Game Recap: Friars Beat Creighton 72-68 in OT in Big East Tournament Quarterfinals

Providence Friars 72 (20-12) Creighton Bluejays 68 (21-11) OT The Friars entered the Quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament in New York's Madison Square Garden with an opportunity to cement themselves a spot in the NCAA tourney with a potential win against a Creighton team that has been listed as a lock for the Big …

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Game Recap: PC Friars Get Run Off the Floor at Creighton 83-64

Providence Friars 64 #25 Creighton Bluejays 83 Well that was certainly a downer of a game after a magnificent team performance at St. John's.  The game was basically a polar opposite in terms of shooting for the Friars.  After making 16 three-pointers against St. John's the Friars missed 9 of their first 10 three point …

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Big East Coaches Poll and Team Selections

The Pre-Season Coaches Poll was released for Big East Men's Basketball and the Friars are checking in at fourth in the conference.  The top-4 teams seem to be set in any poll I've come across as Villanova, Seton Hall, Xavier, and Providence, but the rest of the conference looks to be up in the air. …

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My Pre-Season Big East Team Picks

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 …

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Game Recap: PC Friars Drop a Sloppy Game to Creighton in the BE Tourney 70-58

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 …

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Game Recap: Friars Finally Get a Big Road Victory, 68-66 Over #23 Creighton

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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