Coach Ed Cooley was selected as the Men's Naismith Coach of the Year for the 2021-2022 college basketball season. Cooley was chosen over the other three coaching finalists, Mark Adams (Texas Tech), Greg Gard (Wisconsin), and Tommy Lloyd (Arizona). I thought that all four coaches were excellent this year and I really wouldn't have had …
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#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 …
The Greek basketball club, Panathinaikos, has officially signed former Providence Friars forward Alpha Diallo to a three-year contract. Since Diallo will be loaned from his current team (hello Europe sports), he will not actually play for the club in the upcoming 2021-2022 basketball season. The Greens, as Panathinaikos is dubbed, are looking to reload their …
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Shortly after agreeing to extend his contract with Peristeri Vikos Cola for another year, Ben Bentil's contract was bought out by the reigning Greek Cup Champions, Panathinaikos. Now, it's finally official and Bentil will be joining the "Greens." Bentil will be following his head coach Argyris Pedoulakis from Peristeri to Panathinaikos as the duo will team up …
Just a day after agreeing to extend his contract with Peristeri Vikos Cola for another year, Ben Bentil will be joining the reigning Greek Cup Champions, Panathinaikos. There is a buyout clause in his contract with Peristeri which allows Panathinaikos to acquire Bentil. Panathinaikos may sound like a familiar Greek Team name to many because …
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The Milwaukee Bucks have invited former Providence College standout Ben Bentil to their training camp for the upcoming season. Bentil, still just 23 years of age, spent last season with Bilbao Basket of Spain Liga ACB and the French Club Champagne Chalons-Reims. The Bucks thrive on playing lineups with versatile players that can play multiple positions. They want …
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Rapper Freddie MO recently released a song titled, "Ball Like Bentil," honoring the former PC Friars Men's Basketball player. The song features Donzy and is produced by ChrisBeatz. Apparently Bentil and Freddie Mo are childhood friends, so that explains how the Ghanians are linked and why he chose to make the song about Big Ben. …
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Ben Bentil has officially signed with the Spanish Liga ACB team Bilbao Basket. Bentil started the season playing for Champagne Chalons-Reims in France where he averaged 11.7 points and 4.8 rebounds in 25 minutes per game. Spanish Liga ACB is the top professional basketball league in Spain There are a couple of Americans on the …
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Providence Friars (1-0) 64 - Albany Great Danes (0-1) 60 The Providence College Friars opened up their season last night at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in downtown Providence with a match up against the Albany Great Danes. It was the first meeting between the two teams since 1928 when PC beat Albany in a …
Providence Friars (2-0) 66 - Binghamton Bearcats (0-2) 45 Pic from +CoxHub With the late night tip at 9 PM on a Monday (actual tip wasn't until 9:15), this was a tough game for a lot of the Friar Faithful to make it out to the Dunk for. I'm not sure how much you can …
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