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Ben Bentil is a Finalist for 2016 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award

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Ben Bentil was named a finalist for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award on Friday. He joins teammate Kris Dunn who is a finalist for another positional award presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame — the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award. Frank Kaminsky won the inaugural Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award. The other finalists are Domantas Sabonis (Gonzaga), A.J. Hammons (Purdue), Jakob Poeltl (Utah) and Joel Bolomboy (Weber State).

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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Announces 2014 Tip-Off Tournament Schedule

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We’ve known that Providence is playing in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off, sponsored by the MAAC conference, for their exempt tournament in the 2014-15 season for a while now. We even knew that the Friars would be playing Florida State and Notre Dame at Mohegan Sun. What we learned today from the press release is the dates of those games and PC’s campus site opponents. Also, the theory that PC would be playing UMass in the tournament as part of their home and home agreement turned out to not be accurate. Here is Providence’s schedule for this tournament:

November 17th – Binghampton @ Providence time TBA

November 20th – Navy @ Providence time TBA

November 22nd – Providence vs. Florida State 2:30pm at Mohegan Sun

November 23rd – Providence vs. Notre Dame 2:30pm at Mohegan Sun

Here is the full schedule:
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