Where: UD Arena – Dayton, OH
When: 9:10pm ET
How: truTV (Spero Dedes, Len Elmore & Steve Smith with Ros Gold-Onwude)/March Madness Live (Where Available)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/Westwood One (Ted Emrich and Austin Croshere)/FriarTV
Providence’s Kyron Cartwright, Rodney Bullock, Emmitt Holt and Jalen Lindsey will meet with the media from 1:35pm ET through 1:55pm ET. Ed Cooley is scheduled to meet with the media from 1:55pm ET through 2:15pm ET. Following this news conference the Friars will hold an open practice from 2:20pm ET through 3:00pm ET at UD Arena:
The Providence players are at 46:30. Cooley is at 1:06:20.
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| 1H | 2H | Final Score | |
| (6) Creighton | 27 | 43 | 70 |
| (3) Providence | 30 | 28 | 58 |
| Points | Rebounds | Assists | |
| Creighton | Thomas: 19 | Patton: 8 | Foster/Mintz/Thomas:2 |
| Providence | Cartwright: 15 | Cartwright/Lindsey:7 | Cartwright: 4 |
Continue reading Big East Tournament 2017, Friars Lose: (6) Creighton 70, (3) Providence 58
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
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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The postseason honors continue to roll in for Providence’s top two players. After both being named to the Big East Second Team on Sunday, Kyron Cartwright and Rodney Bullock were named to the U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-District I Team on Tuesday. In addition to being named to the All-District I team, Cartwright was named the District I Player of the Year. He becomes the third straight Providence player to be named District I Player of the Year and the sixth Friar all-time. The previous winners were Kris Dunn (2016, LaDontae Henton (2015), Jamine Peterson (2010), Ryan Gomes (2005) and Austin Croshere (1997).
Cartwright was also named the Big East’s Most Improved Player on Monday. District I is made up of colleges in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. The voters are USBWA members in each district. Full disclosure, I am a USBWA member and voter.
Here is the full list of Players of the Year and All-District teams released by USBWA:
Continue reading Kyron Cartwright & Rodney Bullock Named to USBWA All-District Team
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).
Continue reading Providence’s Kyron Cartwright is Big East’s Most Improved Player
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