November 2008
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WatchPC-St. Mary’s ESPNU Stream (Hopefully)
Right now hes got the G’Town game on ESPN2
Game should start at 6PM because the last game went to OT…hopefuly the guy that runs this stream will put the game on!
Will Anyone Be Watching the Game tonight?
The St. Mary’s game will be on ESPNU at 5:30PM. Unfortunately, it looks like I’ll be listening to the game online since I don’t get that channel or ESPN Full Court. If anyone will watching the game and is interested in running a live blog to talk about what they are seeing for those without TV access, I will be more than glad to set one up. Just let me know in the comments.
PC-St. Mary's Game Notes
Friars.com
The Friars will return to action on Sunday, November 30 versus Saint Mary’s College to determine the fourth and sixth place finishers in the final round of the 76 Classic at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. It will mark the second meeting all-time between the two Catholic colleges from opposite coasts. In the only meeting all-time, the Friars defeated Saint Mary’s,...
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Two-For-One Gomes Tracker Sale
Since Herb Hill and Austin Croshere don’t get any run on their teams, Ryan Gomes is the only former Friar in the NBA who gets any serious playing time. So, I am going to try to give a little Gomes update after each Timberwolves game.
Minnesota has played two games since my last Gomes report.
Wednesay Night - “Shaq’s return lifts balanced Suns over Wolves”
The Timberwolves lost...
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“We did the same thing tonight. We kept fighting and just kept playing and stayed...”
– Keno Davis via projo.com
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Friars Steal One From Charlotte
I didn’t get a chance to see or hear any of the game. I wish I could have taped it somehow though (it wasn’t on regular ESPN channels though), because the Friars pulled off a very important victory. Down 62-57 with 3 minutes to go, the Providence Friars were looking at a disastrous 0-2 record in the Anaheim Classic. What did they do? They made sure Charlotte would not score for the...
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“We’ve got to stay focused to the idea that we need to use every minute of...”
– Weyinmi Efejuku via projo.com
Friars Lose 72-56...At least they tried?
Not many positives to take out of this game, other than reiterating what the announcers kept saying — “The effort was there”, “They played”, yadda yadda yadda. While Providence showed some heart in various spurts throughout the game, they couldn’t capitilize on Baylor’s mistakes, and could just not for the life of them get the lead to under 10. Every...
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WatchLIVE BLOG Tomorrow Night!
Providence Friars versus Baylor in the first round of the Anaheim Classic at 11:30PM on ESPN2! Come stop by during the game!
Pre-game Links to Gorge On
How ‘bout a nice side of links to go with that cranberry sauce?
AROUND THE INTERWEBS
StatSheet.com Pregame Page
Friars.com Gamenotes [PDF]
The Providence College Friars have made 54 in-season tournament appearances. The team has posted a 69-51 (.575) mark in those 54 tournaments and has captured 13 titles. PC last made an in-season tournament appearance in 2007 when the team was 2-1 in...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Friarblog would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving Day! Hope everyone enjoys their holiday, and survives their family!.
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Early Line: Baylor -5.5 [Gambling is Fun]
Providence is 0-2 versus the spread this year so far
Nov 15 Northeastern Huskies -12 Lost 66 - 70 Loss Nov 18 Dartmouth College Big Green -24.5 Won 100 - 82 Loss
Baylor has not had any lines for their first four games.
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Rush the Court checks in on the BEAST
Checking in on the… Big East
The Big East is proving why it is the best conference in basketball, as the 16 teams in the conference have lost a grand total of five games
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
12. Providence 3-1 – The Friars got knocked off by a better-than-you-think Northeastern team, but bounced back to put up 100 in consecutive games while winning three straight. PU has been getting balanced...
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Looking for the mid-major contenders: Northeastern
From ESPN.com
Northeastern (Colonial) San Diego excelled last year despite having a very young team, and won a NCAA game out of a No. 13 seed with a roster that included seven freshmen — it’s a big reason they’re heavily regarded again in the WCC this year. Instead of relying on a boatload of seniors, last year’s Toreros did it with a strong policy of stopping 3s and...
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KMac Audio Preview of Baylor / Anaheim Classic →
Kevin McNamara discusses the Friars’ latest victories, and takes a look ahead at the Anaheim Classic.
Rush The Court Blog Has The Anaheim Classic All...
Checking in on the… Big 12
WEEK AHEAD AND GAMES TO WATCH
11/27-11/30, Baylor @ 76 Classic (ESPN2 and ESPNU)—Baylor opens with Providence and new coach Keno Davis, then most likely Arizona St. and then probably St. Mary’s or Wake Forest.
Alrighty then.
Providence vs. Baylor - Some Numbers
Since the in-season tournament “Anaheim Classic” will be the first all-time meeting between the Providence Friars and Baylor Bears, let’s take a look at some other interesting numbers.
54 in-season tournament appearances for the Friars.
76 in-season tournament appearances for Baylor
13 in-season tournament championships for the Friars
10 in-season...
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Friars Need to Beware of "The Cookie Monster"
Everyone knows that Baylor has a tremendous backcourt. First team All-Big 12 guard Curtis Jerrels has led the team in scoring in all his 3 years with the Bears. Another senior guard, Henry Dugat, scores in double figures and shoots around 40% from downtown. Even sophomore LaceDarius Dunn is joining in on the scoring, leading the team through the first four games (17.3 ppg), including a game...
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How Are You Spending Your Late Night Thanksgiving?
So it’s the biggest game of the Friars’ young season, and it’s on at 11:30PM on THANKSGIVING NIGHT. Damn you Pacific Time! Seriously, are you good for anything?
Since I turned 21, I can’t remember the last time I made it to even 10 O’clock on a Thanksgiving night. First of all, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving (which is a National Drinking Holiday) usually...
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WatchCurtis Jerrells was Doug Gottlieb’s “Baylor Player to Watch” after ESPN’s College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon last week.
A Look Ahead at the Baylor Bears
The Providence Friars head to Anaheim, California to play the Baylor Bears in the first round of the 76 Classic Tournament on Thanksgiving night (11:30PM on ESPN2).
QUICK FACTS
Location: Waco, Texas
Enrollment: 13,799
Conference: Big 12
Coach: Scott Drew (7th season)
Record Last Season: 21-11 (9-7 T-4), NCAA Tournament #11 Seed
OVERVIEW
The Baylor Bears put together an impressive...
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Providence #12 in NBE Basketball Report's BEAST...
http://w3.nbebasketball.com/index.php/nbe-big-east-power-poll-11242008/
Seton Hall’s impressive showing in the Puerto Rico Tip-off Tournament propels them into the top 10. Everything else is pretty much the same as the pre-season predictions, with Providence slipping a little bit due to their opening game loss to Northeastern.
1) Connecticut (6): 96 points. 2) Louisville: 89 points....
76class.com Poll: "Which team will capture the...
http://www.76classic.com/poll_1_060608/poll_results.php
Which team will capture the 2008 76 Classic?
As of today (Monday, 2:51PM EST)
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Baylor (32%) Wake Forest (28%) Charlotte (27%) Cal State...
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Newport Daily News: "Friars doing just fine... →
“Right now, I feel like we have eight starters. I wouldn’t be surprised if, next game, Jon (Kale), gets 20-plus, Randall gets 20-plus,” Xavier said. “Any of our top eight guys can score 20-plus easily, so it takes a lot of pressure off us.”
Stars are nice, and PC was entertaining when Ryan Gomes was here. But with a bunch of names no fans outside of Rhode Island would recognize, these Friars are...
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Gomes Shines as Wolves Stun Pistons [Gomes...
Since Herb Hill and Austin Croshere don’t get any run on their teams, Ryan Gomes is the only former Friar in the NBA who gets any serious playing time. So, I am going to try to give a little Gomes update after each Timberwolves game.
Just when you thought Minnesota was heading towards another 8 game losing streak, they went ahead and destroyed the Detroit Pistons on the road 106-80. The Pistons,...
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“Coach Skerry is always yelling at me to get rebounds. First, he told me I could...”
– Geoff McDermott via Projo.com
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Game #4 Roundup Extravaganza: PC vs. Maine
I think the Northeastern loss really fucked with Friar fans’ heads. How else would you explain being slightly concerned with this team coming to the Dunk. Providence had beaten this Maine team the last two years with most of its same players. Yeah so they were off to a surprising 3-0 start, winning all their games on the road — but one of their wins came against a team called...
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“Yeah every shooter, that’s their dream. All three games they played us all zone...”
– Jeff Xavier, via Friars.com
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Run 'n Gun Friars Win 3rd Straight, Beat Maine...
The Friars put together a near flawless first half of basketball to jump out to a big lead that Maine would never be able to come back from.
Final Score: 83-62
It was Jeff “Please don’t dribble” Xavier’s turn to be the star today, getting 23 points (16 in the first half) off the bench. He hit 5 threes (4 in the first half) and was a perfect 6-6 from the line.
McDermott...
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WatchLIVE BLOG of Providence vs. Maine, 2PM
Come join during the game!
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Gomes Faces Former Team as Wolves Lose to the C's...
Since Herb Hill and Austin Croshere don’t get any run on their teams, Ryan Gomes is the only former Friar in the NBA who gets any serious playing time. So, I am going to try to give a little Gomes update after each Timberwolves game.
The defending champion Boston Celtics came to Minnesota, as Ryan Gomes squared off against the team that drafted him out of Providence College.
The Celtics won...
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Andy Katz "Quick Hits" on Marshon
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3717419&name=katz_andy
Quick Hits
Keno Davis found a pretty solid bench player for Providence as Marshon Brooks scored 30 points and had five steals as a reserve in PC’s 111-87 win over Sacred Heart.
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Friars.com Finally Selling Replica Jerseys Again!
Heading to Friars.com today I got a pop-up ad for personalized replica jerseys! They are the new ones that just debuted this season. I must say, they look pretty good. I have one that I ordered several years ago, but the freaking letters are peeling off. At $49.95, and the ability to finally get a #3 with Gomes on the back (the jersey cannot be personalized with a current players name because...
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Providence Beyond the Arc
Every day I keep finding cool new stuff on StatSheet.com. They have a really cool page that breaks down all kinds of stats for 3-pointers for a given team.
Providence’s “Beyond The Arc” page is rather interesting.
We all knew that Keno was going to have his team run and gun, but it’s just interesting to see the difference when comparing previous years. The Friars have...
A Look Ahead at the Maine Black Bears
The Friars (2-1) are playing their 3rd game in 5 days when they face off against Maine (3-0) on Saturday afternoon at 2PM in the DUNK.
QUICK FACTS
Enrollment: 9,085
Conference: America East
Coach: Ted Woodward (5th season)
Record Last Season: 7-23 (3-13, T8th)
Away Record: 4-10
OFFICIAL SITE
OVERVIEW
It may seem troubling that a team that went 7-23 is returning most of its players from...
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Newport Daily News on the Friars Up-tempo Style →
What do you get when you put together a solid, eight-man group of fast, athletic, versatile — and a little undersized — basketball players? The answer is a team that thrives in the open court, creates turnovers and runs opponents out of the gym.
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“We’ve got an eight-man rotation, any one of us can score a lot. If we see...”
– Marshon Brooks, in the SunChronicle’s recap of the Sacred Heart win.
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“We can beat anybody in the country when we shoot the ball well. We’ve got...”
– Keno Davis, via Projo.com
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Sacred Heart Was "Victim of an Offensive...
Is it possible to have two coming out parties within 48 hours of each other? If you are Marshon Brooks, sure why not?
Two days after scoring a career high 18 points against Dartmouth, Marshon Brooks had one of the best shooting nights for a Friar in a long time, going 11-15 from the field and 5-8 behind the arc, on his way to 30 points. More impressively, Brooks came off the bench, and only...
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Ladies and Gentleman, It's the Marshon Brooks...
First of all, no live blog tonight…I had to run out at the last minute but followed the score on my trusty update-every-10-minutes stupid ESPN.com through my phone.
Final Score: 111-87
It shouldn’t even have been as close as that…the Friars led by 34 late in the game until they decided to let Sacred Heart score some pity points.
Just a quick recap…the Friars absolutely...
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Game #3 Preview Extravaganza: Providence Is Going...
The Friars (1-1) play Game #3 against NEC’s Sacred Heart Pioneers (0-2) tonight at THE DUNK (7PM start). Providence looks to win their 2nd game in a row after defeating Dartmouth Tuesday night. In case you missed it, here is my writeup of Sacred Heart.
The Friars are 2-0 all-time versus Sacred Heart.
Sacred Heart came to the Dunk to face PC last season in December. The Pioneers played a...
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Hoyahoops.com on the CAA Conference →
We shouldn’t be ashamed! Right?
There is no CAA team as good as Connecticut or Louisville this season, but the top CAA teams can surely compete with those giants. So, when Drexel comes to Verizon Center on Saturday, remember that there are some very good teams in the CAA, and Drexel has been playing against the likes of Old Dominion, George Mason, and VCU. Nobody would underestimate those...
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The Timberwolves Win! The Timberwolves Win! [Gomes...
Since Herb Hill and Austin Croshere don’t get any run on their teams, Ryan Gomes is the only former Friar in the NBA who gets any serious playing time. So, I am going to try to give a little Gomes update after each Timberwolves game.
Reporting on all the Minnesota Timberwolves’ games was starting to get a little depressing. It was also getting hard coming up with new ways to phrase that...
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“We are very pleased to have Johnnie Lacy join our program. He not only has...”
– Keno Davis via Friars.com