John Linehan Named to the Hartford Hawks Basketball Staff

The all-time steals leader in NCAA Men's Basketball History and Friar legend John Linehan has been named to the Hartford Hawks Men's Basketball staff for the upcoming basketball season. NEWS: Please welcome John Linehan - the NCAA's all-time steals leader - to the @HartfordMBB staff.https://t.co/BBb49RRsvQ pic.twitter.com/l7zBqSiFHH — Hartford Hawks (@HartfordHawks) July 7, 2017 Linehan moves from being an assistant …

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NBA Summer League Schedule for Former Friars

This is what they call the dog days of summer for sports.  You're basically relegated to baseball and the weekend gold tournament right now and waiting for some other sports to come back in the fall.  Thankfully, the off-season for the NBA has been bananas, so they haven't had much coverage fall off since the …

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Kris Dunn Introduced by the Chicago Bulls

Kris Dunn was introduced yesterday by the Chicago Bulls in a press conference for the three new additions to the team, along with Zach LaVine and Lauri Markkanen. Here's a quick video to Bulls fans that Kris did the day before the conference when he got to Chicago. .@KrisDunn3 has a message for you #BullsNation! pic.twitter.com/JDjmuW05HU — Chicago …

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Top 50 Recruit A.J. Reeves Commits to Providence College

Providence Friar target and Top 50 2018 recruit A.J. Reeves committed to Ed Cooley and the Providence College Friars on campus during their hosting of the Elite Camp and in person this morning...and just like that, the Friars have a stud for next year already. Reeves is a true two-way player and is within range …

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Ryan Gomes Ranked the 4th Best NBA Draft Pick Selected at Number 50 by ESPN

With the NBA Draft tomorrow night, ESPN ranked the 5 best selections at each draft position (picks 1 through 60) based on total career win shares.  Now obviously, for some of the higher picks, the 5 guys are mostly Hall of Famers and because this list goes off of career win shares, a lot of the young …

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Bryce Cotton to Play with the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA Summer League

Bryce Cotton will once again be playing for the Atlanta Hawks in this summer's NBA Las Vegas Summer League.   Former NBA player Bryce Cotton (who spent last season in Australia) will play Summer League with the Atlanta Hawks, according to sources. — Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) June 17, 2017 Cotton was invited and played on the …

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Bryce Cotton Showing Off His Insane Hops and Dunking Skills Once Again

Bryce Cotton putting in off-season work. 😳 pic.twitter.com/YjVa7egAc3 — Perth Wildcats (@PerthWildcats) June 9, 2017 If you don't know...now you know. Cotton recently led the Perth Wildcats to their 8th League Championship, dropping 45 points in the title game (on just 17 shots), and was named the Grand Finals MVP.  Cotton turned down multiple NBA offers (most …

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Ranking the Friars Men’s Basketball Non-Conference Games for the Upcoming 2017-2018 Season

I threw together a quick breakdown of Providence's non-conference games for much anticipated 2017-2018 men's basketball season, in order of my excitement for each game.  So without further ado, let's get into it. 11. Friday, December 22nd vs. Sacred Heart Last Year: 13-19 (8-10; 8th Place Northeast) KenPom Rank: 301 RPI Rank: 299 There are …

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ESPN Lists Providence College as Best College Basketball Job in Rhode Island

Rhode Island: Providence Friars Ed Cooley ($2 million) coaches in the Big East, arguably the nation's pound-for-pound conference king, and his opponents hate to play his squad at the Dunkin' Donuts Center. He makes nearly $1 million more per year than Rhode Island's Danny Hurley. Other Division I schools in Rhode Island (3): Brown, Bryant, and …

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A.J. Reeves Cuts Final List to 4 Schools: PC, Nova, Louisville, & Virginia

I'm grateful to all the schools that have recruited me but I have narrowed it down to my final 4. I'm truly blessed to be in this position. pic.twitter.com/9HU4zxn16g — Ted Mosby,Architect (@ajreeves11) June 1, 2017 Four-Star shooting guard A.J. Reeves recently posted to twitter that he has cut his list down to four final schools that …

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