Providence Friars NCAA Basketball News

Josh Fortune scored a career-high 24 points as the Providence Friars improved their at-large resume by holding off the St. John's Red Storm 79-74 in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament in New York.

Game time: 7:00 pm Location: Madison Square Garden, New York Television: Fox Sports 1 Radio: WEEI 103.7 FM Next up for the Friars is a Big East semifinal matchup against the #8 seed Seton Hall Pirates on Friday at 7:00 pm.

Providence minus-1.5 vs. Seton Hall in Big East Conference semifinals; $440 to win $400 : The two previous meetings this season between the teams have gone down to the wire, but that won't matter because Seton Hall should have little left after fighting tooth and nail to upset Villanova Thursday.

Head coach Steve Lavin can't bear to watch as time ticks down on the Red Storm's tourney hopes Thursday.

There are four days left until Selection Sunday. Every morning from now until the bracket comes out, we'll help you get caught up on the happenings with impact on the bubble from the night before.

The McBucket List and his path to 3,000 points Creighton senior forward Doug McDermott will play his first Big East Tournament game on Thursday night as the Bluejays face DePaul.

Game time: 2:30 pm Location: Madison Square Garden, New York Television: Fox Sports 1 Radio: WEEI 103.7 FM Providence lost to St. John's 86-76 on February 4th at the Dunkin Donuts Center.

Once again for the 2013-2014 St. John's Red Storm a great opportunity for glory and the NCAA Tournament sits right in front of them.

It was announced today that Providence's College senior guard Bryce Cotton was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District 5 First Team on Wednesday, March 12. In the last few days, Cotton has earned a number of honors, including First Team All-BIG EAST, NBC Sports.com Second Team All-America and USBWA District 1 ... (more)

Villanova head coach Jay Wright and guard Tony Chennault celebrate after winning the Big East regular-season title on Saturday afternoon.

It's Tuesday night and the Dunkin Donuts Center is jam packed. The Providence Friars men's basketball team is 15 minutes away from the tip-off of what will end up being a double overtime grudge match against a very good Marquette University squad.

Favorite: Cincinnati. The Bearcats are a rugged, aggressive bunch who fear no team.

McDermott tallied a career-high 45 points on Creighton's Senior Night, as the 13th-ranked Bluejays cruised to an 88-73 triumph over Providence on Saturday at CenturyLink Center.

It was announced on Monday, March 10 that Providence College senior guard Bryce Cotton was named to the All-American Second Team by NBCSports.com.

Sunday, senior guard Bryce Cotton was named to the All-Big East First Team and senior forward Kadeem Batts was named All-Big East Second Team , in voting conducted by the league coaches.

Xavier University sophomoreguard and tri-captain Semaj Christon is one of three unanimous selections by the coaches to the six-member BIG EAST Conference First Team, which was announced today.

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The 13th-ranked Creighton Bluejays and Providence Friars close out the regular season on Saturday evening, as they meet in a Big East Conference clash at the CenturyLink Center Omaha.

March Madness is officially here. No, the NCAA tournament hasn't started yet, but with countless teams vying for the last few spots in the field, the action is already moving at a blistering pace.

Providence has put itself in position to make the NCAA tournament for the first time in a decade with a strong late-season run.