Coach Ed Cooley was selected as the Men's Naismith Coach of the Year for the 2021-2022 college basketball season. Cooley was chosen over the other three coaching finalists, Mark Adams (Texas Tech), Greg Gard (Wisconsin), and Tommy Lloyd (Arizona). I thought that all four coaches were excellent this year and I really wouldn't have had …
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I just wanted to toss a couple of game notes out there before this afternoon's season opener in Providence at Alumni Hall against the Fairfield Stags. I'm just pumped to have college basketball back as I assume everyone else is as well. This is the 94th men's basketball season for the Providence Friars.The Friars are …
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Providence Friars 81 - Xavier Musketeers 72 The Friars made it 5 wins in a row behind a fantastic second half team shooting display (64%) and stellar individual performances from Ice Cotton (25 points) and LaDontae Henton (23 points/11 boards). Henton was everywhere on the floor and was even money from long distance, …
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Providence Friars 77 (16-6) - DePaul Blue Demons 72 (10-12) You can always count on a DePaul game to get you back on track. Even though Providence was getting pretty much handled down low by the Blue Demons in the first half, they were able to complete turn around the big man battle in …
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Providence Friars 71 (16-9) - Georgetown Hoyas 83 (15-9) I probably sound like a broken record, but there's only so much PC can do with such a limited amount of contributors. Bryce Cotton (31 points), Tyler Harris (13 points), & Kadeem Batts (14 points) combined to score 82% of the points for the Friars. …
Providence Friars 65 (23-11) - #14 Creighton Bluejays 58 (26-7) Some highlights from the game before we get started... In the words of Ed Cooley, "What bubble? There's no bubble, we bursted that bubble tonight baby." And just like that, the Providence College Friars come out of New York City as …
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Providence Friars (1-0) 64 - Albany Great Danes (0-1) 60 The Providence College Friars opened up their season last night at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in downtown Providence with a match up against the Albany Great Danes. It was the first meeting between the two teams since 1928 when PC beat Albany in a …
Providence Friars (2-0) 66 - Binghamton Bearcats (0-2) 45 Pic from +CoxHub With the late night tip at 9 PM on a Monday (actual tip wasn't until 9:15), this was a tough game for a lot of the Friar Faithful to make it out to the Dunk for. I'm not sure how much you can …
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Providence Friars (3-0) 88 - Navy Midshipmen (0-3) 51 Picture from Glenn Osmundson/The Providence Journal This may be the only game the Friars have all season where their fans could sit back, relax, and just enjoy themselves while the Friars clicked on all cylinders on their way to a nice, easy, breezy Covergirl victory. …
Providence Friars (6-1) 38 - #1 Kentucky Wildcats (7-0) 58 Yes Ed, that's the same exact pose I was stuck in during the game too. I knew that it was a very high ask for Providence to go into Rupp Arena in Kentucky and come out with a win, but for a while …
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The Morning Hangover 