Geoff McDermott News

Just because talking about a 43 point victory will never get old.A Anyway, if you happen to be new to the blog this year, after the games I usually try to do a complete roundup around the web along with a closer look at some advanced stats.

Two exhibition games do not provide us with a firm grasp about a team. Not two games devoid of suspense like the film Titantic.

Throughout the last four weeks of practice, two common themes have permeated Keno Davis' workouts in his second year of coaching the Providence College Friars.

One of the Friars' biggest questions heading into this season is how their inexperienced and undersized front court will match up against the BIG EAST's best.A For all the faults Geoff McDermott, Jonathan Kale, and Randall Hanke had, we generally knew what we were going to get on a consistent basis.A With newcomers Kadeem Batts, Russ Permenter, ...

PROVIDENCE There were times last year when Jamine Peterson wasn't referenced by his flashy nickname "Greedy." So goes with the territory of being redshirted.

After the smoke from the light shows disappears, after the confetti from the whacky student contests is brushed away, basketball practice finally begins across the country on Saturday.

The Providence College Men's Basketball Team will face a challenging non-conference schedule in the months of November and December.

Don't let Sharaud Curry hear anyone tell him the Providence Friars are in for a long, difficult, rebuilding season in 2009-10. He won't listen to any of that talk.

Getting him back in the lineup was as big a reason as any for the team's improvement this past season.

Tyrell Biggs returned home to Nanuet late Tuesday night, jet-lagged and groggy from yet another day this month spent trekking through an airport.

The Nets are scheduled to work out six prospective draft picks this morning, and half of them won't have to travel far to get to the team's facility in East Rutherford .

Rahway native Earl Clark will work out for the New Jersey Nets Tuesday morning with the NBA Draft less than two weeks away.