The Friars will host the University of Rhode Island and Brown at Amica Mutual Pavilion in early December to close the 11-game slate.

When Donovan returned to school in great shape, Pitino put him on the cover of the program wearing a cowboy hat, spurs and boots. "He wouldn't put it on so I made him put it on," Pitino said.

Mark Ziady, who graduated from Providence in 1994, traveled to Chicago from Cohasset, Mass., with his son Keegan, who got to leave school early this week to watch the Friars play.

Sweet Sixteen The Friars came home to Providence, and Friars Fever gripped the state. PC’s next opponent would be Alabama, the SEC champion. The game would be played the following weekend in ...

The top five schools — BC, Maine, BU, UConn, and Providence — earned byes, and are now joined by UMass, UMass Lowell, and Northeastern after first-round victories.

While Providence wasn’t able to come out on the winning side of things, the Friars can hang their hats on their rebounding effort during the matchup — particularly on the offensive end. In all, ...

· BU (20-12-2) followed up the win over Providence (21-9-5) with a 6-1 win at Vermont. Freshman Cole Eiserman had a hat trick against the Friars, then added another against the Catamounts for his ...

Boston College, the Hockey East regular-season champion, shut out Merrimack to close out the schedule, and third-place Boston University rolled past Vermont.

Xavier closed the regular season on a seven-game winning streak, defeating Providence 76-68 on Senior Day behind Zach Freemantle’s 25-point performance, setting up a Big East Tournament ...

The Providence Friars (12-17, 6-12 Big East) will try to snap a three-game losing streak when they host the DePaul Blue Demons (11-18, 2-16) on Wednesday night. This is the final home game of the ...

The Friars have gone 10-5 in home games. Providence is 7-8 in games decided by 10 or more points. The Blue Demons are 2-16 in Big East play.

Assists – C 14 (Diarra 10), P 13 (Joseph 5). This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Connecticut Huskies beat Providence Friars, 75-63, on Saturday, March 1 ...