March 2010
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Keno Lands Another Top 60 Recruit: PG Naadir...
For once, it’s actually a good time to be a Friar fan around the time of the NCAA Tournament! Keno and the Friars just landed a super talented player for the class of 2011 in point guard Naadir Tharpe from Brewster Academy. Don’t know about you, but I’m starting to get used to all these Top-100 players starting to come in!
The thought of a backcourt consisting of Vincent...
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What To / Where To: BIG EAST Tournament Round 1...
The Providence Friars are trying to prolong their season as they head to NYC for the first round of the BIG EAST Tournament. Their opponent tonight is the Seton Hall Pirates, who the Friars lost to over the weekend at the DUNK as a result of a rather dull performance. However, I think tonight is going to be different for several reasons.
Since I started Friarblog.com, the Friars are 4-0 in...
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Greedy is Bleacher Report's "Player to Watch" in...
Greedy Peterson might only be playing one or two games in this year’s BIG EAST Tournament, but the Bleacher Report gave him some props in their “10 Things You Need To Know About the Big East Tournament” post.
This sensational sophomore has really flew under the radar this season for Providence and the Big East. He has quietly put together a stellar season for the Providence...
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McKenzie Done for the Year
Senior Brian McKenzie has played his last game in a Friar uniform after injuring his ankle on Saturday against Seton Hall.
According to Kevin McNamara of the ProJo
PC senior Brian McKenzie was wearing a boot on his injured foot and did not practice Sunday. He is not expected to play on Tuesday.
Brian has taken plenty of abuse this season, but you hate to see a kid from Brooklyn miss out on...
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Links 3.09.10
So I was a little MIA for the final weekend of the BIG EAST regular season, and it appears I didn’t miss much. From what I have been reading about the SHU game on Saturday night, it was a flat performance and a subdued atmosphere at the DUNK. With the Friars finishing up at 4-14 in the BIG EAST, they get the #15 seed and the right to rematch Seton Hall on Tuesday night at 7PM at Madison...
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Council Makes BIG EAST All-Rookie Team
Congrats to Vincent Council, who made the BIG EAST All Rookie team!
All-BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Teams Announced
BIG EAST ALL-ROOKIE TEAM Lance Stephenson, Cincinnati, G, Fr., 6-5, 210, Brooklyn, N.Y. * Alex Oriakhi, Connecticut, F/C, Fr., 6-9, 240, Lowell, Mass. Vincent Council, Providence, G, Fr., 6-2, 180, Brooklyn, N.Y. Dane Miller, Rutgers, F, Fr., 6-7, 210, Henrietta, N.Y. *...
Friartown Court Storm Against Pitt Last Year Aces...
All of the court-storming hoopla this year in college basketball has finally gotten to Rick Reilly. While it’s debatable how Friar fans acted after beating UConn this year, you will be happy to know that “The Storm” last year after beating #1 Pitt passed every single rule!
Rush to rush
Let’s go through his rules one by one, thinking of that great Pitt game last year. My...
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What To / Where To: Game #17 at Pittsburgh
Things have been rather quiet around these parts (I can only link to / talk about the defense problem so much without wanting to smash my laptop Office Space style), but we are almost at the conference finish line. The Provience (get it, no D!! hahahaha, I’m here all night!) Friars have two games to go, starting tonight with a nationally televised game against Pittsburgh at the Pete. All...
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OK, We Get It, Our Defense Sucks
We’ve known about the Friars defensive problems since way back in November (remember the undermanned BC lay up line?). Unfortunately, as the competition in conference play stiffened as the season continued on, we haven’t seen much improvement. Jim Donaldson of the Providence Journal apparently just figured this out, since he writes a piece on defensive pretty much every other day...
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“We need our returning guys to improve defensively or they won’t play as much or...”
– Keno Davis via Projo.com