- ICYMI – Thoughts from the Road: All-Time Classic Game for Friars and Rams
- ICYMI – Weekly College Basketball Polls Update: December 7th
- ICYMI – Ben Bentil Named to Big East Weekly Honor Roll
- ICYMI – Providence College Announces Partnership with City’s Recreation Department for Junior Friars Program
- ICYMI – Providence’s Game Against Boston College In Jeopardy Because of Chipotle?
- BigEastCoastBias.com – Christopher Novak – Ben Bentil wins the Big East Coast Bias Player of the Week award
- Washington Post – Matthew Giles – Five budding college hoops stars that can carry their teams to March Madness glory
- CBSSports.com – Jon Rothstein – Observations: Bobby Hurley has Arizona State on right track
- Forbes.com – Jason Belzer – The Most Powerful People In College Sports
- Video of Ed Cooley from Monday’s media availability, courtesy of Brendan McGair:
Tag Archives: Big East weekly awards
Ben Bentil Named to Big East Weekly Honor Roll
Ben Bentil’s star has been on the rise since the Providence Friars went out West over Thanksgiving weekend. Since Bentil set a career-high with 24 points in Providence’s opening round win over Evansville in the Wooden Legacy Tournament on Thanksgiving night, the sophomore from Delaware — by way of Ghana — has been on a tear of 20 point scoring efforts. Bentil scored 21 points in Providence’s blowout win against Hartford on Tuesday night at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center and followed that up by notching a game-high 23 points, including the game-winning tip-in as time expired against in-state rival Rhode Island on Saturday night.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 12/1/15
- ICYMI – Thoughts from the Road: Friars Still Winners Out West, Even After Loss to Michigan State
- ICYMI – Television Listings for Providence vs. Hartford 12/2/15
- ICYMI – Weekly College Basketball Polls Update: November 30th
- ICYMI – Kris Dunn Gets Nod as Big East Player of the Week Again
- Cox Hub – Daniel James – How High is the Friars’ Ceiling?
- BigEastCoastBias.com – Christopher Novak – November has passed, and the “new” Big East is looking strong in Year 3
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – Providence Friars jump into Top 25 after showing at Wooden Legacy
- Cox Hub – A Classic Look Back at URI vs. PC Rivalry Game
- BigEastCoastBias.com – Pierce Roberson – Big East Coast Bias Power Rankings: Villanova holds off Xavier for top spot
#pcbb Links of the Day 11/24/15
- ICYMI – Friars Win: NJIT 76, Providence 83
- ICYMI – Rodney Bullock Named to Weekly Big East Honor Roll
- Watch Ed Cooley’s entire postgame press conference, courtesy of Brendan McGair:
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – Dunn, Bentil lead Friars to 4-0 start with big effort in 83-76 win over NJIT
- Cox Hub – Anthony Finucane – Kris Dunn’s Feast Starts Early With Epic Stat Line
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – PC Journal: Dunn creating open looks for teammates
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara & Bill Koch – Pick and Pop College Hoops Podcast: On the road for the holidays with the Rams and Friars
- MySanAntonio.com – Jabari Young – Spurs’ Cotton determined to make NBA return
- Storm the Court Podcast – Episode 7: Carson Desrosiers
- SI.com – Chris Mannix – Give and Go: Ben Simmons’s potential, sleepers and more NBA draft debates
Rodney Bullock Named to Weekly Big East Honor Roll
Week 2 of the Big East Weekly Awards were released on November 23rd and Providence was represented again. A week after Kris Dunn was named the Big East Player of the Week it was Rodney Bullock that received accolades from the league. Bullock joined Roosevelt Jones (Butler), Isaac Copeland (Georgetown), Desi Rodriguez (Seton Hall) and Trevon Bluiett (Xavier) on the week 2 Honor Roll. Josh Hart (Villanova) was named Player of the Week and Yankuba Sima (St. John’s) was named Freshman of the Week.
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Kris Dunn is Big East Player of the Week after Triple Double
Kris Dunn has been named Big East Player of the Week for the second time this season. The first time was 3 weeks ago. Dunn’s 2nd honor marks the 4th time this season a Friar has received this honor with LaDontae Henton being named Big East POW on November 24th and January 26th.
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