- ICYMI – Providence Continues to Make Late Night Madness a Big-time Event in Friartown
- ICYMI – Ed Cooley One of Five New Appointees to NABC Board of Directors
- Bleacher Report – Kerry Miller – College Basketball Players Tasked with Replacing Last Year’s Biggest Stars
- Providence Mini Plans are now on sale for the 2016-17 basketball season. Click here to see the various plans.
- FairfieldStags.com – Johnson, Cooley, Rothstein Comprise College Basketball All-Access Panel
- Friars.com – Cross Country Moves Up In National Poll, Women Ranked 2nd
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Providence Continues to Make Late Night Madness a Big-time Event in Friartown
Two years ago I wrote an article titled “Why Providence’s Late Night Madness is Important.” I typed up that article after attending the 2014 event in Mullaney Gym that featured Jalen Rose as emcee and a performance by Big Sean. While some of my readers may not know who Big Sean is, the students and recruits who attended the event that year certainly did. Late Night Madness has been happening at Providence since Rick Pitino brought it to Friartown in 1985. The event had become quite stale in recent years with local artists who were not well-known by most people — let alone the students or recruits — being the main non-basketball entertainment, alongside the dance routines of various campus clubs and organizations. For lack of a better term, Late Night Madness at Providence had become small-time.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 9/14/16
- ICYMI – 2016-17 Big East Schedule is Out, Friars Open on the Road for Second Straight Season
- ICYMI – Big East Announces MLK Day Hoops Marathon for 2016-17 Season
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – Big East schedule released, Friars open with two road games
- WEEI.com – John Rooke – Providence to Open Big East at Xavier
- NCAA.com – Joe Boozell – Big East basketball schedule: Five games to watch in 2016-17
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – With NCAA pulling tourney out of NC, the Dunk hopes to offer a new home
- BigEastCoastBias.com – Chris Novak – Introducing the Providence All-Half Decade Team Ballot
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2016-17 Big East Schedule is Out, Friars Open on the Road for Second Straight Season
The Big East released their conference slate on Tuesday and they will have a second straight year with no true 5-game marathon on December 31st. Instead, the Big East will have a marathon of games on Martin Luther King, Jr Day on January 16th, the league announced on Monday afternoon. This is likely to avoid competing with the college football playoff that currently dominates viewership on New Year’s Eve. The NBA does have some marquee matchups on MLK Day in 2016-17, however.
The schedule also includes year 2 of the annual Gavitt Tipoff Games against foes from the Big Ten, which Providence will compete in on the road at Ohio State after taking on Illinois at home last season. All 90 league games will again be on national television with 9 games will be played on FOX, in addition to 3 non-league games featuring Big East teams being played on the broadcast network. The league’s deal with CBS continues with 2 games being played on CBS and 18 on CBS Sports Network with 15 of those 18 being league contests. Providence opens on the road for the second straight season when they will travel to the Cintas Center to take on the Xavier Musketeers. The Friars will welcome the defending national champion Villanova Wildcats to the Dunkin’ Donuts Center on February 1st and PC will look for their first ever road win at Marquette on January 28th, among some notable contests. Here is Providence’s 2016-17 Big East schedule:
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Ed Cooley Underwent Back Surgery on Monday
Providence fans are all very familiar with Ed Cooley’s dramatic physical transformation after dropping over 100 pounds following a weight-reduction surgery in July of 2012. Friar fans will also recall Cooley’s issues with vertigo and dehydration that flared up in both the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. On Monday, Cooley underwent back surgery because of pain caused by a herniated disc. The news was first reported by Matt Norlander of CBSSports.com.
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2017 Guard Schedules Official Visit with Providence
The search for size has dominated much of this recruiting cycle for Providence as they have tried to replace the transfer of Paschal Chukwu and the decision by Ben Bentil to stay in the 2016 NBA Draft. Ed Cooley grabbing a commitment from Canadian big man Kalif Young to finish off the Class of 2016 helped and Cooley also has Virginia 7-footer Dajour Dickens committed in the Class of 2017. Big men are certainly a focus, but Cooley has also kept a keen eye or two on Makai Ashton-Langford along the way. Cooley and his staff have attended plenty of Cushing Academy and Mass Rivals games over the last couple years and the lead guard has noticed. It isn’t news that Ashton-Langford has preferred three particular schools throughout this process but on Sunday his Mass Rivals coach, Vin Pastore, confirmed that all three of those schools will get official visits from him in September, as reported by Evan Daniels of Scout.com.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 7/20/16
- ICYMI – Providence Among 2017 Nate Watson’s Final Seven Schools
- Friars.com – Former Friar Kris Dunn Nominated For Boston Globe Globie Award
- LamarMatic.com – Reinis Lacis – The Handle Podcast – Joe Hassett: 07/15/16
- Zagsblog.com – Adam Zagoria – 2017 Wing Christian David Cuts to 5
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