Happenings Around Friartown

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 …

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Ed Cooley Wins the Award for Naismith Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year

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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Game Recap: Even A Blizzard Can’t Stop the Friars from Avenging Their Loss to Marquette

#17 Providence Friars 65 (18-2) #22 Marquette Golden Eagles 63 (15-7) After having their gam pushed back a day from Saturday to Sunday due to a blizzard, the Friars displayed great toughness and resiliency in avenging on of their two losses from earlier in the year, beating Marquette in front of a crazy crowd at …

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Game Recap: PC Friars Stroll Past Maine 79-59

Providence Friars (10-2) 79 Maine Black Bears (4-8) 59 The Providence Friars improved to 9-0 at home and 10-2 on the year with a convincing 20-point win, 79-59 over the Maine Black Bears late Tuesday night at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, RI. Emmitt Holt led the way for the Friars, scoring a game-high 18 points and a …

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