Game Recap: PC Friars Win 2K Classic by Smashing St. Louis 90-63

Providence Friars 90 (3-1) St. Louis Billikens 63 (3-1) The Providence Friars put together their most complete effort in game this year, blowing out the St. Louis Billikens 90-63 at Madison Square Garden to win the 2017 2K Classic.  The outcome of the game was never in question with the Friars leading by as much …

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Game Recap: PC Friars Easily Put Away Houston Baptist 84-55 for First Win

Providence Friars 84 (1-0) Houston Baptist Huskies (0-1) And just like that, the 2017-2018 college basketball season is off!  The Providence Friars played their first game at Alumni Hall in 45 years against Houston Baptist to kick of their season and put together an all-around splendid effort in front of the intimate home crowd.  The …

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PC Friars Offer 2020 New Jersey Point Guard Niels Lane

The Providence Friars offered their 3rd player in the 2020 Class this past weekend, New Jersey guard Niels Lane.  Lane is a 6'3'' guard who plays for the Hun School and with Team Final on the Nike AAU circuit. Per a source, Providence has offered Hun School (N.J.)/@TeamFinalHoops 2020 SF Niels Lane. — Josh Verlin …

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Providence Manhandles UConn 90-76 in Hurricane Relief Exhibition Game

Before we get into the game, let's just acknowledge the the NCAA actually did something right.  They should do this every year where they grant teams the opportunity to add a third exhibition game where the proceeds can go to a charitable cause.  It seems like a no-brainer.  The Providence/UConn game raised $75,000 that will …

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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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Five-Star 2019 Recruit Armando Bacot to Take an Unofficial Visit to Providence in October

Five Star 2019 basketball recruit Armando Bacot will be taking an unofficial visit to Providence on October 6th, following an unofficial to Villanova the weekend prior, on September 30th per Elevate Hoops' Julius Kim. Five-star Armando Bacot will attend Duke's Countdown to Craziness. Will take unofficials to Villanova on 9/30 & Providence 10/6 pic.twitter.com/FyxsVShDNd — …

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Dallas Mavericks Extend God Shammgod’s Contract for 4 More Years

Per DallasBasketball.com via Scout, Dallas has extended the contract of PC legend God Shammgod for four more years.  Shammgod, known for his incredible handle from his playing days, served as they player development coach for the Mavericks last season and is credited with vastly improving the ball handling skills of Harrison Barnes last year. With new …

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Drew Edwards Cleared for Basketball Activities

Per Ed Cooley (via Jon Rothstein of FanRagSports), Drew Edwards has been cleared for basketball activities.  Now, this really shouldn't come as a surprise or anything considering both Edwards and teammate Maliek White joined the 2017 USA East Coast team and played in Madrid, Spain this summer. Providence's Drew Edwards (knee) has been fully cleared …

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Jimmy Nichols Jr. Commits to the Providence Friars

Jimmy Nichols Jr., the 2018 class stretch-4 from South Carolina, became the third player to commit to Ed Cooley and the Providence Friars.  Nichols made his decision live on ABC 15, the South Carolina affiliate television station following an official visit in Providence this past weekend. WATCH: Conway forward @jimmynichols17 commits to @providencembb live on …

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My Pre-Season Big East Team Picks

It still may be a little too far away to be doing my Pre-Season Big East Men's Basketball Awards for the 2017-2018 basketball season but fuck it, I was both bored and had nothing else to write about.  Anyway, I've been thinking about who was going to make the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd teams this …

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