Kris Dunn Joins the G-League’s Capital City Go-Go’s for Training Camp

Former Providence Friar Kris Dunn has joined the Capital City Go-Go's training camp roster for the G-League. https://twitter.com/JoshuaBRobbins/status/1584312947790135297 Dunn had a 14 game stint with the Portland Trailblazers last year and showed that he can still be a useful and effective guard on an NBA roster. The former All-American averaged 7.6 ppg, 5.6 apg, 3.5 …

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Ed Cooley Wins the Award for Naismith Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year

Coach Ed Cooley was selected as the Men's Naismith Coach of the Year for the 2021-2022 college basketball season. Cooley was chosen over the other three coaching finalists, Mark Adams (Texas Tech), Greg Gard (Wisconsin), and Tommy Lloyd (Arizona). I thought that all four coaches were excellent this year and I really wouldn't have had …

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Kris Dunn Signs a 2-Year $10M Deal with the Atlanta Hawks

Kris Dunn has agreed to terms with the Atlanta Hawks for 2-years and $10 million, with a player option for the 2nd year. The player option gives Dunn an opportunity to make some bank if he performs well in what appears to be a stellar situation in Atlanta. https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1330183029353025540 The Hawks were looking for some …

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Ben Bentil Officially Joins Panathinaikos

Shortly after agreeing to extend his contract with Peristeri Vikos Cola for another year, Ben Bentil's contract was bought out by the reigning Greek Cup Champions, Panathinaikos.  Now, it's finally official and Bentil will be joining the "Greens." Bentil will be following his head coach Argyris Pedoulakis from Peristeri to Panathinaikos as the duo will team up …

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Game Recap: PC Friars Storm Back from 17 Down to Beat Xavier in OT to Advance to Big East Championship

Providence Friars 75 (21-12) #3 Xavier Musketeers 72 (28-5) OT Wow.  What...A...Game. After finding themselves down 17 points to Xavier, the number 3 team in the country, the Providence Friars stormed back and snatched victory from the reigning Big East Regular Season Champions in their second overtime game in as many days. The Friars finished …

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Game Recap: PC Friars Raise Big East Championship Banner, Close Out Late Victory Against Albany 64-60

Providence Friars (1-0) 64 - Albany Great Danes (0-1) 60     The Providence College Friars opened up their season last night at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in downtown Providence with a match up against the Albany Great Danes.  It was the first meeting between the two teams since 1928 when PC beat Albany in a …

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Game Recap: PC Friars Improve to 2-0 with a Comfortable Win Against Binghamton

Providence Friars (2-0) 66 - Binghamton Bearcats (0-2) 45   Pic from +CoxHub  With the late night tip at 9 PM on a Monday (actual tip wasn't until 9:15), this was a tough game for a lot of the Friar Faithful to make it out to the Dunk for.  I'm not sure how much you can …

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Game Recap: PC Easily Dismantles Navy and Kris Dunn Looks Even Better Than Advertised

Providence Friars (3-0) 88 - Navy Midshipmen (0-3) 51   Picture from Glenn Osmundson/The Providence Journal This may be the only game the Friars have all season where their fans could sit back, relax, and just enjoy themselves while the Friars clicked on all cylinders on their way to a nice, easy, breezy Covergirl victory. …

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Game Recap: PC Shows FSU Why They Should Stick to Football, Wins 80-54

Providence Friars (4-0) 80 - Florida State Seminoles (1-2) 54     This is going to be a quick recap with some notes and thoughts and that's all since I didn't have any time to write this sucker up before the game today. The game was basically a home game for PC with almost the …

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PC Suffers Their First Loss of the Year Against Number 1 Kentucky

Providence Friars (6-1) 38 - #1 Kentucky Wildcats (7-0) 58   Yes Ed, that's the same exact pose I was stuck in during the game too.   I knew that it was a very high ask for Providence to go into Rupp Arena in Kentucky and come out with a win, but for a while …

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