Big East News

2014-15 Big East Basketball Conference Schedule Released

1 Comment

The Big East finally released the conference schedule for the 2014-15 season on Tuesday. With the round robin scheduling of the 10 Big East teams the mystery wasn’t who would play each other twice as was the case with the prior version of the Big East but more about timing of road trips and fans being able to lock in on dates on their calendars.

I have updated the 2014-15 Schedule page which is always in the top menu. This has the full schedule with non-conference and now conference matchups. Also included is the television network that the game will be played on (where known at this point).

The popular Big East New Years Eve conference season kickoff is back for the second consecutive year on Fox Sports 1. The Friars will be game 4 of the day and will tip off at 7:30pm vs. Creighton at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center which will be a cool rematch of the Big East Tournament Championship game. The full NYE schedule is (all games will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1):

  • 12:00pm St. John’s at Seton Hall
  • 2:30pm Butler at Villanova
  • 5:00pm Marquette at DePaul
  • 7:30pm Creighton at Providence
  • 10:00pm Georgetown at Xavier

Continue reading 2014-15 Big East Basketball Conference Schedule Released →

Links of the Day

#pcbb Links of the Day 9/9/14

Leave a comment
General News

Friar Legend Marvin Barnes Dead at Age 62

2 Comments

Some sad news for Friar fans as it was reported by the Providence Journal’s Kevin McNamara that former Friar legend Marvin Barnes passed away Monday. Barnes was 62 years old. Barnes is not only one of the all time great Friars but he also is one of the all time great college basketball players. He was a consensus First Team All American in 1974. Barnes holds numerous records at Providence as well as nationally.

Unfortunately Barnes had his share of off the court issues and dealt with drug addiction for many years. For now though, let us all remember the good times that Barnes provided with his on-court prowess in a Friar uniform in the 1970’s teaming up with Ernie DiGregorio and Kevin Stacom. There was the 1973 Final Four appearance and the 52 point game against Austin Peay in December 1973 among many others. Providence retired his jersey in 2008.

“Marvin will always be remembered as one of the greatest Friars of all-time,” Providence College Athletics Director Bob Driscoll said. “He established so many records during his time as a Friar and will forever be linked with Coach Gavitt’s amazing team that reached the 1973 Final Four.”

“Marvin’s basketball career had a tremendous impact on the tradition of Friar basketball,” Providence College Head Coach Ed Cooley said. “I grew up in Providence and always knew what a special basketball player Marvin Barnes was at Providence College.”

Records Barnes established at Providence College in his three year career:

  • Most points in a game (52)
  • Most Field Goals in a game (23)
  • Most blocked shots in a game (12)
  • Most rebounds in a game (34)
  • Most blocked shots in a season (159)
  • Most blocked shots in a career (363)
  • Most rebounds in a season (597)
  • Most career rebounds (1,592)
  • Best season rebounding average (19.03)
  • Best career rebounding average (17.89)
  • Sixth all-time in scoring (1.839 points)
  • School record for most career games with 20+ rebounds (27)

Check out these videos put together by Cox Sports remembering Marvin Barnes.

http://www.coxhub.com/articles/marvin-barnes-remembered

http://www.coxhub.com/articles/2014/03/the-7th-greatest-moment-in-rhode-island-history-pc-in-73

Links of the Day

#pcbb Links of the Day 9/8/14

Leave a comment
General News

ESPN’s Jonathan “The Coach” Coachman Becomes Member of the Cooley World Order

1 Comment

For those that aren’t aware, Jonathan Coachman was a former announcer for WWF/WWE and occasional wrestler. Coach also played NAIA basketball at McPherson College in Kansas.

 

Links of the Day

#pcbb Links of the Day 9/6/14

Leave a comment
Recruiting News

#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 9/5/14

2 Comments

Labor Day weekend figured to be quiet with students moving into their dorms on the PC campus but some unexpected news hit that Friday with the apparent addition of German guard Tyree Chambers to the roster for the 2014-15 season.

Chambers visited Providence back in May and an offer was extended about 3 weeks ago. The connection appears to have been fostered by Associate Head Coach Andre LaFleur which is similar to the Kyron Cartwright recruitment. Chambers is at Providence and enrolled in classes but has not yet been given the go ahead by the NCAA Clearinghouse though he told Jeff Ferrucci of ScoutFriars.com “the clearance shouldn’t be a problem because I never signed a contract. I was just a youth player traveling with the team.” There is a highlight video (below) that shows highlights of Chambers playing in the NBBL which he describes as “the highest level for basketball under the age of 19.”

Continue reading #pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 9/5/14 →

Home for news, information and opinion about Providence College basketball #pcbb