Providence Friars 77 (2-1) Washington Huskies 70 (2-1) First off, that picture is fucking awesome. Kudos to the photographer who took that one. As for the actual game, the final score was a lot closer than I thought it was going to be heading into the matchup. Of course, the opening line was Providence -7, …
Continue reading Game Recap: PC Friars Take Down Washington 77-70 in 2K Classic
Providence Friars 74 (1-1) #14 Minnesota Gophers 86 (2-0) The Minnesota Gophers traveled to the Dunkin' Donuts Center in downtown Providence, Rhode Island on Monday to take on the Providence Friars in the Gavitt Tip Off. This is the third year of the annual Gavitt Tip Off games between the Big East and the Big …
Continue reading Game Recap: PC Friars Fall in Gavitt Tip-Off to Visiting No. 14 Minnesota 86-74
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 …
Continue reading Game Recap: PC Friars Easily Put Away Houston Baptist 84-55 for First Win
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 …
#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
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
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 …
Providence Friars (18-11) 73 Marquette Golden Eagles (17-11) 69 Let the good times roll baby! Make it 4 wins and a row against NCAA caliber teams and the Friars have just put themselves in a position to win out and secure a bid to the Big Dance. With 7:20 left in the game, the Friars faced a 12-point deficit …
Continue reading Game Recap: Make It 4 in a Row for the Friars with a 73-69 Win Over Marquette
Providence Friars (17-11) 68 #23 Creighton Bluejays (22-6) 66 The Providence Friars followed up a pair of big home wins against Butler and Xavier with their biggest road win of the year of #23 Creighton at the Bluejays home in Omaha. After trailing by as much as 13, Providence battled back and eventually took the lead down the stretch to …
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