Georgetown Hires Providence’s Ed Cooley as Men’s Basketball Coach The Hoyas fired Patrick Ewing after their season ended. Sports Illustrated · Mar 20, 2023
The streak is over. Kentucky beats Providence for first NCAA Tournament win in four years. GREENSBORO, N.C. — For the first time in four years, Kentucky has won an NCAA Tournament game. Tribune News Service · Mar 18, 2023
John Clay: Saint Peter’s flashbacks linger as Kentucky basketball begins NCAA Tournament play LEXINGTON, Ky. — One year ago in an elevator at the Hyatt Place Hotel in Indianapolis, Mark Story and I were debating whether what he had just witnessed — No. 2 seed Kentucky’s shocking loss to No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s — qualified as the worst NCAA Tournament defeat in… Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2023
John Clay: Providence’s Bryce Hopkins is a nightmare waiting to happen for Big Blue Nation It’s the worst-case scenario. For the second straight year, Kentucky suffers a first-round knockout in the NCAA Tournament. Last year, Saint Peter’s. This year, Bryce Hopkins. Tribune News Service · Mar 14, 2023
UConn men hold on to beat Providence 73-66 in Big East quarterfinal after nearly blowing 26-point lead NEW YORK –The UConn men’s basketball team went from looking like it was on the verge of a 30-point blowout win over Providence in Thursday’s Big East Tournament quarterfinal to looking like it was about to suffer one of the largest comebacks in tournament history in a matter of minutes. Tribune News Service · Mar 9, 2023
Bracket Watch: Who Needs a Conference Championship the Most The race for No. 1 seeds heats up while bubble teams make one final push ahead of the Big Dance. Sports Illustrated · Mar 8, 2023
UConn hits stride in second half, speeds past Providence, 87-69 STORRS, Conn. — While a light snowfall graced the UConn campus on Wednesday evening, there was a blizzard taking place inside Gampel Pavilion. Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023
After Providence loss, Villanova’s NCAA Tournament aspirations are looking even more bleak PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Another litmus test for Villanova was here in a season that has had plenty of them. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Feb 19, 2023
Creighton at Providence Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview Creighton at Providence preview, prediction, and breakdown for the college basketball game on Tuesday, February 14 USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 13, 2023
Providence vs. Marquette, live stream, TV channel, time, odds, how to watch college basketball The 20th-ranked Marquette Golden Eagles will host the 22nd-ranked Providence Friars in a Big East college basketball matchup. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 19, 2023
Dom Amore: Tap the brakes on March Madness, UConn men dealing with a January crisis of confidence So here we thought words like “embarrassing” and “outtoughed” were a thing of the past for the UConn men’s basketball team. The Huskies, after 14 games, were lost in a giddy world of analytics and win probabilities and their nation of followers was preoccupied with the AP poll. Tribune News Service · Jan 6, 2023
No. 4 UConn has no answer for Bryce Hopkins and Providence; loses second straight, 73-61 PROVIDENCE, R.I. —Providence forward Bryce Hopkins was fouled on a fast break with the Friars leading UConn by nine points in the second half of Wednesday’s game at Amica Mutual Pavilion. As he stood at the free throw line, a packed-house of about 14,000 remained on its feet, where a… Tribune News Service · Jan 5, 2023
Evan Jackson’s emerging three-point shot helps De La Salle take down Fenwick De La Salle senior Evan Jackson was a force in the post last season, but he knows that isn’t what colleges want to see. Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 2, 2022
Talented, young Morgan Park takes down Fenwick, advances to second round in Class 5A Sophomore quarterback Marcus Thaxton and junior receiver Chris Durr Jr. connected on both of the Mustangs’ touchdowns. Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 30, 2022
Sports Illustrated · Oct 11, 2022 Padres-Dodgers Preview: Three Things That Will Decide the NLDS San Diego comes in as an underdog against the winningest team in MLB, but it’ll look to compete with Los Angeles’s elite pitching trio as it did vs. the Mets.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 4, 2022 Celtics reportedly signing undrafted Providence guard AJ Reeves to Las Vegas Summer League roster Reeves is a native of Roxbury.
Sports Illustrated · Jun 7, 2022 Taylor Swift Responds to Providence Using Her Song As Team Anthem Swifties and Friars unite—you belong with each other.
Tribune News Service · Mar 26, 2022 Vahe Gregorian: Next up for Kansas is Bill Self's greatest nemesis: The Elite Eight CHICAGO — Even on a night Kansas couldn't shoot straight (22 of 56) or generate fast-break points (six) and got two rebounds from big man David McCormack and five points from All-American Ochai Agbaji, the Jayhawks had so stifled Providence that the Friars appeared to be reeling to the verge…
Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 24, 2022 NCAA Midwest: all you need to know about Kansas, Providence, Miami and Iowa State It’s Jayhawks-Friars followed by Hurricanes-Cyclones in Friday’s Sweet 16 matchups at the United Center.
Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2022 Kansas’ Bill Self not buying into theory that Jayhawks’ Sweet 16 foe has been lucky CHICAGO — Analytics guru Ken Pomeroy provided Providence College’s men’s basketball team a rallying cry recently when his metrics deemed coach Ed Cooley’s Friars the “luckiest” of the NCAA’s 358 Division I programs.
Tribune News Service · Mar 20, 2022 'We want Kansas': Providence fans confident about Sweet 16 game after routing Richmond Providence College's exuberant, ultra-enthusiastic basketball fans chanted, "We want Kansas!" in the closing moments of the No. 4-seeded Friars' 79-51 victory over No. 12 seed Richmond on Saturday at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 16, 2022 Upset Picks, Last-Minute Advice and Other Fearless March Madness Predictions One day before the men’s Big Dance begins, our experts share their takes on this year’s popular underdogs.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 15, 2022 Which Men’s Top Seeds Are at Risk of an Early March Madness Exit? Could Auburn, Baylor and others have a short men’s NCAA tournament stay?
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Feb 28, 2022 Mike Jensen: Q and A on Villanova, the Big East, and fairness Is it fair? That’s a central question involving Villanova these days on all sorts of basketball fronts. Let’s offer some answers and some opinions. Warning: ‘Nova fans won’t like all the answers or opinions.
Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2022 Tracy Morgan to be first Black recipient of Friars Club’s Entertainment Icon Award NEW YORK — Tracy Morgan is making Friars Club history.