- ICYMI – Thoughts from the Road: Friars Ice Cold at Home, Fall to Xavier
- Woonsocket Call – Brendan McGair – Friar Film Review: Xavier’s 1-3-1 zone defense frustrated Providence
- Full game replay, courtesy of FriarTV:
- CBSSports.com – Matt Norlander – Providence falls to Xavier; the Friars’ fatal flaw could be the long ball
- Zagsblog.com – Adam Zagoria – Providence’s Bentil Enters 2017 Mock Draft
- ScoutFriars.com – Richard Coren – Cold-shooting Friars fall to Xavier
- TodaysU.com – Dan Stack – Xavier makes case as Big East’s best after win at Providence
- Highlights from Fox Sports:
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Thoughts from the Road: Friars Ice Cold at Home, Fall to Xavier
This Thoughts from the Road is brought to you by the energy inside the Dunkin’ Donuts Center and is fueled by Dunkin’ Donuts iced coffee…a lot of it.
- The Dunkin’ Donuts Center was absolutely rocking. The fans piled in early and were raring to go — no doubt after having a few pregame beverages — well before the opening tip. This was the loudest I have ever heard the Dunk. A particular shoutout to the lady sitting over my left shoulder who made Craig Leighton and I a little more deaf than when we entered the arena. Ed Cooley has been longing for a crowd like that and it was clear after the game that it hurt him to disappoint the 12,804 fans in the building.
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Friars Lose: (7) Xavier 75, (10) Providence 68
| Final Score | |
| Xavier | 75 |
| Providence | 68 |

| Leading Scorer | Leading Rebounder | |
| Xavier | Bluiett:Reynolds: 15 | Reynolds: 11 |
| Providence | Bentil: 25 | Dunn: 8 |
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Game Notes & Preview: (10) Providence (17-3, 5-2) vs (7) Xavier (17-2, 5-2) 1/26/16
Where: Dunkin’ Donuts Center – Providence, RI
When: 8:30pm EST
How: FS1 (Joe Davis & Bill Raftery)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV
Game Notes
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#pcbb Links of the Day 9/18/15
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – Putting schedules of R.I.’s four D-I college basketball teams under microscope
- FriarBasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Learning More About the Freshmen
- There’s a new highlight mixtape out for 2016 Word of God Christian Academy PG Jalen Harris. Harris is scheduled for an official visit to Providence on October 9th.
- JJ Matthews had successful knee surgery yesterday. He is scheduled to visit Providence the first weekend in October.
- Here is the video of the Big East coaches roundtable from Wednesday night on America’s Pregame on Fox Sports 1 courtesy of FriarTV:
Ed Cooley Joins Fellow Big East Coaches Jay Wright, Chris Mack and Kevin Willard on America’s Pregame on FS1
Ed Cooley will be one of 4 Big East basketball head coaches to appear on the Fox Sports 1 show “America’s Pregame” on Wednesday. The show will air at 5pm EDT on Fox Sports 1. The other Big East coaches on the show will be Villanova’s Jay Wright, Xavier’s Chris Mack and Seton Hall’s Kevin Willard.
Also appearing on the show Wednesday will be UFC figher Miesha Tate and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. The show is hosted by Mike Hill and Molly McGrath and airs weeknights at 5pm EST. McGrath was the sideline reporter at the 2015 Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 5/5/15
- ICYMI – Who Will Be Providence’s Next Priority Recruit in 2016?
- College Basketball Talk – Rob Dauster – Looking Forward: Potential Breakout Stars in 2015-16
- BigEastCoastBias.com – Robert O’Neill – Report: Chris Mack at “top of the list” to replace Billy Donovan at Florida; Ed Cooley a “sleeper”
- Friars.com – Athletics Department Hosts 54th Annual All-Sports Gala
