October 2009
13 posts
South Bend Tribune Big East "Preview"
I’m a huge fan of unnecessary quotation marks (this “blog” is a must read), but unfortunately my use of them in the title is purely sarcastic reasons. The entire article isn’t awful — there are small blurbs about each team which give a very basic overview of the entire conference. However, the author apparently decided to mail in the Providence section. What else...
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Twitter Lists!
Twitter is starting to roll out some new functionality, which I know is important since they rarely make any changes to their core platform (instead they rely on 3rd party applications and users). “Twitter Lists” essentially allows you to create groups of people that you follow. Instead of one big mess of a tweet stream, you’ll have the option to only see messages from that...
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NBE Bball Report: Providence Hopes Speed Kills in...
KENO DAVIS, PROVIDENCE HOPE SPEED KILLS in 2009-2010
The most glaring weakness for Providence heading into the year is its lack of size up front. The Friars have no one taller than 6-foot-9 and just four players bigger than 6-foot-7.
“We’re not going to be the biggest team,” he said. “But we’ll be one of the smallest and quickest. We’re going to have to find the match-ups to best be...
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Keno Davis LIVE Chat on Projo.com Today at Noon
Head on over to Projo.com to submit your question to Coach Keno Davis, as he will be online answering user questions from noon to 1PM today.
You can submit your question for either coach now: go to projo.com/chat, click the red “launch chat” button, choose a display name (you don’t need a password). Enter the “college hoops” chat room for Keno Davis, and the...
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Marshon Brooks and the Paul Pierce Skills Academy
Friars.com has a great read about Marshon Brooks’ experience at this past summer’s Paul Pierce Skills Academy (a Nike sponsored training workshop).
The players were mentored by former NBA coaches and players during the sessions, and Brooks benefited greatly from working with former Cleveland Cavaliers guard/forward Craig Ehlo.
“Craig gave me pointers on my jump shot and...
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A Tale of Two Guards
In catching up with some stuff from last weekend, I saw two articles focused on Friar guards that I thought were interesting.
Peter Gobis from the Sun Chronicle takes a look at incoming Freshman Johnny Lacy, who has great potential to really take Keno Davis’ up tempo style of play to the next level.
Friars Start Tuning Up
You just can’t win many games in the Big East Conference...
VBTN's Providence Preview
Greycat over “Villanova By the Numbers” has been doing previews this month of all the BIG EAST teams. A few weeks ago he took a look at our Providence Friars, giving a look back at the team stats the last several years, key stats of the returning players, and also outlined PC’s critical games.
Check out the preview here.
New Friars Web Resources This Season
As Friartown continues to grow in its fanbase, so does its presence on the web. This season, Friar fans have a bunch of new resources to check out on their daily search for everything Providence College Basketball (in addition to Friarblog of course!).
CoachKenoDavis.com - Official Website of Coach Keno Davis
In addition to his frequently updated Twitter account created last summer, Coach Davis...
“These guys will push me. I’ve caught myself already pacing myself and they’re...”
– Sharaud Curry on freshman guards Vincent Council and Johnnie Lacy, via Projo.com
Jonathan Kale and His Adventures in Germany
This off-season I was sent a nice note from an overseas blogger who covers the German professional team Phoenix Hagen. In mid September, the team signed our former Friar Jonathan Kale. Here is the original article for when he signed - if anyone knows any German, please let me know!
Jonathan seems to be doing quite well over there. He recently had a breakout game on his 24th birthday -...
Big East Media Day: Hooray For Being Picked Ahead...
Well Friar fans, everyone has us right where we wanna be — UNDER THE RADAR! The coaches’ made their annual pre-season picks, and the results are not going to shock anyone. Nova, WV, and UCONN got some 1st place votes, and the usual suspects end up at the bottom.
The Providence Friars (picked #10 last year) were picked to finish #13 out of 16, and do not have any players on the...