Providence Friars NCAA Basketball News

Creighton is looking to win its third straight conference championship game after winning the Missouri Valley Conference tournament the last two seasons.

One game away from playing in their first Big East title game since 1993, Seton Hall played a tough game against a drilled Providence Friar team that was determined to solidify their spot in the NCAA tournament and in the conference championship game.

3 seed Xavier Musketeers 86-78, while the No. 4 seed Friars held off the No. 8 seed Seton Hall Pirates 80-74 in Friday's semifinals action in Madison Square Garden.

The last time Providence went this deep in the Big East Tournament was 20 years ago, when Ed Cooley was a senior at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass., watching his hometown Friars on television.

The stepmother of a 5-year-old girl prosecutors allege was beaten to death by her father says she and the former soldier abused the girl regularly, escalating to her death.

Eugene Teague #21 of the Seton Hall Pirates tips off against Kadeem Batts #10 of the Providence Friars to start the game during the Semifinals of the 2014 Men's Big East Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 14, 2014 in New York City.

The stepmother of a 5-year-old girl prosecutors allege was beaten to death by her father says she and the former soldier abused the girl regularly, escalating to her death.

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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.