Providence Friars (4-3) 65 Long Beach State 49ers (3-4) 66 You can forgive the losses to Northwestern, a power conference team, and Penn, who in actuality is pretty good, but Long Beach State? That's when you have yourself a problem. That's a loss that is going to be a stain on any resume once tournament …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars Blow a 17-Point Halftime Lead to Lose to Long Beach State 66-65
Providence Friars (4-2) 75 Pennsylvania Quakers (3-2) 81 There have been some maddening games that the Friars have lost over the past couple of season (hello DePaul) that they probably should have won, but this one has to be one of the more frustrating defeats in recent memory. After losing to Northwestern, a game in …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars Upset in Home Game Against Penn 81-75
Providence Friars (4-1) 93 Merrimack Warriors (3-3) 56 The Providence Friars and Friartown were more than happy to welcome back Big Dog Nate Watson to the court en route to an eventual blowout of first year Division I basketball team Merrimack. Watson was definitely on a minutes count for his first action of the season, …
Continue reading Game Recap: After a Slow Start, Friars Get it Together to Steamroll Merrimack 93-56
Here are my Pre-Season picks for the Big East last season: 2018-2019 Pre-Season Big East Team picks. Here is what the actual team ended up being compared to where my pre-season pick had them. 1st Team Markus Howard (Marquette) - 1st Team (Player of the Year) Jessie Govan (Georgtown) - 2nd Team Shamorie Ponds (St. John's) …
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Providence College Junior Nate Watson has been named to the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Preseason Watch List for the upcoming 2020 NCAA basketball season. This is the sixth year that the award will be given out to the top Center in Men’s Division I college basketball and a national committee has put together the following list of …
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The Friars Men’s Basketball Team had their end of the year banquet and announced the individual awards for the 2018-2019 basketball season. The Friars finished tied for 8th in the Big East with a 18-16 overall record, including 7-11 in Big East Conference play breaking a 5-year run in the NCAA Tournament with an appearance …
With the NCAA Tournament now in full swing today, I think it's a bit overdue to name my All-Big East Teams for the 2018-2019 Men's Basketball season. Before we get into the individual teams, let's get the main awards out of the way shall we? Big East Player of the Year - Markus Howard (Marquette) …
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(4) Providence Friars (18-16) 72 (5) Arkansas Razorbacks (18-15) 84 What the shit was that? The Friars were given a home game to open up the NIT Tournament against an Arkansas team who was without their best player, Daniel Gafford, a projected mid-to-late first round pick in this year's NBA Draft, who chose to skip …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars Don’t Show Up Against Arkansas in the First Round of the NIT
Providence Friars (18-15) 62 #25 Villanova Wildcats (23-9) 73 Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before...the Providence Friars lose a close game to the #1 seeded Villanova Wildcats in the Big East Tournament. Despite holding Villanova to just 36.7% shooting from the floor for the game, the Friars were unable to …
Continue reading Game Recap: Friars NCAA Hopes Are Extinguished by Villanova in the BE Tournament
Providence Friars (18-14) 80 Butler Bulldogs (16-16) 57 Usually I would say that I'm sick of playing the same team of the 3rd time in 16 days, but if these are the outcomes of doing so, I guess I can get used to it. The Friars looked the best they have all season in completely …
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