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Thoughts from the Road: Friars Win Season Opener with Dunn & Bullock

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This is the inaugural 2015-16 edition of “Thoughts from the Road” and even though I’m getting this done a little later than I wanted I’m just glad to be talking about actual basketball games again.

  • Kris Dunn is really good.

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Game Notes & Preview: Providence (0-0) vs. Harvard (0-0) 11/14/15

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Where: Dunkin’ Donuts Center – Providence, RI

When: 7:00PM

How: Fox Sports Networks (Don Orsillo & Tarik Turner)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV

Game Notes

  • Providence is 77-11 all time in regular season opening games, including an 80-8 record in home openers.
  • Providence is 5-0 all time against Harvard with the first game being played on January 20, 1932. The Friars are 2-0 against the Crimson at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center with the wins coming in back-to-back seasons (2006 and 2007).
  • Providence is 128-49 all time against teams from the Ivy League
  • Providence defeated Harvard, 93-70, in their last game on November 24, 2007.
  • Providence begins their 89th season of basketball

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Ben Bentil Named a Breakout Star for 2015-16 Season by NBC Sports

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Rob Dauster continues to be one of the pro-Providence, pro-Big East and very much pro-Kris Dunn national media members. Dauster released a list of players he believes will be “Breakout Stars” in college basketball this season and he included Ben Bentil, along with other Big East players Josh Hart (Villanova), Jalen Reynolds (Xavier) and Isaac Copeland (Georgetown) on his list.

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Thoughts from the Road: 2015-16 Friars Make Dunk Debut Against D2 Stonehill

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The “Thoughts from the Road” posts will be back this season and I’m looking forward to getting to write one of these following an actual Providence basketball game that counts. But for now I’ll give you my thoughts from the road after an exhibition matchup against Division II Stonehill that was played at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center on October 31st….

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Game Notes & Preview: Providence vs. Stonehill (Exhibition) 10/31/15

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Where: Dunkin’ Donuts Center – Providence, RI

When: 2:00PM

How: Audio Only on Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)

Game Notes

  • Providence is 67-39 all time in exhibition games including 18 straight wins at home. Their last exhibition game loss was in 2007 against Siviglia Wear Teramo while the team was in Italy.
  • Stonehill was 19-10 last season including a 14-7 record within Northeast-10 conference play. They return 4 of their 5 top scorers from a season ago, including starers Ryan Logan (13.7 ppg) and Carter Smith (13.4 ppg).
  • Friar coach Ed Cooley is an alumnus of Stonehill from the class of 1994. He was a 3-time team captain for the Skyhawks. Cooley played in 107 career games while at Stonehill amassing 795 points and 594 rebounds good for averages of 7.4 points per game and 5.6 rebounds per game for his career. He also was an assistant coach at Stonehill for the 1995-96 season under then-coach Dave DeCiantis.
  • The last time Cooley coached against his alma mater prior to last season’s exhibition game was in 2010 while he was the head coach at Fairfield. The Skyhawks beat Cooley’s Stags squad 61-60.
  • Providence defeated Stonehill last season, 93-49, in exhibition action on November 8, 2014.
  • Stonehill’s first official game of the season will be played on November 13th against Post University as part of the Stonehill Tip-Off Classic.
  • Providence begins their 89th season of basketball against Harvard at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center on November 14th. Click here for Providence’s full 2015-16 schedule.

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Recruiting News

Why Sedee Keita is the Key to Providence’s 2016 Recruiting Class

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Sedee Keita is the key to Providence’s 2016 recruiting class. No offense to committed point guard Maliek White but that previous statement is a fact. White was a big-time get for Ed Cooley and his staff because they were looking to replace Kris Dunn — the former McDonald’s All-American is expected to jump to the NBA after his redshirt junior season in 2015-16. Had Cooley and his staff not landed White they would still be chasing other guards but if they didn’t find one they wanted in 2016 it wouldn’t have been a massive blow. The current roster has two or three players who are capable of handling point guard duties for stretches, including sophomore Kyron Cartwright who started some games alongside Dunn a season ago and could very well do the same this season. The class of 2017 — especially in New England — is loaded with talented guards and the Friar coaching staff is already heavily involved with a number of them.

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