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Big East Tournament 2017 Game Notes & Preview: (3) Providence (20-11, 10-8) vs (6) Creighton (23-8, 10-8) 3/9/17

Where: Madison Square Garden – New York, NY

When: 9:30pm EST

How: FS1 (Gus Johnson & Bill Raftery with Lisa Byington)/Fox Sports GO (Where Available)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV

Game Notes

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The Official pcbb1917.com 2017 Big East Postseason Awards

Awards season in college basketball is just heating up with the regular season less than a week old in the major conferences. The Big East announced their All-League teams on Sunday and some of their individual awards on Monday. The big awards will be announced at 4:30pm ET Wednesday at Madison Square Garden, which is a couple hours before the Big East Tournament tips off. Here are my official pcbb1917.com 2017 Big East Postseason Awards. Hold your applause till the end, please.

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Providence’s Kyron Cartwright is Big East’s Most Improved Player

For the second straight season the Providence Friars are home to the Big East’s Most Improved Player. Kyron Cartwright was chosen by the league’s coaches as the 2016-17 Big East Most Improved Player a day after being named a Second Team All-Big East performer in his junior season with the Friars. Cartwright is the fourth player in school history to win this award and he’s the third player coached by Ed Cooley to do so.  Previous winner include Ben Bentil (2016), Kadeem Batts (2013) and Herbert Hill (2007).

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#pcbb Links of the Day 3/4/17

 

Game Notes & Preview: Providence (19-11, 9-8) at St. John’s (13-17, 7-10) 3/4/17

Where: Madison Square Garden – New York, NY

When: 12:00pm EST

How: FS2 (Alex Faust & Tarik Turner)/Fox Sports GO (Where Available)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV

Game Notes

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Scout’s Updated Class of 2018 Top 100 Player Rankings Released

The updated player rankings from Scout.com continue and this week they updated their Class of 2018 rankings. Providence has a host of players on this list ranging from a local Providence native to a Canadian player attending school in Florida, not to mention some other local talent attending NEPSAC schools. The coaching staff at Providence has a clear connection in the mid-atlantic with Jeff Battle and Ivan Thomas spearheading connections there with both Boo Williams players and other area programs. Brian Blaney continues to canvass the New England prep basketball scene and Ed Cooley is everywhere. Here are players Providence is involved with on Scout’s latest Class of 2018 Top 100:

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Friars Win: DePaul 64, Providence 73

1H 2H Final Score
DePaul 23 41 64
Providence 34 39 73

Stat Leaders

Points Rebounds Assists
DePaul Cyrus/Gage: 12 McCallum: 7 Garrett: 6
Providence Cartwright/Holt: 14 Bullock/Diallo: Cartwright: 6

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