungry Providence Friars team awaiting their long anticipated arrival. The Huskies, fresh off their first loss of the season at Xavier, traded punches with PC for the first …
Although the season came to an end for this year's Friars on Friday, there was a little bit of good news for one of Providence outgoing players. Al Durham was selected to the All-Tournament Team for the Midwest Region. Remy Martin was selected as the Most Outstanding Player in the Region which makes sense after …
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#4 Providence Friars 61 (27-6) #1 Kansas Jayhawks 66 (31-6) In their first trip to the Sweet Sixteen in 25 years, the Providence Friars came up just short against the last remaining number 1 seed left in the NCAA Tournament, the Kansas Jayhawks. The Friars couldn't buy a bucket in the first half, shooting 1/13 …
Continue reading Friars Battle All the Way Back but Come Up Short Against Kansas, 66-61
#4 Providence Friars 79 (27-5) #12 Richmond Spiders 51 (24-13) The Providence Friars have officially advanced to the program's first Sweet Sixteen in 25 years. The last time the Friars were this deep in the NCAA Tournament, the 1997 team lost a heartbreaker in Overtime to Arizona in the Elite Eight. For the second straight …
#4 Providence Friars 66 (26-5) #13 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 57 (30-5) Now that my hangover has finally subsided, I think I can put together some thoughts on the first round win for the Providence Friars over South Dakota State. The Jackrabbits of South Dakota State came into the game riding a 21 game winning …
#9 Providence Friars 74 (24-4) #11 Villanova Wildcats 76 (22-7) In the Big East regular season finale between the two best teams in the league, the Providence Friars and Villanova Wildcats played a back-and-forth game that game down to the last possessions, showing why they are the cream of the crop in the league. After …
#11 Providence Friars 72 (24-3) Creighton Bluejays 51 (19-9) It was going to be hard for Creighton to go on the road to beat Providence without stud Freshman point guard Ryan Nemhard anyway, but do try and do so on Senior Night at The Dunk with the Friars first ever Big East regular season championship …
#11 Providence Friars 99 (23-3) Xavier Musketeers 92 (17-10) In a game that seemingly had everything imaginable happen during the course of three overtimes, the Providence Friars once again showed their innate ability to close games out, no matter the circumstances. I feel like I'm going to sound like Bill Hader's character Stefon from SNL, …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars Beat Xavier in Triple Overtime in a Game that had Everything
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