Brackets have been announced and PC managed to avoid a first round play-in game by winning last night. Xavier did draw that fate and will take on NC State. The Friars are an 11 seed and will be playing the 6 seed North Carolina Tarheels. They are in the East region playing in San Antonio. Being in the East region is important because if you look WAY ahead, the Elite 8 in the East region will be played at Madison Square Garden. There are also potential matchups against Villanova or UConn down the line in that Elite 8. But obviously beating the 6 seeded Tarheels will be a massive undertaking. I’ll have a full review of UNC early in the week followed by a full game preview of this game on Wednesday or Thursday. Ed Cooley and the Friars are playing with house money at this point but that won’t change their motivation. This team is on a mission and they aren’t going to be happy just to have made the Big Dance, they want to make history.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 3/15/14
- FriarBasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Friars Bound for Title Game
- CoxSportsOnline.com – “You Can’t Be Tired Playing for a Championship”
- Projo – Kevin McNamara – PC fights past Seton Hall, 80-74, moves on to Big East title game vs. Creighton
- Projo – Kevin McNamara – `Buckets’ steps up under spotlight for Friars
- Projo – Bill Reynolds – Friars’ win should propel them to NCAA tourney
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#pcbb Links of the Day 3/8/14
- #pcbb Game Notes & Preview – PC @ Creighton 3/8/14
- SI.com – Brian Hamilton – Bryce Cotton not taking breathers in quest to get Providence back to NCAA tournament
- Woonsocket Call – Brendan McGair – Fit as a Fiddle: PC’s training staff deserves props for keeping shorthanded Friars healthy
- Projo – Bill Reynolds – Ed Cooley’s a class act, on and off the court
- GoLocal Prov – John Rooke: Thinking Out Loud
- The Sun Chronicle – Peter Gobis – PC’s Cooley making a case for Coach of the Year
- CBS Sports – Providence at Creighton Preview
- Cox Sports – Cooley and Cotton Preview Finale at Creighton
- CBS Sports – Jerry Palm – Bracketology: Looking ahead and who bubble teams should root for
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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 3/7/14
- The NEPSAC playoffs finished up last weekend and Providence targets played major roles in taking home trophies for their respective schools. Jalen Adams put the knife through the heart of the St. Andrew’s faithful for the 2nd year in a row when he put home this rebound to win the semifinal matchup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36ko9GubnZs
Cushing was able to take down Abdul Malik Abu and Kimball Union in the championship game behind Kaleb Joseph and Adams’ stellar play. Adams took home playoff MVP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESVHfK_Q4m8
For Brewster, Donovan Mitchell and Devonte Graham, both PC targets, were impressive during the playoffs and especially in clutch moments. Mitchell calmly nailed 4 consecutive free throws at the end of the championship game to defeat New Hampton and Graham was able to answer every time New Hampton appeared to be pulling away in the first half.
For recaps of the playoffs, FriarBasketball.com and NewEnglandRecruitingReport.com.
Brewster wasn’t done with the NEPSAC. They continued their winning ways taking down St. Thomas More to take home their 2nd National Prep Championship in 4 years. Adam Finkelstein had this to say about PC targets Graham, Mitchell and Reuter:
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#pcbb Game Previews – Marquette
- Game Notes & Preview: PC vs Marquette 3/4/14 #pcbb
- Cox Sports – PC Assistant Coach Brian Blaney Previews Marquette
- Woonsocket Call – Brendan McGair – Ten years later, Friars have a chance to atone for ’04 Pittsburgh game
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Michael Hunt – Marquette will face a determined Providence
- Projo – Kevin McNamara – Capsule Preview: PC men vs. Marquette
- WPRI – PC guard Bryce Cotton reflects on senior year
- Cox Sports – Daniel James – Excitement is back at the Dunk
Tickets are still available. Let’s make the Dunk a sellout on Senior Night!
For the Heart and Soul ticket package that includes a Heart and Soul shirt with a ticket for $40, click here.
For regular single game tickets, click here. For family plan options (4 tickets, 4 hot dogs, 4 soda for $40), click here.
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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 2/28/14
- The Providence staff was down in Nashville on Tuesday night, along with a few other high majors, to check in on Braxton Blackwell (2016) who plays for CPA which is Jalen Lindsey’s old squad. CPA won the game PC attended, the region semifinals, and Blackwell scored 31 points. On Wednesday night, they played the 6-AA region finals and won to improve to 32-2 on the season. Blackwell scored 15 points in the win and was named the All-Region MVP. The 6’8 215 lbs (SF) 17th ranked player in the class of 2016 according to ESPN holds offers from Auburn, Cincinnati, Florida, Indiana (attended Hoosier Hysteria this year), LSU, Memphis, Mississippi St, N.C. State, Providence, Tennessee, Vanderbilt (his HS coach played there), Virginia and Virginia Tech. He also has interest from Kentucky, Michigan State and North Carolina. This would be the most impressive get if Cooley could somehow pull this off. He is a consensus top 30 player in the class of 2016 and has no ties to Rhode Island like Jalen Lindsey so getting him from Nashville to Providence would be a huge coup. So far he has visited Louisville (1/2/13 coincidentally when they played PC), Vanderbilt (9/4/13, 2/5/14), Memphis (9/20/13), Indiana (10/4/13 for Hoosier Hysteria) and Auburn (11/30/13).
- The NEPSAC playoffs started on Wednesday and there are a lot of PC recruiting targets taking part in the action. Click here to see the names from Wednesday’s post. For results of Wednesday’s game click this link to the NERR.
- Paschal Chukwu and the Fairfield Prep Stags finished the regular season undefeated (20-0) after winning at home against Hamden last Saturday night. It was Senior Night for Prep and Chuwku went for 21 points in the win. The next step will be the playoffs starting tomorrow morning 11am at Branford HS against Notre Dame-West Haven. Fairfield Prep handled ND-WH both times they met during the regular season by 15 and 16 points respectively. In national recruiting news, ESPN’s Adam Finkelstein lists Chukwu as one of his “Five Prospects Who Project Long Term”. He had this to say:
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#pcbb Links of the Day 2/24/14
- #pcbb Rapid Reaction: Friars Hang On At Hinkle
- Projo – Kevin McNamara – PC holds off Butler for key road win, 87-81
- FriarBasketball.com – Craig Belhumeur – Rapid Reaction: PC Defeats Butler
- Friars Journal – Kevin McNamara – Solid effort from the foul line pays dividends
- Indy Star – Curt Cavin – Butler’s defense goes missing in defeat
- Friars.com – Men’s Basketball Wins At Butler, 87-81
- Woonsocket Call – Brendan McGair – Making a Point: Running the Friars has Cotton on NBA’s radar
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