Providence Friars (4-1) 93 Merrimack Warriors (3-3) 56 The Providence Friars and Friartown were more than happy to welcome back Big Dog Nate Watson to the court en route to an eventual blowout of first year Division I basketball team Merrimack. Watson was definitely on a minutes count for his first action of the season, …
Continue reading Game Recap: After a Slow Start, Friars Get it Together to Steamroll Merrimack 93-56
Providence Friars (3-1) 68 Saint Peter's Peacocks (0-2) 47 Even without A.J. Reeves (back), Greg Gantt (personal reasons), and Nate Watson (still), the Friars were able to handily beat the visiting St. Peter's Peacocks at The Dunk over the weekend. First off, who knew that St. Peter's was the Peacocks? Anyway, the first half was …
Continue reading Game Recap: PC Friars Bounce Back from First Loss to Thump St. Peter’s 68-47
Providence Friars (2-1) 63 Northwestern Wildcats (1-1) 72 Northwestern was coming off a loss to first year Division I team Merrimack and the Friars were coming off two blowout victories over Sacred Heart and NJIT, so you think that the Friars would be able to go into Chicago and beat the Northwestern Wildcats on the …
Providence Friars (2-0) 76 NJIT Highlanders (0-2) 47 David Duke Jr. was everything the Friars needed at the exact time that they needed it during their 76-47 win over a visiting NJIT Highlanders team. Duke scored a career-high 21 points, displaying all facets of his game during stretches where Providence needed a bucket, needed a …
Providence Friars (1-0) 106 Sacred Heart Pioneers (0-1) 60 Now THAT is how you open a college basketball season. I didn't think that the Friars could play well enough to match my excitement for meaningful college basketball games to be back, but they actually managed to somehow exceed my high anticipation. We saw a couple …
Here are my Pre-Season picks for the Big East last season: 2018-2019 Pre-Season Big East Team picks. Here is what the actual team ended up being compared to where my pre-season pick had them. 1st Team Markus Howard (Marquette) - 1st Team (Player of the Year) Jessie Govan (Georgtown) - 2nd Team Shamorie Ponds (St. John's) …
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The Friars Men’s Basketball Team had their end of the year banquet and announced the individual awards for the 2018-2019 basketball season. The Friars finished tied for 8th in the Big East with a 18-16 overall record, including 7-11 in Big East Conference play breaking a 5-year run in the NCAA Tournament with an appearance …
(4) Providence Friars (18-16) 72 (5) Arkansas Razorbacks (18-15) 84 What the shit was that? The Friars were given a home game to open up the NIT Tournament against an Arkansas team who was without their best player, Daniel Gafford, a projected mid-to-late first round pick in this year's NBA Draft, who chose to skip …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars Don’t Show Up Against Arkansas in the First Round of the NIT
Providence Friars (18-15) 62 #25 Villanova Wildcats (23-9) 73 Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before...the Providence Friars lose a close game to the #1 seeded Villanova Wildcats in the Big East Tournament. Despite holding Villanova to just 36.7% shooting from the floor for the game, the Friars were unable to …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars NCAA Hopes Are Extinguished by Villanova in the BE Tournament
Providence Friars (18-14) 80 Butler Bulldogs (16-16) 57 Usually I would say that I'm sick of playing the same team of the 3rd time in 16 days, but if these are the outcomes of doing so, I guess I can get used to it. The Friars looked the best they have all season in completely …
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