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NCAA Tournament -- Vegas makes Carolina a heavy favorite

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Erik Matuszewski Bloomberg The University of North Carolina returns to the Final Four of the men's college basketball tournament as a heavy favorite to......

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AP names All-America team

12:49 PM Mon, Mar 30, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Sophomore Blake Griffin of Oklahoma is a unanimous selection for The Associated Press' All-America team, and senior Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina is on the......

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Local bracketologist Joe Jamroz had a rough night

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By Mike McDermott    Email

It appears that the celebrity run for Johnston's Joe Jamroz has come to an end. The retired letter carrier emerged after last weekend's NCAA Tournament......

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Pitt was determined to take control of the glass after halftime

11:06 PM Thu, Mar 26, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA BOSTON - The halftime speech in the Pittsburgh locker room Thursday night was a fairly simple one: protect the glass. Xavier put......

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Alex Kellogg to Leave PC

3:31 PM Thu, Mar 26, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA PROVIDENCE - Alex Kellogg, a little-used forward on the Providence College basketball team, has opted to leave the program. He is......

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Wrap From Boston

2:58 PM Wed, Mar 25, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA BOSTON - The media availability has wrapped up here in Boston. There are four high profile programs and coaches in town......

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NCAAs in Boston -- Xavier has transcended the A-10

1:26 PM Wed, Mar 25, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA BOSTON - The media sessions for the Eastern Regional in Boston have begun. Xavier coach Sean Miller and a few of......

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Yahoo! report accuses UConn of NCAA rules violations

8:45 AM Wed, Mar 25, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The University of Connecticut violated NCAA rules by knowing about but not preventing a professional sports agent who once worked for UConn from providing lodging,......

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A-10 to stay in Atlantic City

10:22 AM Tue, Mar 24, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Paul Kenyon    Email

The Atlantic 10 basketball tournament is staying in Atlantic City for at least three more years. College Chalktalk, the website that has become the......

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Little Guys Win Big

2:25 PM Sat, Mar 21, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Jim Donaldson    Email

Sanity in the midst of March Madness . . . You think you'll ever see Wake Forest go to Cleveland to take on Cleveland......

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Why Do We Have To Watch Duke?

10:13 PM Thu, Mar 19, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Jim Donaldson    Email

Sanity in the midst of March Madness . . . So, having taken a break from basketball for a couple of hours -- yes,......

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Final: Penn State 83, URI 72

9:08 PM Thu, Mar 19, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

The University of Rhode Island's season came to an end in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament, as the Rams suffered an 83-72......

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Bye-bye Butler

3:13 PM Thu, Mar 19, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Jim Donaldson    Email

Sanity in the midst of March Madness . . . DIdn't like Horizon League regular-season champ Butler's chances against LSU, whose 13-3 conference record......

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Memphis as No. 2 seed

2:52 PM Thu, Mar 19, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Jim Donaldson    Email

Sanity in the midst of March Madness . . . Remember how Memphis was miffed at having to settle for a second seed while......

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How Not To Get Respect

2:39 PM Thu, Mar 19, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Jim Donaldson    Email

Sanity in the midst of March Madness . . . Brigham Young has won three straight Mountain West Conference regular season titles. With this......

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PC Done For the Year, 78-66

9:03 PM Wed, Mar 18, 2009 | | Comments (4)
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer PROVIDENCE - The end has finally come for this group of Friar seniors. With the season on the......

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Final: Miami 78, PC 66

9:02 PM Wed, Mar 18, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Providence College's season came to an end Wednesday night with a 78-66 loss to Miami at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in the first round of......

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Final: Miami 78, PC 66

9:02 PM Wed, Mar 18, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Providence College's season came to an end Wednesday night with a 78-66 loss to Miami at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in the first round of......

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PC Down at half, 33-28

7:49 PM Wed, Mar 18, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA PROVIDENCE - The Miami Hurricanes are up at the half, 33-28. The Canes are bigger and more physical than the Friars......

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PC-Miami in NIT

6:51 PM Wed, Mar 18, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

PROVIDENCE - The Friars and Miami Hurricanes are getting set to tip off their NIT game at the Dunkin' Donuts Center. There is no......

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URI-Penn State to be televised

4:11 PM Wed, Mar 18, 2009 | | Comments (2)
By Paul Kenyon    Email

Rhode Island's college basketball fans will have still another game to watch on television tomorrow night _ the Rhode Island-Penn State second-round NIT game......

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Obama picks North Carolina; see the president's full bracket

12:11 PM Wed, Mar 18, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

President Obama picks North Carolina to defeat Louisville in the national championship game. ESPN just showed the nation's most prominent college hoops fan going through......

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Projo SportsTalk -- McNamara on a great first-round NIT matchup

11:21 AM Wed, Mar 18, 2009 | | 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. Kevin talks about the quality of both......

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URI will get rematch with Penn State

10:26 PM Tue, Mar 17, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Rhode Island Rams will travel Thursday night to State College, Pa., for the second-round of the NIT to face the Penn State Nittany Lions,......

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Final: URI 68, Niagara 62

9:08 PM Tue, Mar 17, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

The University of Rhode Island won its NIT opener Tuesday night, defeating Niagara, 68-62. Read the box score here. More to come . . .......

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Seawright shows the way as URI advances in NIT

8:47 PM Tue, Mar 17, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Senior Kahiem Seawright helped ensure that his college career will continue for at least one more game, as he scored 18 of his 23 points......

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URI, struggling to score, trails Niagara by 4 at halftime

7:39 PM Tue, Mar 17, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

It's been an ugly, sloppy half for the URI Rams at Niagara, where Jim Baron's team is playing tonight in the first round of the......

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Miami coach faces questions, but they're not about PC

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By Mike McDermott    Email

Frank Haith, head coach of the University of Miami, faced reporters yesterday, but his opening statement had nothing to do with his team's game in......

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PC-Miami game notes

8:53 AM Tue, Mar 17, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

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

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URI game to be on Cox

3:46 PM Mon, Mar 16, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Paul Kenyon    Email

URI basketball fans in Rhode Island will be able to see the Rams' opening round game in the NIT tomorrow night. Officials of Cox......

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Breaking news: PC to host Miami, URI travels to Niagara in NIT

9:00 PM Sun, Mar 15, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Both Providence College and the University of Rhode Island have secured invitations to the National Invitation Tournament. PC will host Miami in a first-round game......

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Greatest Game Ever?

10:31 AM Fri, Mar 13, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Jim Donaldson    Email

I tuned in for the final two minutes. Or at least what I thought were going to be the final two minutes. It turned......

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Final: Duquesne 78, URI 74

8:29 PM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | | Comments (2)
By Art Martone    Email

The University of Rhode Island was eliminated from the Atlantic 10 Tournament, and most likely saw its chances for an NCAA Tournament berth evaporate as......

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Cardiac Rhody

7:56 PM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

After playing three straight games to end the regular season that were decided by one or two points, Rhode Island is at it again. In......

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Duquesne leads by 3 with 12 minutes left

7:44 PM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Rhode Island Rams are in a fight for their Atlantic 10 Tournament lives, and although they fought back from a seven-point second half deficit......

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URI down two at the half

7:23 PM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Paul Kenyon    Email

We're here. And now we have internet service. Finally. Sorry for not touching base earlier with the URI-Duquesne game, but for the second night......

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Projo SportsTalk -- McNamara's PC-Louisville postmortem

4:19 PM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | | 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. Kevin talks about today's game against Louisville......

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It's over -- Louisville eliminates Providence

2:02 PM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

The PC Friars have lost to the Louisville Cardinals, 73-55, in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament. The result probably ends PC's NCAA Tournament......

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Louisville back out to a 15-point lead

1:37 PM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

After cutting the Louisville lead to six points in the first five minutes of the second half, the PC Friars have not been able to......

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Photo -- Fighting it out at MSG

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By Mike McDermott    Email

AP photo / Frank Franklin II Samardo Samuels of Louisville and Weyinmi Efejuku of Providence fight for the ball. Louisville leads, 45-36, with 11:57......

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PC looks much better to start the second half

1:15 PM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The offense is more patient, and the turnovers are going from white to black instead of the other way around. In the first five minutes......

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PC Hanging in at half, down 34-24

12:52 PM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA NEW YORK - The Louisville Cardinals have had the Friars on the ropes throughout a sloppy first half yet only lead......

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Fighting Friars

12:41 PM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

It's been a tough half for Providence, but they're hanging around. After being down by as many as 16 points, PC has trimmed seven points......

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PC has 10 turnovers already

12:33 PM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Louisville 21, PC 10. The Friars can't hold on to the ball, and they can't stop Samardo Samuels. PC has 10 turnovers with 7:20 remaining......

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It's not pretty for PC in the early going

12:18 PM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Friars are looking pretty ragged just eight minutes into this one. Louisville has a 17-7 lead and PC is having a hard time keeping......

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Louisville turns up the heat immediately

12:10 PM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Louisville Cardinals have jumped out to a 10-3 lead in Madison Square Garden, and they are demonstrating why they are one of the best......

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PC gets its chance -- Do you believe in David?

11:08 AM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA NEW YORK - Do you believe in David vs. Goliath? For much of its history, Providence College's basketball program has lived......

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Projo SportsTalk -- Paul Kenyon previews URI-Duquesne

11:06 AM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | | 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. Paul gives his impressions of last night's......

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In Louisville, Pitino called underappreciated

11:00 AM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Louisville Courier-Journal's Rick Bozich looks at head coach Rick Pitino and sees someone who has had so much success, he is taken for granted.......

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Big East close to contract extension with Madison Square Garden

9:51 AM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

March 12 (Bloomberg) - The Big East is sticking around the Big Apple. The college sports conference and Madison Square Garden are close to a......

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PC-Louisville game notes

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By Mike McDermott    Email

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

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URI will face Duquesne

8:39 PM Wed, Mar 11, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Duquesne Dukes have beaten the Massachusetts Minutemen, 91-81, in the first round of the Atlantic 10 tournament, setting up a date with Rhode Island......

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Projo SportsTalk -- McNamara previews PC-Louisville

4:10 PM Wed, Mar 11, 2009 | | 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. Kevin reviews today's game against DePaul and......

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PC Wins, 83-74

2:11 PM Wed, Mar 11, 2009 | | Comments (2)
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEV IN McNAMARA NEW YORK - It wasn't easy and it certainly was not pretty but the Providence Friars have won their first......

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PC on big run, leads by 8 with 3:36 left

1:57 PM Wed, Mar 11, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Well, maybe they'll dodge the bullet. The Friars are on a 14-1 run in New York and have their biggest lead of the game, 70-62,......

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Xavier puts Friars back on top

1:53 PM Wed, Mar 11, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Jeff Xavier hit a 3-point shot from the corner to give the PC Friars a 64-62 lead with 4:50 remaining. It's the Friars first lead......

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Things seem to be unraveling for the Friars

1:38 PM Wed, Mar 11, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

There's a timeout on the floor at Madison Square Garden, with 8:48 left, and the DePaul Blue Demons lead, 60-55, following a technical foul on......

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DePaul hanging tough, has it tied with 14 minutes left

1:20 PM Wed, Mar 11, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The PC Friars and the DePaul Blue Demons are tied at 45 with 13:59 left in their Big East Tournament game. Sharaud Curry, who had......

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A Classic Half at the Garden

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By Kevin McNamara    Email

AP photo at right -- DePaul's Mac Koshwal sends Geoff McDermott to the floor with a hard foul in the first half. By Kevin McNamara......

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PC takes 1-point lead at halftime

12:50 PM Wed, Mar 11, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Sharaud Curry banked home a 3-pointer with less than five seconds remaining to give the Friars a 32-31 halftime lead against DePaul at Madison Square......

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Pressure helps

12:38 PM Wed, Mar 11, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

After falling behind by nine points, PC turned up the pressure on DePaul, and the Friars came up with three straight steals, along with eight......

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Ugly start for the Friars

12:29 PM Wed, Mar 11, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

As Kevin McNamara noted, PC hoped to have a fairly smooth afternoon today against the DePaul Blue Demons. It ain't happening. With 7:45 left in......

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Early Wake-up For Friars

11:32 AM Wed, Mar 11, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA NEW YORK - Welcome to the Big East Tournament, matinee style. The wakeup calls were early, real early for Jeff Xavier......

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Thabeet, Blair Share POY Honors

5:51 PM Tue, Mar 10, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

NEW YORK - UConn's Hasheem Thabeet and Pittsburgh's DeJuan Blair have been named the Big East's co-Players of the Year tonight. Villanova's Jay Wright......

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PC's Ejejuku, Rhody's Baron honored

5:07 PM Tue, Mar 10, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

The U.S. Basketball Writer's Association has just announced its all-district teams. In District 1, which is New England, PC's Weyinmi Efejuku and URI's Jimmy......

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Bigger is Working for Big East

4:52 PM Tue, Mar 10, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA NEW YORK - Many people around the Big East were not happy that the league's presidents voted to expand the conference's......

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Projo SportsTalk -- McNamara on PC vs. DePaul

4:15 PM Tue, Mar 10, 2009 | | 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. Kevin, who watched DePaul upset Cincinnati today......

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PC Gets DePaul

2:25 PM Tue, Mar 10, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA NEW YORK - Surprise, surprise. DePaul has just shocked Cincinnati, opening the Big East Tournament with a 67-57 victory. The Blue Demons......

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National champions usually win their conference tournaments, too

11:24 AM Tue, Mar 10, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

While conference tournaments are sometimes derided because they can punish teams that excelled in the regular season, they have been meaningful in recent years in......

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Garrick resigns as women's hoops coach at URI

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By Mike McDermott    Email

Tom Garrick, the former URI basketball star from West Warwick, has resigned after six seasons as coach of the Rams' women's basketball team. Garrick, whose......

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Bubbling Over

6:32 PM Mon, Mar 09, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Jim Donaldson    Email

Bouncing around a bit before the balls start bouncing at Madison Square Garden and Boardwalk Hall . . . In a better world, every......

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Full transcript to hoops chat with Paul Kenyon and Kevin McNamara

2:22 PM Mon, Mar 09, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Paul Kenyon: Hi everyone. Welcome to March Madness. There's nothing like it for those of us who enjoy college basketball. I'll focus on URI talk......

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Brown's Mullery named Ivy League Player of the Week

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By Mike McDermott    Email

Brown's junior center, Matt Mullery, has earned his second Ivy League Player of the Week award after his remarkable game Friday against Harvard, followed by......

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Download the Big East tournament bracket

bigeast.pdf 10:29 AM Mon, Mar 09, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here to view the official tournament bracket as a pdf.......

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Download the Atlantic 10 tournament bracket

a10.pdf 10:26 AM Mon, Mar 09, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here to view the official bracket as a pdf.......

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Big East honors Thabeet, Cunningham, Fisher and Ruoff

10:20 AM Mon, Mar 09, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

Big East coaches have for the second consecutive season named UConn center Hasheem Thabeet the conference's Defensive Player of the Year. The coaches have named......

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Jim Baron named Atlantic 10 coach of the year

10:02 AM Mon, Mar 09, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

It is the fourth time that Baron has won the honor. All-conference honors were extended to Jimmy Baron (first team) and Kahiem Seawright (third team),......

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PC's Big East Tournament game notes

7:00 AM Mon, Mar 09, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

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

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Big East Bracket

12:22 PM Sun, Mar 08, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

It's not easy to follow but here is the Big East Tournament official bracket. The league's release on the event is, as always, easy......

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Big East All-League Announced; PC Snubbed

12:08 PM Sun, Mar 08, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA The Big East coach's all-league picks have just been announced. Good news that the league returned to picking five (actually six)......

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Rams will play Duquesne-UMass winner

10:44 PM Sat, Mar 07, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Paul Kenyon    Email

If my interpretation of Atlantic 10 tiebreaker rules is correct, URI will open play Thursday at 6:30 in Atlantic City against the winner of......

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PC Gets 8 Seed in Big East Tourney

4:23 PM Sat, Mar 07, 2009 | | Comments (3)
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA Thanks to Syracuse's overtime win at Marquette today, the Friars are now locked into the 8th seed for this week's Big......

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Final: UMass 72, URI 71

4:07 PM Sat, Mar 07, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Chris Lowe -- aided by what appeared to be an illegal pick at midcourt that was not called by the referees -- scored on a......

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Rams down four at the half

2:59 PM Sat, Mar 07, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Paul Kenyon    Email

The URI basketball team has prospered much of this season on 3-point shooting, but the outside shot is badly hurting the Rams today in......

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A sunny Senior Day for URI

12:17 PM Sat, Mar 07, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Paul Kenyon    Email

The tents are gone and the tickets have been sold. All is ready for Senior Day for the URI basketball team. Welcome to the......

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Projo SportsTalk -- Kenyon on who URI wants to play, and avoid, in the A-10 tourney

11:50 AM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 | | 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. Paul talks about Saturday's senior day festivities,......

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Steve Levy can't say 'Efejuku'

9:59 AM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

So I was watching SportsCenter this morning, as I usually do, and ESPN rolled the highlights of PC-Villanova, a game that was of course broadcast......

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URI is guaranteed the number-two seed in A-10 tourney

9:04 AM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The URI Rams, picked to finish ninth by Atlantic 10 coaches in the preseason, will go to the conference tournament as the number-two seed. It......

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Final: Villanova 97, PC 80

9:10 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | | Comments (5)
By Art Martone    Email

Providence College fell off the NCAA bubble Thursday night, dropping a 97-80 decision at No. 11 Villanova and finishing its Big East season with a......

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PC hanging in, trails Villanova by 6 at halftime

7:48 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Providence College Friars have taken some hard hits in the first half, but they haven't led the game get out of hand tonight in......

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Projo SportsTalk -- McNamara previews PC-Villanova

1:20 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | | 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. Kevin talks about Villanova's motivation to win......

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URI wishes Martelli would get with the program

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By Mike McDermott    Email

As URI edges toward another postseason berth, and possibly a spot in the NCAA Tournament, the story of Jim and Jimmy Baron continues to draw......

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Game notes -- Brown vs. Harvard and Dartmouth

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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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URI could know its seeding tonight

11:14 AM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Paul Kenyon    Email

URI fans might be able to begin making plans for the team's participation in the Atlantic 10 Tournament by the end of the night.......

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ESPN Bracket Man Down on PC-URI

1:48 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | | Comments (2)
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA A lot of press people around the country are picking the NCAA field at this point but none is higher profile......

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Friars' Big East Finish Up in Air

10:59 AM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | | Comments (2)
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA As Providence College prepares to travel to Philadelphia for a huge game at Villanova on Thursday, the rest of the Big......

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Atlantic 10 tiebreakers

3:54 PM Tue, Mar 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Paul Kenyon    Email

Just a quick note to clear up the tiebreaker system in the Atlantic 10. I've received a couple e-mails today from people who thought......

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PC-Villanova game notes

2:59 PM Tue, Mar 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

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

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PC, URI Get Poll Votes

2:49 PM Mon, Mar 02, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

Busy day for an off-day in college basketball in Rhode Island. **First, congratulations to Rhode Island College for its NCAA Division 3 invite announced......

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Discouraging URI discussion; Nivins top player?

1:56 PM Mon, Mar 02, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Paul Kenyon    Email

If the discussion during today's Atlantic 10 basketball conference call is any indication, there is good news on the way for Ahmad Nivins, not......

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Efejuku named Big East Player of the Week

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By Mike McDermott    Email

Weyinmi Efejuku has become the first member of the PC Friars in two years to win Big East Player of the Week honors. Efejuku, coming......

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When Jim and Jimmy Baron clash, mom is the mediator

barons0302.jpg 11:03 AM Mon, Mar 02, 2009 | | Comments (8)
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Pete Thamel The New York Times EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- It is a quiet Sunday in the Baron household, a moment of calm before......

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ESPN's 'bracketologist' has PC in the Tournament

11:00 AM Mon, Mar 02, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

With a game looming on Thursday night at Philadelphia against Villanova, it all may be meaningless, but Providence College's bid for an NCAA Tournament berth......

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Photo -- Pitino brings back the white suit

pitino0302.jpg 7:55 AM Mon, Mar 02, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

It was "white-out" day at Freedom Hall yesterday as the Louisville Cardinals hosted Marquette, and head coach Rick Pitino for the second year in a......

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URI keeps on winning, beating Duquesne in Pittsburgh

5:29 PM Sun, Mar 01, 2009 | | Comments (3)
By Mike McDermott    Email

Kahiem Seawright scored 21 points and Keith Cothran added 20 as the Rhode Island Rams continued their winning ways with a tough 73-71 road win......

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PC Gets Clutch Win, 73-66

4:02 PM Sun, Mar 01, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA PISCATAWAY, N.J. - As usual they made things very, very interesting but the Providence Friars have taken care of business and......

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Take That Back; Rutgers Rolling

3:50 PM Sun, Mar 01, 2009 | | Comments (2)
By Kevin McNamara    Email

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Strike that last entry. Rutgers is on a 16-0 roll that has sliced PC's lead to 62-59 with 3 minutes left.......

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Friars Rolling, 62-45

3:37 PM Sun, Mar 01, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

PISCATAWAY - Good news all around here in the Garden State. Word is it isn't even snowing yet in Philadelphia so we have a......

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No Snow; PC Waking Up

3:11 PM Sun, Mar 01, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

First, the important news. It is not snowing here just yet. This is major news because we have to get out of here after......

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PC Getting Ready for Rutgers

1:22 PM Sun, Mar 01, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - We're here at the Louis Brown Athletic Center - commonly known as The RAC - awaiting a very important Providence-Rutgers game.......

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