Ben Bentil Signs with Bilbao Basket of Spain Liga ACB

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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Game Recap: PC Friars Raise Big East Championship Banner, Close Out Late Victory Against Albany 64-60

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 …

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Game Recap: PC Friars Improve to 2-0 with a Comfortable Win Against Binghamton

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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Game Recap: PC Easily Dismantles Navy and Kris Dunn Looks Even Better Than Advertised

Providence Friars (3-0) 88 - Navy Midshipmen (0-3) 51   Picture from Glenn Osmundson/The Providence Journal This may be the only game the Friars have all season where their fans could sit back, relax, and just enjoy themselves while the Friars clicked on all cylinders on their way to a nice, easy, breezy Covergirl victory. …

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My Picks for the All-Big East Men’s Basketball Teams for 2015-2016

With the 3rd Season of the "New" Big East just about in the books, it's time to look back on the season and hand out some awards to the players.  Before we get into the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Teams, let's get the main awards out of the way.   Player of the Year: Josh …

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Hometown Top-50 Recruit David Duke Commits to Providence

The Providence Friars top recruiting target for 2018, took to his personal twitter account (@Duuukkeee) on Friday night to announce his decision to commit to Providence College. Duke, a Providence native who lives just a couple of miles from campus, decided to choose PC over Buzz Williams' Virginia Tech Hokies and potentially become a hometown …

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Ben Bentil Signs with French Club Champagne Chalons-Reims

Per Chris Reichert of 2Ways10Days, Ben Bentil has signed overseas with the French Club Champagne Charlons-Reims. Ben Bentil (Fort Wayne Mad Ants) has signed in France with Chalons-Reims, the team announced #GLeagueAlum — Chris Reichert (@Chris_Reichert) August 28, 2017 Champagne Charlons-Reims plays in the French Pro A Division.  I took a quick glance at their …

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NBA Summer League Schedule for Former Friars

This is what they call the dog days of summer for sports.  You're basically relegated to baseball and the weekend gold tournament right now and waiting for some other sports to come back in the fall.  Thankfully, the off-season for the NBA has been bananas, so they haven't had much coverage fall off since the …

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Ranking the Friars Men’s Basketball Non-Conference Games for the Upcoming 2017-2018 Season

I threw together a quick breakdown of Providence's non-conference games for much anticipated 2017-2018 men's basketball season, in order of my excitement for each game.  So without further ado, let's get into it. 11. Friday, December 22nd vs. Sacred Heart Last Year: 13-19 (8-10; 8th Place Northeast) KenPom Rank: 301 RPI Rank: 299 There are …

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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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