Providence Friars NCAA Basketball News

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.

Providence has found itself in double-overtime four times during Big East play this season.

Every season, we see teams that fight to barely reach the NCAA tournament go on to win a few games once they get there.

Buzz Williams' vocal chords were so strained afterward that he could not speak beyond a high, raspy whisper.

Providence managed to survive a visit from Marquette in thrilling fashion, a double-overtime that featured big shots, costly turnovers, fouled three-point shooters and quite possibly the most exciting shot that never counted: Bryce Cotton played all 50 minutes, finishing with 25 points, nine assists and seven boards and LaDontae Henton added 20 ... (more)

On Monday Providence College senior guard Bryce Cotton was named Big East Player of the Week.

The final game Providence's class of 2014 will play at the Dunkin Donuts Center will be their biggest.

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

Missouri's Ryan Rosburg, left, fights off Mississippi State's Tyson Cunningham as they battle for a rebound in front of Earnest Ross, right, and I.J. Ready during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, March 1, 2014, in Columbia, Mo.

Two players who helped propel their teams over the last seven days received BIG EAST weekly men's basketball honors on Monday.

Freshman forward Jalen Reynolds today was named Big East rookie of the week after averaging 11.5 points and 12.5 rebounds in victories over St. John's and No.

A competitive game throughout, Manhattan lost its 10-point halftime lead, and went to overtime as Emmy Andujar could not complete his coast-to-coast layup.

Bryce Cotton scored 17 of his 24 points in the second half to lead Providence to a 74-69 victory over cold-shooting and undermanned Seton Hall on Friday night.

These young men are thrust into the spotlight upon leading their underdog teams to upset victories against powerhouse programs, and it should be no different during the 2014 edition of March Madness.

Providence lost a heartbreaker to Seton Hall in double overtime on New Year's Eve at the Dunk 81-80 .