Happenings Around Friartown While the Providence Friars basketball season is right in the thick of the 2022-2023 schedule, it seemed like a good time to shed some light on some other news and accomplishments that are happening around Friartown. 1) Julian Gressel ('16) gets the call up to the US Men's National Team Julian Gressel …
Providence Friars 83 (14-3) St. John's Red Storm 80 (11-6) Stop me if you've heard this one before, but the Friars are once again off to their best start of conference play in their program's history. First it was when they were 4-0, then it was when they were 5-0, and now they are officially …
Providence Friars 73 (13-3) #4 UConn Huskies 61 (14-2) The UConn Huskies returned to The Dunk/AMP for the first time since 2013 and were met with a hungry Providence Friars team awaiting their long anticipated arrival. The Huskies, fresh off their first loss of the season at Xavier, traded punches with PC for the first …
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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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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