October 2008
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Game Notes Vs. University of Ottawa [PDF] →
The Friars are kicking off their pre-season schedule with an exhibition game against the University of Ottawa tomorrow night at the Dunk (November 1st).
Game Time: 7PM
Coverage: Gametracker and CBS All-Access Video
Did Anyone Else Ever Have This Glass? [Remembering...
When I was growing up, my parents somehow got a free glass from the gas station for pretty much every team in the Big East. Apparently the gas station just gave them away when you got gas? I have no idea. All I know is I drank my OJ out of a different Big East glass every morning.
I had no feelings for the Providence glass. I did not live in Providence, nor did I care about Providence...
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All-Time Friar Teams Tourney - Round 1 Day 2...
Welcome to the WhatIfSports.com tournament simulation to see who is the best Friar team of all-time. All games are simmed only once using default roster depth, the better seed as the home team, and on a neutral court.
Check out each box score…it has a play-by-play of the entire game!
The Federal Hill Region will be played today. Click here for the full bracket.
Day 1 Results
FEDERAL...
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“This team has the talent and ability to raise a banner into the rafters.”
– Keno Davis, speaking at McPhail’s
Big East Sets Record with 7 Teams in Coaches... →
Egads! SEVEN teams in the Top 25….4 in the top 10 alone…Syracuse and West Virginia even got “Also Receiving Votes”.
1. North Carolina (31) 0-0 775
2. Connecticut 0-0 707
3. Louisville 0-0 694
4. UCLA 0-0 650
5. Duke 0-0 578
6. Pittsburgh 0-0 576
7. Michigan State 0-0 572
8. Texas 0-0 538
9. Notre Dame 0-0 525
10....
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Let Your Friends and Family Know You Support...
Apparently there are official online auctions run through the official Friars site.
Look, don’t get me wrong, I love the Friars. If the proceeds from these auctions are going to the help the school, I apologize if I’m gonna sound like d*ck. BUT, as cool as it would be to own a banner that was actually hanging from the rafters in the Dunk, I don’t think I’ll be plunking...
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SLAM presents SKILLZ with God Shammgod
PRODUCED BY: MATT CAPUTO
DIRECTED AND EDITED BY: MATTHEW J. SHERIDAN
source
Thanks to “gohardfriar” for the tip
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“He’s a very good communicator and a good teacher. He has a great vision...”
– Assistant coach Pat Skerry on Keno Davis - via cstv.com
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Get To Know New Friars Head Coach Keno Davis →
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Awesome Stat Resource
In doing some research for the All-time Friar Teams Tournament, I was looking for a simple win/loss chart by season. Sounds simple right? I looked everywhere and could not find anything good. The official site has an “archive” but it just links to the last several season’s results page. I know I found the history of Big East standings somewhere on BigEast.org maybe a year...
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All-Time Friar Teams Tourney - Round 1 Day 1...
Welcome to the WhatIfSports.com tournament simulation to see who is the best Friar team of all-time. All games are simmed only once using default roster depth, the better seed as the home team, and on a neutral court.
Check out each box score…it has a play-by-play of the entire game!
The Smith Hill Region will be played today. Click here for the full bracket.
SMITH HILL REGION
#1. ...
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Coaches Re-use Ballots From Past 5 Years - Pick PC...
Big East Preseason Polls
I know this is a week old, but wanted to get it on here anyway. Is it me, or does Providence get picked to finish 10th every year? I feel like if we had 5 All-Americans the coaches would still pick them 10th. Oh well, I guess living up to mediocrity is better than failed expectations right? Right?
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Introducing the All-Time Friar Teams Tournament...
Since the first game is several weeks away, what better way to pass the time than to simulate basketball games! WhatIfSports.com is an amazing site where you can quickly simulate teams from different time periods for all the major sports. I decided to set up a little NCAA Bracket to see which Friar team would come out on top. Unfortunately, only 16 past PC teams are available, and it mostly...
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“Everything is different. Defensive policies, offensive concepts, just the team...”
– Brian McKenzie via projo.com
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Craig Robinson Will Not Tolerate Any Wrongdoing,...
Andy Katz gives Dwain Wiliams a little mention in his article about Craig Robinson, and how he is giving OSU exposure for being Barack Obama’s brother-in-law.
Robinson has made it clear that he won’t tolerate any wrongdoing. He said the nation won’t be focusing on Oregon State basketball, but he doesn’t want to grab any negative headlines with troubled players or NCAA...
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Sportsline.com Top 40 Point / Combo Guard Rankings
Gary Parish from Sportsline.com has posted his preseason player rankings for Point and combo guards.
Here is the full list.
Among the Big East players ranked:
7) Johnny Flynn - Sophomore (Syracuse)
8) A.J. Price - Senior (UCONN)
14) Jerel McNeal - Senior (Marquette)
16) Scottie Reynolds - Junior (Villanova)
23) Kyle McAlarney - Senior (Notre Dame)
24) Levance Fields - Senior (Pittsburgh)
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“I’m more hungry now. I just can’t wait to play.”
– Sharaud Curry via ESPN.com
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Andy Katz - "PC's Curry ready to run revamped... →
Point guard Sharaud Curry played all of 8 minutes last year. With a healthy foot and a new coach, Curry expects this year’s Friars to contend.
Welcome to friarblog.com!
Hello everyone!
Welcome to friarblog.com. Just in time to start thinking about the new 2008-2009 season.
What is friarblog?
Friarblog is built on Tumblr, which is sort of a blogging platform that makes it super easy to post text, pictures, quotes, links, and video. I hope to collect all these types of media throughout the web, to house an amazing wealth of Friar content! Afterwards, I can...