Jason Edwards Ranked as a Top 15 Shooting Guard in College Basketball for 2025 by Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated has begun unveiling its top-ranked college basketball players by position ahead of the 2025–26 season, and the Providence Friars have landed their first honoree: shooting guard Jason Edwards. Among the 15 shooting guards ranked, four represent the Big East, including UConn’s Solo Ball (No. 4), Creighton’s Josh Dix (No. 9), and Marquette’s Chase …

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Bryce Hopkins & Christ Essandoko Find New Homes & PC Welcomes Daquan Davis & Cole Hargrove

Well, if you haven’t heard by now...Bryce Hopkins is officially a member of the St. John’s Red Storm. In-Conference transfers might be the new norm, but let’s be real, this one just hits a little different. Watching him suit up against the Friars next season? That’s gonna sting. First, Ed Cooley left. Now Bryce follows. …

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Where Are All the Former Friars Playing College Ball This Season?

1. Garwey Dual - Seton Hall Garwey Dual is the one former Friar who all of Friartown is most familiar with where he is playing this season. After declaring for the NBA Draft and going through the draft process, Dual ultimately returned to college basketball, transferring within the Big East to a Seton Hall team …

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Wesley Cardet Jr. Becomes the Fourth PC Transfer for Next Season

In what has been an incredibly busy last couple of weeks for Kim English and his staff, Chicago State wing Wesley Cardet Jr. officially announced that he will be heading to Providence College to finish out his collegiate career. He will also be participating in NBA Draft workouts but it looks to be more so …

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Friars Fill Final Roster Spot with Will McNair Jr. from Mississippi State

The Providence Friars have officially strengthened their frontcourt depth for next season as Kim English announced the commitment of Will McNair Jr. McNair started his collegiate career at New Mexico State (2018-2022) before transferring to Mississippi State and playing the past season. He started on the New Mexico State squad that upset UConn in the …

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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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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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Brycen Goodine Has Committed to Fairfield

This afternoon, Brycen Goodine announced via his Instagram that he has officially committed to Fairfield University. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc54DBOJLS3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Brycen announced that he was entering the transfer portal once the transfer guards started flocking to the Providence Friars. Goodine will get an opportunity to shine for the Stags in the MAAC as they don't seem to have …

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