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Friartown Fan Voice Podcast

Friartown Fan Voice Podcast – Episode 7 – Previewing Vermont with Brendan McGair of the Pawtucket Times & Alex Abrami of the Burlington Free Press

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The final preseason episode of the Friartown Fan Voice podcast is now live for the 2016-17 season! This episode is a preview of Providence’s season opening game against the Vermont Catamounts on Monday, November 14th. I was again joined by Brendan McGair of the Pawtucket Times and we brought on Alex Abrami who covers Vermont basketball for the Burlington Free Press.

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You can submit your own questions and comments that could be answered on a future podcast by calling the Friartown Fan Voice podcast voicemail line at 516-500-PCBB or 516-500-7222, emailing me at mhopkins@pcbb1917.com, tweeting at me @pcbb1917, commenting on the Facebook page or directly in the comments section of this post.

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Providence Season Preview: The Dunn Era Closes, a New Era Begins

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When Kris Dunn graduated in May of 2016, he didn’t leave alone. Ben Bentil also declared for the NBA Draft, eventually becoming the Boston Celtic’s 51st overall pick. The departure of Dunn and Bentil has left a void that will impact Providence’s immediate future. Evidence of how different the 2016-17 season is expected to be for Providence can be seen in college basketball odds where Providence is +28000, or 280/1 to win the national championship. Last season the Friars were as high in some places as +6000, or 60/1.

Dunn, a two-time Big East Player of the Year, was the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 5th overall pick. The end of the Kris Dunn Era isn’t the end of the Friars, though; they have plenty of talent and a deep roster to keep the momentum of three straight NCAA Tournament appearances going. The Friars can avoid the pitfalls that have befallen many other teams that have lost major stars if they get the right level of development and improvement from players like Kyron Cartwright, Rodney Bullock, and Jalen Lindsey.

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Friartown Fan Voice Podcast

Friartown Fan Voice Podcast – Episode 6 – Recapping the Carelton Game with Brendan McGair of the Pawtucket Times

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The third episode of the Friartown Fan Voice podcast is now live for the 2016-17 season! This episode is a recap of Providence’s exhibition game against the Carleton Ravens that was played on Saturday, October 29th at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. I was joined by Brendan McGair of the Pawtucket Times. Unlike me, Brendan was at the Dunk for the game which was not televised.

This episode is structured with a breakdown of each player’s efforts from Saturday night, a broad view of the game from the offensive and defensive sides and we finished by reacting to Ed Cooley’s postgame comments. Go ahead and give it a listen:

This should be available in iTunes so you can subscribe and be automatically notified when a new episode is uploaded in the future.

You can submit your own questions and comments that could be answered on a future podcast by calling the Friartown Fan Voice podcast voicemail line at 516-500-PCBB or 516-500-7222, emailing me at mhopkins@pcbb1917.com, tweeting at me @pcbb1917, commenting on the Facebook page or directly in the comments section of this post.

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Drew Edwards, Player News

Providence Sophomore Drew Edwards Out 4-6 Weeks After Knee Surgery

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Providence sophomore guard Drew Edwards will be out 4-6 weeks after undergoing knee surgery, according to Kevin McNamara of the Providence Journal. Edwards will have the surgery on June 2nd, per a source. Edwards played in 33 games during his rookie season with the Friars and averaged 2.4 points/game and 1.6 rebounds/game. His best game of the season came on December 12th when he poured in a career-best 17 points in a win against Bryant. The play that will stand out the most about Edwards is that he was the in-bounder who dished to Rodney Bullock for the last second layup that beat USC to give Providence their first NCAA Tournament win since 1997.

Edwards is currently back on campus attending summer classes. He will be one of several returning guards vying for increases playing time in 2016-17.

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Game Previews & Recaps, NCAA Tournament

Friars Lose: (1) UNC 85, 9) Providence 66

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Final Score
(9) Providence 66
(1) UNC 85
Leading Scorer Leading Rebounder
(9) Providence Dunn: 29 Lindsey: 4
(1) UNC Johnson: 21 Johnson: 10

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Game Previews & Recaps, NCAA Tournament

NCAA Tournament 2016: Game Notes & Preview (9) Providence (24-10, 10-8) vs (1) UNC (29-6, 14-4) 3/19/16

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Where: PNC Arena – Raleigh, NC

When: 9:40pm EDT

How: TBS (Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller & Dan Bonner with Lewis Johnson)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV

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Game Previews & Recaps, NCAA Tournament

NCAA Tournament 2016: Game Notes & Preview (9) Providence (23-10, 10-8) vs (8) USC (21-12, 9-9) 3/17/16

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Where: PNC Arena – Raleigh, NC

When: 9:50pm EDT

How: TBS (Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller & Dan Bonner with Lewis Johnson)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV

Game Notes

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