The Providence Friarcast

Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Providence Friarcast, presented by pcbb1917.com. Mike Hopkins, the founder of pcbb1917.com, is joined by Brendan McGair of the Pawtucket Times and Chris Grenham of BigEastCoastBias.com to discuss Providence basketball. In this episode Mike, Brendan and Chris talk Providence's 2K Classic win at MSG and the guys preview the Friars' next two games against Belmo...

Mike Hopkins ( @pcbb1917 ) and Brendan McGair ( @BWMcGair03 ) recap Providence's 1-1 start, what is up with Rodney Bullock's struggles and discuss the upcoming 2K Classic at Madison Square Garden.     Want your name to be mentioned in the credits of a future podcast? Check out the Patreon account at  https://www.patreon.com/pcbb1917

Mike Hopkins is joined by Chris Grenham to preview Providence's 2017-18 season. Topics discussed include the 2018 recruiting class signing their NLI's, recap of Providence's 3 exhibition games, Emmitt Holt's status, expectations for the three freshmen this season and a preview of Providence's opening night opponent, Houston Baptist.

Mike Hopkins of pcbb1917.com and Brendan McGair of the Pawtucket Times preview Providence's First Four game in Dayton against USC in the NCAA Tournament. Zach Helfand of the Los Angeles Times joins to give some insight on USC.

Mike Hopkins of pcbb1917.com and Brendan McGair of the Pawtucket Times recap Providence's 7 games in November and then preview the Friars' in-state rivarly matchup with URI on Saturday, December 3rd.

Alex Abrami of the Burlington Free Press joins Mike Hopkins and Brendan McGair to preview Providence's season opening game against the Vermont Catamouts on Monday, November 14th at the Dunkin' Donuts Center. Mike and Brendan discuss the current state of the Friars and some recruiting news from the early signing period on November 9th.

Brendan McGair of the Pawtucket Times joined the podcast to recap Providence's 87-69 exhibition game win over Carleton University on October 29th. Brendan and I run down each player's performance and discuss the game overall. We finish the episode by reacting to clips from Ed Cooley's postgame media session.

In this episode of the Friartown Fan Voice Podcast I give an update on the 2018 and 2019 recruiting that Ed Cooley and his staff have been doing of late and the big-time visit from top-10 recruit in 2018, Khavon Moore. I also give a preview of Providence's exhibition matchup against Carleton University and give my prediction for Providence's starting lineup.

Hear audio from Ed Cooley, Kyron Cartwright, Rodney Bullock, Ryan Fazekas and Isaiah Jackson from this year's Big East media day at Madison Square Garden.