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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Legendary Georgetown Coach and Former Friar Player John Thompson Jr., Passes Away at 78

Long-time legendary Georgetown Coach and former Providence Friar player John Thompson Jr. ('64), sadly passed away at the age of 78. Most well known as the leader behind the Hoyas, Thompson led the 1984 Georgetown Men's Basketball Team to an NCAA Championship, the first ever for a black head coach at the time. In doing …

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2019 Wooden Legacy Bracket Revealed

This year's upcoming Wooden Legacy tournament bracket has finally dropped and we get to see when and who Providence will be facing off against during the Thanksgiving weekend in Anaheim, California. See ya in Anaheim on November 28, @LBSUhoops!#GoFriars pic.twitter.com/nZdQUDq0w1 — PC Men's Basketball (@PCFriarsmbb) July 11, 2019  Each one of the "major" teams (PC, …

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A Look at the Final 2018 Class Rankings for the Incoming Friar Men’s Basketball Class

With the 2017-2018 High School basketball season officially wrapped up, the rankings for players in the 2018 class have been finalized.  Here's how the lists break down for the ones that I usually look at. Rivals has a Top-150 list. ESPN has a Top-100 list. 247Sports/Scout has a Top-247 list. Here's a look at how …

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PC Coach Ed Cooley Named the 41st Best Coach in College Basketball by ESPN

  Providence Friar Men's Basketball coach Ed Cooley was recently named the number 41 in ESPN's countdown of the best 50 current coaches in Men's College basketball.  They say that the list is a list of the best coaches right now and surveyed 100 writers, editors, broadcasters, and researchers (whoever the shit they were) and …

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PC Friars Offer 2020 Shooting Guard Brandon Boston

The Providence Friars offered 2020 Shooting Guard Brandon Boston over the weekend on Friday, January 26th.  Boston is a 6'6'' uber athletic guard who is ranked as a Top-25 prospect across basically every recruiting site out there (get your act together Rivals).  Boston is a guy who shoots the lights out whenever he plays and …

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PC Friars Offer 2020 Wing Earl Timberlake

The Friars recruiting efforts came two fold this week with offers to 2020 Dematha Catholic teammates Hunter Dickinson and Earl Timberlake.  First of all, those are two great freaking names.  I need these guys both on PC just because of that alone.  Second of all, they can be the 2020 version of AAU Mass Rivals …

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PC Friars Offer 2020 Five-Star Big Man Hunter Dickinson

We all might be caught up in the pre-season rankings and the absolute smashings during exhibition games against New England rivals, but recruiting does not stop for this PC Friars coaching staff. Providence has offered five star 2020 Dematha Catholic big man Hunter Dickinson — Corey Evans (@coreyevans_10) October 24, 2017  The Friars offered the …

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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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