- ICYMI – Game Notes & Preview: Providence (7-2, 0-0) vs Massachusetts (6-2, 0-0) 12/10/16
- ICYMI – Opening Line: Providence -8.5 vs Massachusetts 12/10/16
- WEEI.com – John Rooke – Thinking Out Loud: Defense fuels Providence basketball’s early season success
- Listen to Thursday night’s Ed Cooley Radio Show, courtesy of FriarTV
- Washington Post – Mark Giannotto – Top basketball recruits converge on the Washington area this weekend
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Providence Lands Top Big Man Target in 2017
Ed Cooley should host a top recruit annually on his birthday. 2017 power forward Nate Watson got to Providence on the night of September 9th for his official visit and committed to Cooley and the Friars before heading home the night of September 10th: Cooley’s 47th birthday. The news was first reported by Adam Zagoria. “Coach told me he’d never lost a recruit on his birthday,” Watson told Kevin McNamara of the Providence Journal. Watson continued, “he jumped in his (swimming) pool when I gave him the word.” Cooley and his staff prioritized Watson since they offered him a scholarship back in early February, a few weeks before 2017 6’11 center Dajour Dickens committed to the Friars.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 12/15/15
- ICYMI – Thoughts from the Road: Bentil, Edwards Save Wounded Friars Against Bryant
- ICYMI – Weekly College Basketball Polls Update: December 14th
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara & Bill Koch – Pick and Pop College Hoops Podcast: Friars keep winning; tough loss for Rams
- Woonsocket Call – Brendan McGair – Friar Film Review: Push came to shove, Friars needed Bentil against Bryant
- BigEastCoastBias.com – Pierce Roberson – Big East Coast Bias Power Rankings: Xavier takes over the top spot
- Washington Post – Matthew Giles – Big 12, Big East are deep, deadly and ready to dominate college basketball
- Yahoo.com – Jeff Eisenberg – Best and worst of the first quarter of the college hoops season
- SB Nation College Hockey – Jeff Cox – Friars Only Undefeated Team Left in Division I
#pcbb Links of the Day 12/8/15
- ICYMI – Thoughts from the Road: All-Time Classic Game for Friars and Rams
- ICYMI – Weekly College Basketball Polls Update: December 7th
- ICYMI – Ben Bentil Named to Big East Weekly Honor Roll
- ICYMI – Providence College Announces Partnership with City’s Recreation Department for Junior Friars Program
- ICYMI – Providence’s Game Against Boston College In Jeopardy Because of Chipotle?
- BigEastCoastBias.com – Christopher Novak – Ben Bentil wins the Big East Coast Bias Player of the Week award
- Washington Post – Matthew Giles – Five budding college hoops stars that can carry their teams to March Madness glory
- CBSSports.com – Jon Rothstein – Observations: Bobby Hurley has Arizona State on right track
- Forbes.com – Jason Belzer – The Most Powerful People In College Sports
- Video of Ed Cooley from Monday’s media availability, courtesy of Brendan McGair:
Preseason Bracketology All the Rage This Week
After 7 months of “way too early” preseason projections it’s now pretty timely to be making preseason projections — if for no other reason than the preseason ends tonight. This week has seen lots of different publications come out with their preseason bracketology — something that people might argue is still way too early — and there has been a bit of a dichotomy about where Providence stands in regards to the NCAA Tournament following the 2015-16 season. It appears that dichotomy stands between the human based projections and those generated by data and computer programs.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 11/11/15
- ICYMI – Providence Recruiting Update: White Signing Wednesday, Bennett’s Favorite
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – Fitting the Pieces Together: Inexperienced and flawed roster to test PC Friars
- FoxSports.com – Lenn Robbins – Big East previews: Kris Dunn is back, now can he make Providence better?
- Washington Post – Matthew Giles – LSU super freshman Ben Simmons, Providence PG Kris Dunn top 2016’s best NBA draft prospects
- TodaysU.com – Dan Stack – Today’s U 2015-16 Big East Basketball Preview
- https://twitter.com/KevinMcNamara33/status/664145501852446720
#pcbb Links of the Day 6/17/15
- ICYMI – Providence Recruiting Update: Class of 2017 Phones Ringing
- Cox Hub – New England Recruiting Report – Who is Quadree Smith? Scouting Providence’s Newest Commit
- Washington Post – Mark Giannotto – Quadree Smith’s long basketball journey ends with late commitment to Providence
- FriarBasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Live from Hanover: Mass Rivals at ZG Finals
