Happenings Around Friartown

I go on vacation for one week without my computer for the first time in I don't even know how long and obviously, there are roughly 1,000 things happen within that time. I wanted to write some individual articles about some of these happenings because a couple of them were some pretty big news, but …

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Rich Barron Becomes the Third George Mason Player to Follow Kim English to Providence

With the Friars in dire need of some shooting to add to their rotation for the upcoming season, Rich Barron answers the call to fill the void and officially commits to transferring to Providence. https://twitter.com/richardbarron_/status/1643024175769042945 I'm going with Rich instead of Richard based on his personal twitter even though all the scouting sites and such …

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Jayden Pierre is Headed Back to Providence

Jayden Pierre was officially in the transfer portal for one week. That's exactly how long it took Kim English to convince the young point guard that he is the right coach for him and Providence is still the right school for him. Or, could it be that Jayden Pierre is a man of his word …

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Jayden Pierre Enters His Name into the Transfer Portal

Seemingly all at once, the Friars lost two previous commits, Drew Fielder of the 2023, class and Kayvaun Mulready of the 2024 class, and had their Freshman point guard enter into the transfer portal. Jayden Pierre handled the backup point guard duties this past season and showing flashes of a very high ceiling in the …

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George Mason Transfers Justyn Fernandez & Josh Oduro Follow Coach English to Friartown

Coach Kim English is making his presence felt immediately since becoming the new Providence Friars basketball coach. It hasn't even been a week and he's been across the country recruiting players, offering prospective players in both the 2024 and 2025 classes, meeting with the current Friar players, and everything between. To kick things off with …

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Ed Cooley Slinks to Georgetown and Tarnishes His Legacy on the Way Out

It's official. Ed Cooley will be the next coach of Georgetown basketball. It was hard for Providence fans to see Ed Cooley heading to any other job other than staying with the Friars until he wanted to eventually make his transition to the studio or announcer's table but to do so in the manner he …

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Legend Geeter is Headed to the Transfer Portal

This one really sucks. I don't blame Legend Geeter one bit for entering the transfer portal and I totally understand why he would do so, but it still sucks. https://twitter.com/VerbalCommits/status/1518588578497974274 Ed Cooley and the Friars have already nabbed 5 players from the portal (Noah Locke, Clifton Moore, Devin Carter, Corey Floyd Jr., & Bryce Hopkins), …

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Kentucky Transfer Bryce Hopkins Commits to the Friars

Bryce Hopkins announced that he is coming to Friartown via his social media and Ed Cooley continues to reload his roster through the plentiful Transfer Portal. https://twitter.com/BryceHopkins/status/1518624017258844162 Hopkins is the fifth incoming transfer that Ed Cooley and his staff have added for next season. Noah Locke and Clifton Moore will be using their final year …

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Corey Floyd Jr. Commits to PC and Takes His Rightful Place in Friartown

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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Brycen Goodine Has Entered the Transfer Portal

Providence Friars guard Brycen Goodine has officially decided to enter the transfer portal. The 6'4'' two-guard played one season at Syracuse before transferring to Providence, where he played the last two seasons coming off the bench. https://twitter.com/MHershgordon/status/1516459546432188416 Goodine actually saw his minutes decrease from his Sophomore year (8.6 mpg) to his Junior year (5.8 mpg) …

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