UConn transfer Corey Floyd Jr. has officially returned to his rightful home in Providence. Floyd, a 6'4'' shooting guard, was originally part of the Huskies 2022 class but reclassified to move up to Storrs for 2021 and redshirted this past season. Floyd was a Top-100 recruit out of Roselle Catholic in New Jersey and will …
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The Greek basketball club, Panathinaikos, has officially signed former Providence Friars forward Alpha Diallo to a three-year contract. Since Diallo will be loaned from his current team (hello Europe sports), he will not actually play for the club in the upcoming 2021-2022 basketball season. The Greens, as Panathinaikos is dubbed, are looking to reload their …
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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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Isaiah Jackson officially signed on to join the French National 2 Team La Charite Basket 58. The 2019 Providence College graduate starts his professional basketball career after spending his last 4 years with the Friars. https://twitter.com/jacksonisaiah44/status/1313530776462426119 Having begun his collegiate journey with George Mason, Jackson transferred to PC, sat out a year per the transfer …
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Long-time legendary Georgetown Coach and former Providence Friar player John Thompson Jr. ('64), sadly passed away at the age of 78. Most well known as the leader behind the Hoyas, Thompson led the 1984 Georgetown Men's Basketball Team to an NCAA Championship, the first ever for a black head coach at the time. In doing …
Kalif Young officially finished the first chapter of his professional basketball career, playing 8 games for the Hamilton Honey Badgers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League in a bit of shortened season for the CEBL. Shortly after being rumored to be close to an agreement with Bornova Belediye in Turkey, Kalif turned around and returned …
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Providence Friars (2-1) 63 Northwestern Wildcats (1-1) 72 Northwestern was coming off a loss to first year Division I team Merrimack and the Friars were coming off two blowout victories over Sacred Heart and NJIT, so you think that the Friars would be able to go into Chicago and beat the Northwestern Wildcats on the …
This will be the third year that I have ranked the Men's Basketball Non-Conference schedule for the Friars in anticipation for the upcoming season, so I guess I can officially call it my annual rankings. Here's the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 rankings if you're interested. Overall on the Friars schedule, they have two true away games …
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 …
Just a day after agreeing to extend his contract with Peristeri Vikos Cola for another year, Ben Bentil will be joining the reigning Greek Cup Champions, Panathinaikos. There is a buyout clause in his contract with Peristeri which allows Panathinaikos to acquire Bentil. Panathinaikos may sound like a familiar Greek Team name to many because …
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