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Change Is Here? The new coach smell
Change Is Gonna … Change Is Finally Here! For Big East Basketball, the past few years have solidified a caste system of basketball, a list of regular haves and have-nots. The narrative, summed into bullet points: Rutgers is hopeless. St. John’s has seen its best days of ...
Providence Is Bad (How Bad Are They?) Syracuse Drops To No. 2 After Beating Friars
No. 1 Syracuse defeated Providence 14-5 on Saturday. On Monday, Syracuse dropped to No. 2 in the Polls. God forbid we lost to the Friars, would we have been kicked out of the NCAA? (Answer: Yes) Syracuse players were all kinds of fired up after the game, in which Providence employed a...
Our Apologies In Advance, Providence
The good news for Providence lacrosse? They're a part of the Big East, a burgeoning college lacrosse power that has among its members multiple ranked squads and one powerhouse that gives the rest of the teams instant credibility. The bad news for Providence lacrosse? They're not all that good at...
Q&A: Dave from FriarBlog
Welcome to every UConn fan's (least) favorite day: Providence Day! UConn-Providence is the only New England rivalry left in the Big East since Boston Clown College escaped for the greener pastures of the ACC. So in that way it's a special game. But on the other hand, I hate Providence, and their...
UConn gets by with a little help from its friends enemies
Fun fact: Rhode Island is so small, some of these students are actually standing in Massachusetts. The FriarBlog is in ecstasy tonight. You've probably heard by now, but: Providence 81, No. 1 Pittsburgh 73. As you can see above (and in the link), Providence fans are happy, because their...
The Defenestration of Prov (plus Louisville preview)
Liveblog! Tonight! At! 7! Here! Any time I have an excuse to post that video, I'll take it. That particular video may well be the best representation of the recent history in the UConn-Providence series. For almost seven years, UConn has inexplicably been owned by the team whose mascot endorses a...
The Big East Lacrosse Conference Is Going To Be Just Fine
When Syracuse finally relented last year and agreed to join the Big East Lacrosse Conference next season in its inaugural year, concerns were a-plenty. The Orange would have to replace some long-standing rivalry games with newbies like Providence and St. John's, diluting the strength of schedule. ...
You're Sure About This Whole Lacrosse Thing, Right Providence?
Providence will join Syracuse in the Big East lacrosse conference next season. For their sake, I hope they make a couple tweaks before then. The Defending National Champion Syracuse lacrosse team opened it's 2009 campaign with a resounding 22-3 thumping of the Friars on Sunday. (In new uniforms,...
Big East Unveils Latest NCAA Tournament-Hampering Schedule
Via Mike Waters at Syracuse.com, I learned the Big East unveiled the conference schedule today. They're touting it as the Expanded 18-Game Conference Slate in a spinny way that's supposed to mean this is better than the 16-game schedule last season. So since 10 conference wins for Syracuse wasn't...
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