Providence Friars 72 (11-3) Butler Bulldogs 52 (8-6) Devin Carter has officially arrived and the rest of the Big East needs to be put on notice. Carter scored a game-high 21 points and did so in just about every single way you can score in a basketball game. Whether it was in transition, posting up, …
Providence Friars 103 (10-3) #24 Marquette Golden Eagles 98 (9-4) The Dunk AMP, where ranked teams go to die. In what was the game of the season so far, the Providence Friars battled against the #24 Marquette Golden Eagles through two overtimes, finally standing victorious on a hostile home court. Over the last 9 years, …
Providence Friars 71 (9-3) Seton Hall Pirates 67 (7-5) For the second year in a row, the Providence Friars started out their Big East Conference slate with a road win, this time beating Seton Hall in New Jersey. The Friars went into the half trailing by 9 but exploded at the start of the 2nd …
Providence Friars 99 (7-3) Manhattan Jaspers 59 (3-5) A win is still a win, but this Manhattan team has been in a pretty rough spot this year. Just two weeks before the season started, their head coach was fired and their best player, the conference pre-season player of the year, subsequently transferred to West Virginia. …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars Trounce a Wounded Manhattan Team 99-59
Providence Friars 62 (5-3) TCU Horned Frogs 75 (6-1) In their first true road game of the season, the Providence Friars fell to the the TCU Horned Frogs, 75-62, as part of the Big East/Big 12 Battle. Although the defense continues to be of major concern for PC as they let the Home team shoot …
Continue reading Game Recap: The Friars Offensive Struggles Are Too Much to Overcome Against TCU
Providence Friars 100 (3-0) Stonehill Skyhawks 76 (1-3) This matchup was particularly special for Ed Cooley as a 1994 graduate from Stonehill, a 3-time team captain of the basketball team, and a 2019 inductee into the school's Hall of Fame. Stonehill is in their inaugural season as a Division I basketball team but appear as …
Continue reading Game Recap: The Friars Crack Triple-Digits Against Stonehill, Winning 100-76
Providence Friars 89 (2-0) Northeastern Huskies 65 (0-2) After an inconsistent first half of basketball had the Friars leading by just 2 at the break, Providence showed the team that they could be this season, putting up 51 points in the second half en route to blowing the doors off of a visiting Northeastern team. …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars Use a Big 2nd Half to Blow Out Northeastern 89-65
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
The College Basketball season gets underway in just about three weeks, so now is as good a time as any to drop in with my pre-season selections for my All-Big East Teams and individual award winners. My pre-season individual award selections last year were especially off given that I was going all-in on a big …
Continue reading My Pre-Season Big East Men’s Basketball Awards for 2022-2023
This one really sucks. I don't blame Legend Geeter one bit for entering the transfer portal and I totally understand why he would do so, but it still sucks. https://twitter.com/VerbalCommits/status/1518588578497974274 Ed Cooley and the Friars have already nabbed 5 players from the portal (Noah Locke, Clifton Moore, Devin Carter, Corey Floyd Jr., & Bryce Hopkins), …
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