Things are starting to heat up as we inch closer to another Big East basketball season: preseason coaches’ polls are dropping, award watch lists are making the rounds, and once again, the league’s coaches and player reps descended on Madison Square Garden for Big East Media Day. It’s the unofficial tip-off to the season, and …
Following the culmination of an extremely successful collegiate career between George Mason and Providence College where he finished with 1,913 points and 976 rebounds, Josh Oduro will be joining the New Orleans Pelicans team in the NBA Summer League come July. Oduro had worked out with a number of teams leading up to this year's …
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Providence Friars 72 (3-0) Wisconsin Badgers 59 (1-2) Photo Credit: Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports The Friars were tasked with the toughest opponent this season, taking on a visiting Wisconsin team that was fresh off of a loss to Top Ten ranked Tennessee. The Big East had dropped their leagues first two match-ups in the Gavitt …
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The Providence Friars have officially strengthened their frontcourt depth for next season as Kim English announced the commitment of Will McNair Jr. McNair started his collegiate career at New Mexico State (2018-2022) before transferring to Mississippi State and playing the past season. He started on the New Mexico State squad that upset UConn in the …
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I go on vacation for one week without my computer for the first time in I don't even know how long and obviously, there are roughly 1,000 things happen within that time. I wanted to write some individual articles about some of these happenings because a couple of them were some pretty big news, but …
Providence Friars 66 (1-0) Rider Broncs 65 (0-1) My, Oh, My, it's good to have college basketball back. The Providence Friars kicked off their 2022-2023 basketball season by unveiling their first ever Big East Conference Regular Season Championship banner at The Dunk (it's still The Dunk as far as I'm concerned) in front of a …
Continue reading Game Recap: Providence Nab Their 1st Win of the Season Squeaking by Rider 66-65
Providence Friars 68 (10-1) Central Connecticut State Blue Devils 53 (2-8) After a dominate first half that saw the Friars take a 19-point lead into the locker room, a floundering last 10 minutes of play from Providence couldn't get the visiting Blue Devils of Central Connecticut close enough to make any one truly nervous of …
Providence Friars 80 (5-2; 1-0) Seton Hall Pirates 77 (5-4; 0-1) OT Photo via Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports Finally, the Providence Friars were able to open up their Big East conference schedule, traveling to Seton Hall after games with Xavier, UConn, and DePaul were cancelled due to COVID-19 surfacing within each their respective basketball programs. …
In an unexpected turn of events, it looks like LaSalle transfer Ed Croswell will be suiting up for the Providence Friars for the 2020-2021 college basketball season after receiving an NCAA waiver for the upcoming year. It was long speculated that Croswell would sit out one season, work on his game, and then fill the …
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The college basketball season might be cancelled but the Providence Friars and Ed Cooley haven't stopped rolling. After finishing the season on a 6 game win streak, the Friars have added back-to-back transfer targets early in the college basketball off-season to continue on their hot streak. Ed Croswell had narrowed down his potential transfer destinations …
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