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General News

The Other Shoe Dropped Against USC, Future Remains Bright in Friartown

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Obviously the result of this game wasn’t what Providence fans wanted. The 15 point halftime lead never truly felt comfortable. That’s a product of watching plenty of Providence games over the years that has fans always waiting for the other shoe to drop. Usually that other shoe is a player transferring or an injury or a coach leaving that cripples the program in the short term and sometimes even the long term.

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Postgame Press Conference

NCAA Tournament 2017 Postgame Press Conference: Providence

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Here’s the postgame press conference after Providence’s 75-71 loss to USC in the First Four of the NCAA Tournament:

Providence (Ed Cooley, Jalen Lindsey, Emmitt Holt)

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Game Previews & Recaps

NCAA Tournament 2017, Friars Lose: (11) USC 75, (11) Providence 71

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1H 2H Final Score
(11) USC  29 46 75
(11) Providence  44  27  71

Stat Leaders

Points Rebounds Assists
USC Boatwright: 24 McLaughlin: 10 McLaughlin: 4
Providence Holt: 18 Holt: 11 Cartwright: 7

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Alumni Events

Providence Gatherings and Gamewatches: 2017 NCAA Tournament First Four Edition

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In Dayton for the NCAA Tournament and looking for a place to meet up with other Providence fans before tonight’s game? Providence Athletics is hosting a pre-game meet-up and team send-off at the team hotel:

Pre-Game reception at Tradewinds Room of the Dayton Marriott

Friartown is coming to Dayton, OH. All alumni, fans and friends are invited to join the Friars at the Dayton Marriott for a pre-game reception in the Tradewinds room of the hotel located on the main level.

The pre-game reception will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and is complimentary. Food and a cash bar will be available.  Following the reception, all fans are invited to join the PC Pep Band and Cheerleaders in the lobby of the hotel as we send the team off to the arena at 7 p.m.

Dayton Marriott

Tradewinds Room
1414 S. Patterson Blvd.
Dayton, OH

Here’s how you can watch the game with other Friar fans around the country:

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Friartown Fan Voice Podcast

Friartown Fan Voice Podcast – NCAA Tournament 2017 First Four Preview Edition

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The Friartown Fan Voice podcast returns to preview Providence’s NCAA Tournament First Four matchup with USC in Dayton. I was again joined by Brendan McGair of the Pawtucket Times. Zach Helfand of the Los Angeles Times joined to give us some insight on USC’s team and season and then we discussed the coaching job Ed Cooley did this season to get the 2016-17 team from 9th in the preseason Big East coaches poll to a fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance.

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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Game Previews & Recaps, NCAA Tournament

NCAA Tournament First Four 2017 Game Notes & Preview: (11) Providence (20-12, 10-8) vs (11) USC (24-9, 10-8) 3/15/17

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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

Game Notes

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Ed Cooley, Emmitt Holt, Jalen Lindsey, Kyron Cartwright, NCAA Tournament, Player News, Rodney Bullock

WATCH: Providence News Conference in Dayton

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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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