Tag: Providence Friars
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As the Friars move into December and get ready for their first road game of the season, against a better-than-expected Oklahoma Sooners team, I wanted to take a look at what makes the Friars unique this season. We learn each year that teams develop their own personality and mentality, and this year is no different.…
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Coming off a lackluster performance right after Thanksgiving against Lehigh one of the big positives coming from that game was the return to form of Bryce Hopkins. Hopkins hadn’t been bad prior to that game, but he hadn’t had the breakout performance that might be expected of a player that was picked as a preseason…
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The practice of adjusting offensive and defensive performance to opponent strength was popularized by basketball statistician Dean Oliver in his 2002 book, Basketball on Paper. Now an assistant coach with the Washington Wizards, Oliver exclusively analyzed the NBA. But his method was actually better suited to college basketball, which struggles to characterize itself due to…
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Line Score Team 1st Half 2nd Half Total Wagner 20 32 52 Providence 38 48 86 Stat Leaders Category Wagner Providence Points Melvin Council, Jr. – 17 Ticket Gaines – 21 Rebounds Javier Ezquerra – 7 Devin Carter – 13 Assists Seck Zongo – 2 Devin Carter – 6 Game Recap
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📅 Date & Time: Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. 📍 Venue: Amica Mutual Pavilion, Providence, R.I. 📺 Broadcast: FS1 with Josh Sims and Nick Bahe (Fox Sports App); Radio with John Rooke and Joe Hassett on WPRO-99.7 FM/630 AM (The Varsity Network App & YouTube); FriarTV 🤑 Opening Line: Providence -22, Over/Under 121
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Since we are in the final week of the first month of the college basketball season, I wanted to take a look at the Big East conference, and how the additions throughout the conference from the transfer portal have fared so far. There is an inherent understanding that the season is still young, teams are…
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Bryce Hopkins…come on down! After a trip to the Bahamas it looked like Providence needed a vacation from the vacation as they came out in their one game last week on Friday against Lehigh as sluggish and lacking the intensity we’ve seen through their first 5 games. Maybe it was a day after Thanksgiving sluggishness,…
