Tag Archives: Ed Cooley

Cooley: Providence Needs To Stay Positive But Be Desperate

A 1-4 start to Big East play isn’t something Providence fans are used to under Ed Cooley, at least not since the league became the current 10-team configuration before the 2013-14 season. The Friars did start Big East play 1-4 in Cooley’s first two seasons at Providence but since then the Friars have been 3-2 through their first 5 Big East games every other season under Cooley. The fanbase appears to have had a meltdown after the DePaul loss with the outburst being book-ended by the Friars dreadful loss at Boston College on December 23rd to close out non-conference play.

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Cooley: Kyron Cartwright, Jalen Lindsey Will Be Game-time Decisions Saturday

Providence head coach Ed Cooley gave an update on his injured Friars during Thursday’s Big East media call. Cooley his players are still “hobbling and getting some treatment.” When asked to provide specific updates on Kyron Cartwright — who played against DePaul on Tuesday night after missing the second half against Creighton last Saturday — and Jalen Lindsey — who did not play against DePaul after injuring his hand at the end of the Creighton game — Cooley termed both players as game-time decisions.

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Providence Commits Among Updated Rivals Class of 2017 Top 150

Providence fans are probably still shaking off the cobwebs of a brutal loss at DePaul on Tuesday night. This news might help them recover. Rivals.com released their update Top 150 for the Class of 2017 on Wednesday and both of Providence’s committed big men made the cut. In fact, Nate Watson was well inside the Top 100. The Friars are one of the weakest teams in the Big East on the boards and adding the beefy Watson and 7-footer Dajour Dickens to the mix next season should help in that regard.

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Friars Lose: Providence 63, DePaul 64

Final Score
Providence 63
DePaul 64

Stat Leaders

Points Rebounds Assists
Providence Bullock: 18 Holt: 8 Cartwright: 7
DePaul Garrett, Jr: 14 McCallum: 8 Garrett, Jr: 5

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Game Notes & Preview: Providence (11-6, 1-3) at DePaul (7-9, 0-3) 1/10/17

Where: Allstate Arena – Rosemont, IL

When: 9:00pm EST

How: FS1 (Jeff Levering & Stephen Bardo)/Fox Sports GO (Where Available)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV

Game Notes

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WATCH: Postgame Press Conference vs (10) Creighton 1/7/17

Here’s the postgame press conference with Ed Cooley, Rodney Bullock and Emmitt Holy following the Friars’ 78-64 loss vs Creighton:

Here are some of Cooley’s thoughts:

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Friars Lose: (10) Creighton 78, Providence 64

Final Score
(10) Creighton 78
Providence 64
Leading Scorer Leading Rebounder
(10) Creighton Patton: 20 Patton: 6
Providence Holt: 17 Young: 9

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