UMBC has landed Providence transfer Ricky Council, source told ESPN. — Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) April 27, 2017 Ricky Council II has made it official and is transferring to UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County). Council will have to sit out next year per NCAA regulations and will have two years of eligibility remaining after that. Here …
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Ricky Council II became the second player from this year's Providence Friars Men's Basketball Team to transfer and also the second player to do so from the Friars Sophomore class, following Ryan Fazekas. He posted a note on his Instagram with the following message declaring his choice to transfer. "The last shot I took in a …
Providence College Sophomore Ryan Fazekas confirmed that he is transferring from PC following a report from Jeff Goodman at ESPN. Providence wing Ryan Fazekas is transferring, source told ESPN. — Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) March 22, 2017 The 6'8'' sharpshooter from Indiana will have to sit out a year before having two years of playing eligibility left …
#11 USC Trojans (25-9) 75 #11 Providence Friars (20-13) 71 It was a game of two halves, that's as simple as you can put it. Providence College raced out to what looked to be an insurmountable 15-point lead at half time in their first four NCAA Tournament rematch with the USC Trojans, but that wasn't the end of the story. …
Continue reading Game Recap: PC Friars Fall to USC 75-71 in NCAA First Four Revenge Game
#11 Providence Friars #11 USC Trojans Wednesday March 15th 9:10 PM Dayton, Ohio (UD Arena) TruTV Network Before we get started with anything, let's just get this video out of the way... I have mixed feelings going into this play-in game between PC and USC. One the one hand, the last NCAA game that we …
Continue reading Game Preview: PC vs. USC Tonight at 9:10 PM on TruTV
Providence Friars (20-12) 58 Creighton Bluejays (24-8) 70 Ed Cooley summed up the game perfectly in the post-game conference, "We just didn't play well. We picked a bad time to play our worst game in probably 5 or 6 weeks." After finishing the Big East regular season with 6 straight wins and seemingly gelling and peaking at the most …
Continue reading Game Recap: PC Friars Drop a Sloppy Game to Creighton in the BE Tourney 70-58
Rodney Bullock finished the season 10th in scoring (16.1 ppg), 5th in rebounding (6.4 rpg), 10th in blocks (0.8 bpg), 11th in steals (1.2 spg), 15th in FT percentage (74.8%). Kyron led the league in assists (6.8 apg) by 2.5 assists per game more than anyone else in the league. He was 2nd in the …
Continue reading Rodney Bullock and Kyron Cartwright Take Home 2nd Team All-Big East Honors
The USBWA All-District Teams are broken out by colleges that fall into each particular regional district. District 1 consists of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Mass, and Connecticut. There were 12 players selected to this district's team. They usually have 10 players but in case of ties, they can have a few more Jalen …
Providence Friars (20-11) 86 St. John's Red Storm (13-18) 75 6...Can I get a 6 in a row!?! The Friars needed to complete their 6-game Big East win streak in order to solidify themselves both a first round bye in the Big East Tournament and a spot in the NCAA Tournament. The win gave their Friars at least 1 …
Continue reading Game Recap: PC Friars Make it 6 in a Row with 86-75 Win at the Garden
Providence Friars (19-11) 73 DePaul Blue Demons (9-21) 64 And that would be 5 wins in a row for those of you folks counting at home. This was the game that Providence couldn't afford to lose after their 4 big wins over the last two weeks. A loss to DePaul would've have made it a season sweep for the …
