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PC falls to St. Mary's, 81-75

7:49 PM Sun, Nov 30, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By Kevin McNamara Journal Staff ANAHEIM - St. Mary's built a 20-point halftime lead and then held off a strong run by Providence College......

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Friars Down 20 at half, 48-28

6:44 PM Sun, Nov 30, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

ANAHEIM - Defensive breakdowns and sloppy passing have combined to dig the Friars a 20-point hole at the half. St. Mary's is running away......

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PC-St. Mary's Set to go

5:47 PM Sun, Nov 30, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA ANAHEIM - The Friars are almost set to tip against St. Mary's College in their final game at the 76 Classic.......

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Wrapping up the Philly visit

12:51 AM Sun, Nov 30, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Paul Kenyon    Email

A few postmortems URI's participation in the Philly Hoop Group Classic: We'll start with the big picture, what the 78-65 loss to Villanova might......

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URI has positives and negatives heading into final

7:58 PM Sat, Nov 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Paul Kenyon    Email

Welcome to The Palestra for the championship final of the second annual Philly Hoop Group Classic. As was the case Friday night in the......

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Brown-Eastern Michigan game notes

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By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here to read the official game notes, from the Brown athletic department.......

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PC-St. Mary's game notes

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By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here to read the official game notes, from the PC athletic department.......

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PC Pulls Off Comeback, 67-62

11:49 PM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNamara ANAHEIM - The Friars have just escaped with a stirring comeback win, 67-62, over Charlotte in the second round of the......

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Things Getting Worse

10:50 PM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By Kevin McNamara ANAHEIM - It is 34-24 Charlotte at the half as the Friars' trip out West grows gloomier by the second. This......

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Friars up and running; trail early

10:24 PM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA ANAHEIM - The Friars and Charlotte 49ers have tipped off in Anaheim and PC is down early, 16-11. Jon Kale picked......

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PC falls, 72-56

12:30 AM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

ANAHEIM - The Providence Friars struggled all night and fell to Baylor, 72-56 in the first round of the 76 Classic tonight. PC shot......

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Ugly; PC down 36-22

12:21 AM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA ANAHEIM - Ugly. In a word, that is what the Friars looked like in their first half in the 76 Classic.......

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Arizona State over Charlotte, 84-56

11:25 PM Thu, Nov 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

Arizona State has run away from Charlotte, 84-56, in the 76 Classic. The Sun Devils now await the winner of the Providence-Baylor game which......

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76 Classic Up and Running

9:53 PM Thu, Nov 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer ANAHEIM - For the second time in six weeks and third time in five months, we are in......

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Projo SportsTalk with Paul Kenyon -- Streaking URI heads to Philly

1:16 PM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to see and hear our latest edition of projo SportsTalk with Paul Kenyon. Today we discuss the Rams' hot shooting......

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Projo SportsTalk with Kevin McNamara -- PC's challenges in Anaheim

9:57 AM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to see and hear our latest edition of projo SportsTalk with Kevin McNamara. Today we discuss what Providence gained from......

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Knicks complete trade, but Mobley's status unclear

9:23 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

NEW YORK (AP) -- The trade that sent Zach Randolph from New York to the Los Angeles Clippers was completed Tuesday, though Cuttino Mobley still......

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Brown-Army game notes

3:43 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here to read the official game notes from the Brown athletic department.......

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CBS to pick up Atlantic 10 final in 2010; campuses to host first-round games

3:34 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Atlantic 10 will move its men's basketball tournament championship game to CBS in 2010 and play first-round games at campus sites.......

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Report -- Cuttino Mobley sees heart specialist

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By Mike McDermott    Email

ESPN reported this morning that former University of Rhode Island star Cuttino Mobley, who was recently traded from the Los Angeles Clippers to the New......

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PC-Baylor game notes

9:25 AM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here to read the official game notes from the PC athletic department.......

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Jimmy Baron named A-10 player of the week

7:53 AM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island guard Jimmy Baron has been named the Atlantic 10 Conference player of the week after his 24-point performance......

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Monday BBall Roundup

10:31 AM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer Catching up on a few fronts while waiting for the Maui Classic to tip off... First, a big......

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PC routs Maine, 83-62

4:02 PM Sat, Nov 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

The Friars played their best half of the season in opening up a 18-point halftime lead and then tore away from Maine today at......

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PC Routs Sacred Heart, 111-87

10:13 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA PROVIDENCE - Live by the three, die by the three? Hopefully that is not the motto for the Providence Friars this......

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Projo SportsTalk with Paul Kenyon -- Buckle your seatbelts, Rhody fans, it's going to be a bumpy ride

1:13 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to see and hear our latest edition of projo SportsTalk with Paul Kenyon. Today we break down URI's unimpressive win......

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PC-Sacred Heart game notes

10:11 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here to read the official game notes from the PC athletic department.......

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PC Signs Lacy

8:23 PM Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer PROVIDENCE - Ryan Hurd, the coach at New England prep school power Notre Dame of Fitchburg, Mass., has......

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Johnnie Lacy to Sign with Friars

6:15 PM Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

The first recruiting class for Keno Davis received a pleasant final piece in the fall period when Milwaukee point guard Johnnie Lacy signed with......

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PC beat Dartmouth, 100-82

10:52 PM Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA The Friars didn't exactly show much defensive prowess but still had too much firepower for Dartmouth tonight at The Dunk and......

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PC wins going away, 100-82

9:11 PM Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

The Friars didn't play all that well and still ran away from Dartmouth tonight at The Dunk, 100-82. Keno Davis used his solid 8-man......

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PC-Dartmouth Getting Ready

6:38 PM Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

The Friars and Big Green of Dartmouth are getting ready to tip off at The Dunk. Not much to say about this one. The......

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Projo SportsTalk with Kevin McNamara -- How to rebound from the Northeastern loss

11:18 AM Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to see and hear our latest edition of projo SportsTalk with Kevin McNamara. Today we look back at the problems......

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Duke down two spots in AP poll -- URI gets 5 votes

1:39 PM Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Duke Blue Devils have moved down from eighth in the country to 10th after coming back in the final minutes to beat the University......

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PC-Dartmouth game notes

1:05 PM Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here for the game notes for Tuesday night's nonconference game at the Dunk, supplied by the PC athletic department.......

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Welcome to Cameron Indoor

3:40 PM Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Paul Kenyon    Email

It is an hour to game time for the URI-Duke contest and Cameron Indoor already is rocking. About half the student section is filled......

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Projo SportsTalk with Kevin McNamara: An audio preview of the 2008-09 PC Friars

1:41 PM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to see and hear this season's first edition of projo Sports Talk with Kevin McNamara. Today we talk about the......

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Projo SportsTalk with Paul Kenyon: An audio preview of the 2008-09 URI Rams

1:32 PM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to see and hear this season's first edition of projo Sports Talk with Paul Kenyon. Today we try to set......

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PC-Northeastern game notes

4:10 PM Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here for the game notes for Saturday night's nonconference game at the Dunk, supplied by the PC athletic department.......

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Transcript of Kevin McNamara's college hoops chat

1:26 PM Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Kevin McNamara: Hello everyone. Football season is just getting important but college basketball is beginning as well. It's a busy time here at The Journal......

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Transcript to Jim Baron's hoops chat

1:29 PM Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Mike McDermott    Email

Following is the full transcript of URI head coach Jim Baron's Nov. 12 hoops chat on projo.com. Remember that tomorrow -- Thursday, Nov. 13, at......

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Big East picks Marinatto to replace Tranghese

11:23 AM Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Erik Matuszewski Bloomberg John Marinatto was named as the successor to Big East Conference Commissioner Mike Tranghese, who is stepping down in June 2009 after......

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PC Recruit Colvin May Have an Answer

10:26 AM Mon, Nov 10, 2008 | | Comments (4)
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA High school and junior college basketball recruits can begin signing letters-of-intent on Wednesday. PC has five commits already for Keno Davis'......

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Weekend Hoops Bonanza

12:41 PM Sun, Nov 09, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer Spent the last 36 hours hitting three gyms and seeing lots of basketball. RIC at URI, St. Francis......

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Kale Sidelined by Refs

8:08 PM Sat, Nov 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

PROVIDENCE - PC senior Jonathan Kale is not playing tonight against Slippery Rock because the game's officials have not approved the soft cast he......

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PC-Slippery Rock exhibition game notes

3:19 PM Wed, Nov 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click on this link to read the official game notes from the PC athletic department. The game is at 7 Saturday night at the Dunkin'......

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PC's Keno Davis at McFadden's on Thursday for Tip Off party

1:38 PM Wed, Nov 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Providence College men's basketball coach Keno Davis will be at McFadden's, 52 Pine St., Providence, for a season tip-off party from 6 to 9 tomorrow......

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URI to play Concordia in exhibition game Monday night

5:52 PM Sun, Nov 02, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

The University of Rhode Island men's basketball team plays the first of its two exhibition games when it hosts Concordia University of Montreal Monday night......

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My Take: PC-Ottawa

11:35 AM Sun, Nov 02, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA PC 85, U of Ottawa 57 We'll be trying to provide an inside-the-ropes blog item after virtually every Friar game this......

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