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Providence Athletics Announces 2014 Late Night Madness Performers

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August 21, 2014

Hip-Hop Icon Big Sean and Former NBA Star Jalen Rose To Appear At Providence Basketball Late Night Madness on Oct. 17

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence College men’s and women’s basketball teams will tip-off the 2014-15 season with Late Night Madness festivities beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 17 in Mullaney Gymnasium on the Providence College campus.

The event will feature hip-hop icon Big Sean. He was recognized by GQ Magazine as 2012’s ‘Hottest Rookie’ and earned ‘Best New Artist’ honors at to 2012 BET Awards. Big Sean will perform for the crowd following the team introductions.

Also featured will be an ABC/ESPN Analyst, 13- year NBA Star and University of Michigan “Fab Five” member Jalen Rose. Rose, who is the son of Jimmy walker (the greatest all-time Friar men’s basketball player), will introduce the men’s and women’s teams.

This year’s Late Night Madness is only open to Providence College students. The event is FREE, but in order for a student to be guaranteed admittance to the event he/she must purchase a 2014-15 Providence College men’s basketball student season ticket package. All Providence College men’s basketball student season ticket holders can pick up Late Night Madness tickets on Wednesday, Oct. 15 in the lobby of Schneider Arena from 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. and on Thursday, Oct. 16 from noon – 4:00 p.m. Any remaining tickets to Late Night Madness that are not being claimed by student season ticket holders will be distributed to Providence College students at the Friar men’s ice hockey game on Thursday, Oct. 16. Tickets will be distributed on a first come first served basis following the 7:00 p.m. game against the U.S. Under-18 team.

Prior to the Late Night Madness Festivities, Providence College students are invited to a pre-game tailgate (sponsored by Student Affairs) on Slavin Lawn from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The event will feature food and a cash bar for students with proper identification.

Doors to Late Night Madness will open at 6:30 p.m. Students are encouraged to arrive early, as seating is limited. Before the men’s and women’s teams are introduced, there will be a student dance competition.

Third-year Friar women’s basketball Head Coach Susan Robinson Fruchtl and her team will be introduced at 7:45 p.m. Fourth-year Friar basketball Head Coach Ed Cooley and his squad will be introduced to the crowd at 8:00 p.m.

At 9:00 p.m., after the teams are introduced, Big Sean will hold a concert for all fans in attendance in Mullaney Gymnasium.

For more information on Late Night Madness or student season tickets, visit Friars.com/student.html or call 401.865.GOPC.

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The Italian Trip: Keep Up With PC in Italy

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I’ll pin this post to the top of the site and keep updating it as info becomes available about the progress of the trip. The schedule of games is as follows:

  • August 14th in Milan vs. Nelson Somma ASD 3pm EDT

Recap of game 1 with boxscore from Friars.com

http://www.coxhub.com/articles/7-things-we-learned-from-providences-win-over-nelson-basket

Player FGM-A 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A PTS
Kris Dunn 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Rodney Bullock 10/15 7/11 3/4 6/8 29
Casey Woodring 2/5 1/2 1/3 1/2 6
Ted Bancroft 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
LaDontae Henton 9/14 8/10 1/4 5/6 24
Kyron Cartwright 4/7 3/3 1/4 4/4 13
Tyler Harris 5/9 5/7 0/2 11/14 21
Junior Lomomba 10/17 6/13 4/4 8/9 32
Carson Desrosiers 2/4 2/4 0-0 0-0 4
Tom Planek 1/3 1/3 0-0 4/6 6
Totals 43/74 33/53 10/21 39/49 135
58.10% 62.30% 47.60% 79.60%
Player Reb Off Reb Def Reb
Kris Dunn 0 0 0
Rodney Bullock 4 5 9
Casey Woodring 0 1 1
Ted Bancroft 0 0 0
LaDontae Henton 1 2 3
Kyron Cartwright 0 3 3
Tyler Harris 4 4 8
Junior Lomomba 2 3 5
Carson Desrosiers 2 9 11
Tom Planek 2 1 3
Totals 15 28 43
Player AST ST TO BS
Kris Dunn 0 0 0 0
Rodney Bullock 4 4 5 2
Casey Woodring 1 2 1 0
Ted Bancroft 0 0 0 0
LaDontae Henton 2 2 1 1
Kyron Cartwright 8 4 1 0
Tyler Harris 1 2 5 0
Junior Lomomba 3 2 5 0
Carson Desrosiers 5 3 1 5
Tom Planek 0 3 2 0
Totals 24 22 21 8
Player PF FPF EFF
Kris Dunn 0 0 0
Rodney Bullock 6 5 36
Casey Woodring 2 1 5
Ted Bancroft 0 0 0
LaDontae Henton 3 2 25
Kyron Cartwright 0 4 24
Tyler Harris 1 7 20
Junior Lomomba 2 4 29
Carson Desrosiers 2 2 25
Tom Planek 1 5 6
Totals 17 30 170
    • August 18th in Rome vs. Perugia

Friars Beat Tiber Basket 79-46 in Rome

Friars.com story with boxscore

  • August 19th in Rome at 1pm EDT

http://www.friars.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/082014aaa.html

Boxscore

With Ben Bentil and Paschal Chukwu having visa/clearinghouse issues and not making the trip and Jalen Lindsey being home in Tennessee with mononucleosis, the only member of the highly touted incoming freshman class that will compete in Italy is point guard Kyron Cartwright. Cartwright figures to play heavy minutes as the staff is being extremely cautious by not playing Kris Dunn as he continues to recover from his second shoulder surgery in 13 months. Aside from basketball there are a ton of cultural and education experiences planned. A good outline of those was done by Danny James over at CoxHub. You can find that by click this link.

If you are looking for updates on Twitter, the hashtag #CiaoFriars will be used heavily by CoxHub. The standard #pcbb will still be used as well so you can keep an eye on both. One emerging one so far has also been #pcbbDoesItaly so check that one too.

From Day 1:

http://instagram.com/p/rooYcbjRAj/

https://twitter.com/ShowTime_Dunn/status/499536273884053505

CoxHub.com – Friars in Italy: Day One

CoxHub.com – Daniel James – A Friar Fan’s Guide to Milan

From Day 2:

CoxHub.com – Friars in Italy: Day Two

http://instagram.com/p/rrZ4EFjRD9/

https://twitter.com/ShowTime_Dunn/status/499946365276143617

From Day 3:

http://instagram.com/p/ru9ye2DRM8/

http://www.coxhub.com/articles/the-friars-in-italy-day-three

http://www.coxhub.com/articles/a-friar-fans-guide-to-venice

From Day 4:

http://www.coxhub.com/articles/the-friars-in-italy-day-four

http://www.coxhub.com/articles/a-friar-fans-guide-to-florence

http://www.friars.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/081714aaa.html

From Day 5:

http://www.coxhub.com/articles/the-friars-in-italy-day-five

From Day 6:

http://www.friars.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/081914aab.html

From Day 7:

http://www.coxhub.com/articles/a-friar-fans-guide-to-rome

http://www.friars.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/082014aab.html

From Day 8:

https://twitter.com/ShowTime_Dunn/status/502181046964981760

The group flew out of Newark, NJ August 12th just before 6pm EDT after practicing near the airport. CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein took in the practice and had the following to say on Twitter:

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Update: Two Freshmen NOT Cleared to Travel to Italy

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UPDATE: The social media posts previously linked below have been removed and the Providence Journal’sKevin McNamara is reporting that nothing has changed regarding the two freshmen. KMac added that they are on the bus because they will be heading to New Jersey to practice. The team is flying out of Newark.

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Three Freshman Won’t Make Italy Trip

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Kevin McNamara of the Providence Journal is reporting that 3 of the 4 incoming freshman will not travel with the team to Italy next week. Jalen Lindsey has become ill in the last few days and foreign born big men Paschal Chukwu and Ben Bentil have yet to be fully cleared by the NCAA Clearinghouse. As McNamara points out in his article, the Clearinghouse typically takes a longer look at foreign born players to be sure they haven’t competed in any professional capacity prior to coming to the United States.

It’s another frustrating turn of events for Ed Cooley and his staff especially because Chukwu and Bentil are both strong students and are just wrapping up a successful summer session at PC. This now means the active body contingent for the Friars in Italy will consist of 6 scholarship players and 2 walk ons. Kris Dunn will be held out of game action as a precaution andTed Bancroft has an injured shoulder  which leaves just Rodney Bullock, Kyron Cartwright, Carson Desrosiers, Tyler Harris, LaDontae Henton and Junior Lomomba as the 6 available scholarship players to go along with walk-on’s Tom Planek and Casey Woodring.

I’ll have a more in depth preview of the Friars’ Italy trip on Monday.

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Report: Former Friar Marshon Brooks to Sign with Italian Team

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Shams Charania of RealGM is reporting that former Friar star Marshon Brooks is close to signing with the Italian team Olimpia Milano. Olimpia Milano plays in the Euroleague and Lega Basket Serie A. They won Serie A last season and reached the quartefinals of the Euroleague. This is the team that produced current NBA star Danilo Gallinari.

Brooks played this past summer with the Sacramento Kings in Las Vegas after bouncing around via trade during the 2013-14 regular season between Boston, Golden State and the Lakers. There were rumors that the Indiana Pacers were kicking Brooks’ tires after the Paul George injury last week but Shams Charania is reporting that Brooks has moved on from those negotiations.

This likely marks the end of Marshon Brooks NBA career unless he somehow goes to Italy and decides that’s where he’s going to learn how to play defense. The more likely scenario is he will play his same game as an offensive scorer. This now means that it’s up to Bryce Cotton and Kadeem Batts to make an NBA roster and if neither of them does there will be no Friars in the NBA which is something that hasn’t happened in a while.

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Former PC, Oregon Player Brandon Austin Enrolls at NW Florida St JC

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Brandon Austin seems to have finally landed somewhere after being dismissed from Oregon this spring. The story was first reported by CBS Sports’ Jeff Borzello.

The interesting aspect of this story is that the head coach at Northwest Florida State Junior College is none other than former Tim Welsh assistant Steve DeMeo. DeMeo was named the head coach in July 2013 following a stint as an assistant to Mo Cassera at Hofstra.

On Austin, DeMeo said “we have the experience, support and resources to help Brandon get back on track towards graduating and help him be a successful student athlete on and off the court.” Austin was reportedly going to enroll at Hutchinson CC before the president there said no. DeMeo just had former PC recruit Michael Chandler on his roster who will now go to Oregon this upcoming season.

As FriarTV said on Twitter earlier, it’s a small world. Hopefully Austin can grow up and get his life back on track.