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College basketball notes: Memphis will do just fine without Calipari
John Calipari may have left town but the NBA-level recruits are still flocking to Memphis. New coach Josh Pastner (a Coach Cal assistant) took over and kept chasing the same players Calipari wanted when he had the job. The results are nothing less than spectacular and will keep Memphis as the dominant Conference USA team for years.

Kevin McNamara: How about an all-R.I. college hoops tournament to start the season?
Dave Gavitt, as usual, had the creative idea in his mind before anyone else.

11/21/2009

College basketball journal: PC’s Brooks was solid, but turnovers costly

College basketball: Alabama 84, PC 75
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — With 90 seconds to the finish line, the Providence Friars had a vital upset win in their sights. Then disaster struck.

11/20/2009

College basketball: First road test for Friars comes against Alabama
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Vincent Council says he was all but weaned watching college basketball on television.

11/17/2009

Analysis: Offensive lineup a likely challenge for Friars all season long
PROVIDENCE — Monday was a welcome day of rest for the Providence College Friars.

11/15/2009

World Vision Invitational: Friars nearly cough it up, but hold on to beat Mercer
PROVIDENCE –– When the college basketball world looks up and sees that Providence College won the World Vision Invitational over the weekend with three expected wins, it will let out a collective yawn. If they only knew.

PC Journal: Brooks rolls ankle, says he’ll be ready for Alabama game
PROVIDENCE –– For the longest time on Sunday, it seemed as if Marshon Brooks was headed for the game of his dreams.

World Vision Invitational: PC struggles past Bucknell
PC shoots poorly and fails to find its fast gear, but young team pulls out victory

PC Journal: Friars not on schedule for Bryant next season
PROVIDENCE — After playing Providence College is its first two seasons as a Division I school, Bryant University is not going to face the Friars again in 2010-11.

11/14/2009

PC Friars open with a 96-53 blowout of Bryant
PROVIDENCE –– It was an opening slice of perfection Friday night for the Providence Friars.

PC Journal: Friars shooters blast away from distance
PROVIDENCE –– It’s only one game, but a pattern of quick-trigger, downtown bombing is emerging for the Providence Friars.

11/13/2009

PC Friars set to start season with three games in three days
PROVIDENCE — Ready or not, here come the new-look Friars.

Providence well into preparations for hosting March Madness
PC is host school for first- and second-round games, on March 18 and 20

11/12/2009

Providence College basketball preview: Davis is hoping patience, hard work pay off
In order to work up to speed quickly, Davis will lean heavily on the few returnees on his roster.

Brown basketball preview: Young Bears will see action early and often
PROVIDENCE — Although he’s entering his fourth season at Brown, coach Jesse Agel insists he’s still a ways away from building the type of program he dreams about.

11/10/2009

Rhode Island’s basketball teams in the midst of a lengthy NCAA Tournament drought
There will be good news – great news, in fact – this March when the NCAA Tournament makes its annual ascension to the top of the nation’s sporting consciousness.

11/07/2009

College basketball: PC cuts some ticket prices to $5
PROVIDENCE — With an eye toward Rhode Island’s struggling economy, Providence College has announced that it is offering $5 tickets for seven home games this season.

College basketball: Robinson bests Friars for N.J. recruit
Former Brown basketball coach Craig Robinson has swooped into New Jersey and squired away one of that state’s top prospects for his new program at Oregon State.

11/06/2009

College basketball: PC’s Peterson, Dixon itching to contribute
PROVIDENCE — As they sat and watched their Providence College basketball teammates all last season, Jamine Peterson and Bilal Dixon endured similar yet very different experiences.

11/04/2009

PC, Brown see benefits from deal with sports marketing firm
PROVIDENCE – In a state with surging unemployment and a declining corporate presence, you’d think selling college sports sponsorships would be a salesperson’s worst nightmare. Not quite.

11/03/2009

College basketball: St. Andrews guard Carter-Williams heading to Syracuse
BARRINGTON — While some of his friends and family members were telling him to take his time in weighing numerous college basketball scholarship offers, Michael Carter-Williams says he knew where he wanted to go to college all along.

11/01/2009

College basketball: PC Friars win exhibition opener, 97-74 over Merrimack
PROVIDENCE — In a season where so much curiosity is focused on fresh faces, it’s clear that the few remaining older Providence Friars will carry the day this coming season.

10/30/2009

College basketball: PC’s Alumni Hall to host exhibition kickoff

10/28/2009

College basketball: Newcomers expected to help Bryant, Brown teams
All too many times last season, first-year Bryant University basketball coach Tim O’Shea looked out on the floor and shrugged his shoulders at his team’s fatal flaw.

10/25/2009

A fresh start for McKenzie and Friars
PROVIDENCE — To say the 2008-09 season was a disappointment for Brian McKenzie would be an understatement.