Deepest, Bluest, My Hat is Like a Shark’s Fin: Friars Get Frontcourt Help with Samson Aletan from Yale

And here's that frontcourt help y'all have been asking for...Bryan Hodgson keeps on adding transfers to the roster faster than you can say, Jaws. It's getting hard to keep up with the non-stop additions to the Friars roster, but I'm the farthest thing from complaining. The latest addition to Friartown is Samson Aletan, a 6'10'' …

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What You’ve Done is Taken God’s Oldest Killing Machine and Given it Will & Desire: Hodgson Lands Transfer No. 5 with Buffalo’s Ryan Sabol

Just when you think you have a moment to breathe as a Friar fan, Bryan Hodgson hits you with a shark gif and you need to be on high alert at a moment's notice. Other teams are looking for their first or second transfer commitment and Hodgson and his staff are running by the shelves …

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Happenings Around Friartown (April 2026)

There's been so much going on in Friartown that I had to combine it all into a single post in order to not keep posting for days on end. That's not even mentioning that the Men's Lacrosse team literally just won on an overtime goal while I was in the middle of writing this. 1. …

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Oswin Transfers Within the Big East, Commits to Creighton

Oswin Erhunmwunse is officially the first Friar from this year’s transfer portal class to commit to a new program for the 2026–27 season. According to On3, Roc Nation Sports, and Tipton Edits, he will head to the Creighton Bluejays, where he’ll play under newly appointed head coach Alan Huss. Erhunmwunse is expected to arrive in …

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Four-Star Recruit Aiden Derkack Commits to the Friars

Friartown got a major boost this week as head coach Kim English and the Providence Friars secured a key commitment from rising prospect Aiden Derkack. The mid-week announcement adds serious momentum to the program's recruiting efforts and already sets the tone for the rapidly approaching upcoming season. https://twitter.com/aderkack04/status/1978461679990997315 Aiden Derkack is a Top-50 wing in …

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Corey Floyd Jr. Returning to Providence for Next Season

Corey Floyd Jr. announced that he will be returning to Providence for his fourth season with the Friars, becoming the third such player to confirm he will be playing for Kim English next season following the previous announcements from Ryan Mela and Oswin. https://twitter.com/CoreyFloydJr/status/1903207086265426086 Floyd Jr. was the first player to commit to Kim English …

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Oswin and Ryan Mela Re-Up with the Friars for Next Season

Almost immediately following the announcements of Justyn Fernandez & Bryce Hopkins entering the Transfer Portal, the Friars two All-Big East Freshmen team members, Ryan Mela and Oswin Erhunmwunse announced that they will be returning to Friartown for their Sophomore seasons. Despite the Providence coaching staff missing on the majority of their incoming transfers from this …

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Four-Star Forward Jaylen Harrell Commits to Kim English and the Friars

Jaylen Harrell announced his commitment to the Providence Friars live on the On3 Recruits YouTube channel with On3's own Joe Tipton. https://twitter.com/TiptonEdits/status/1807917812524241374 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBMSqZXUmaE&ab_channel=On3Recruits The 2025 Forward and Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year who plays at CATS Academy selected the Friars over the likes of Rutgers, Xavier, Alabama, Virginia Tech, & Kansas. Harrell was originally …

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Top-20 Class of 2025 Recruit Oswin Erhunmwunse Commits to the Providence Friars

After a rough two weeks in which the Providence Friars lost All-Big East star Bryce Hopkins to a torn ACL and are struggling through a 3-game losing streak (Seton Hall, Creighton, & St. John's), Kim English and Friartown got some much needed good news with the commitment of 2025 big man, Oswin Erhunmwunse. Oswin is …

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Ryan Mela Signs his National Letter of Intent to attend Providence College

Ryan Mela signed his National Letter of Intent (NIL) to Providence College on Wednesday, November 8th, officially becoming the lone member of Kim English's 2024 recruiting class. With the recent decision by Daquan Davis to de-commit from Providence, Mela stands alone as the only remaining player singed up to enroll at PC next Fall. Mela, …

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