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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Four Members of the Men’s Basketball Team Earn Big East All-Academic Honors for 2016-2017

The 2016-2017 Big East All-Academic Teams were named this past week and four players on last year's Men's Basketball team took home honors for this year.  Kyron Cartwright, Tommy Planek, Casey Woodring, and Ricky Council II were the four players who earned All-Academic honors for their performance in the classroom. Across all sports, Providence had …

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Kyron Cartwright Awarded the Father Morris Memorial Award at the All-Sports Gala

Rev. Robert A. Morris, OP '46 Memorial Award has been given to Kyron Cartwright! #gofriars @PCFriarsmbb pic.twitter.com/9beQegx0Wp — Providence Friars (@PCAthletics) May 1, 2017 Providence College is hosting their All-Sports Gala tonight and PC Men's Basketball player Kyron Cartwright had been awarded the Father Robert Morris Memorial Award for the 2016-2017 year.  The award is given annually to a …

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Ryan Fazekas Transferring from PC

Providence College Sophomore Ryan Fazekas confirmed that he is transferring from PC following a report from Jeff Goodman at ESPN. Providence wing Ryan Fazekas is transferring, source told ESPN. — Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) March 22, 2017 The 6'8'' sharpshooter from Indiana will have to sit out a year before having two years of playing eligibility left …

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Game Recap: PC Friars Fall to USC 75-71 in NCAA First Four Revenge Game

#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. …

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Game Preview: PC vs. USC Tonight at 9:10 PM on TruTV

#11 Providence Friars #11 USC Trojans Wednesday March 15th 9:10 PM Dayton, Ohio (UD Arena) TruTV Network   Before we get started with anything, let's just get this video out of the way... I have mixed feelings going into this play-in game between PC and USC.  One the one hand, the last NCAA game that we …

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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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Bullock and Cartwright were also named to USBWA All-District 1st Team with Kyron being named Player of the Year

The USBWA All-District Teams are broken out by colleges that fall into each particular regional district.  District 1 consists of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Mass, and Connecticut.  There were 12 players selected to this district's team.  They usually have 10 players but in case of ties, they can have a few more Jalen …

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Game Recap: PC Friars Make it 6 in a Row with 86-75 Win at the Garden

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 …

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Game Recap: PC Friars Make it 5 in a Row with Sloppy Senior Night Win Over DePaul 73-64

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 …

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