Daniel James

I think I’m starting to finally realize what Ed Cooley’s strategy has been this season. And I think he’s a genius. Fans and experts alike thought this team with high expectations was playing well below expectations when they barely scraped through their non-conference. Barely squeaking by Rider and Belmont, and losing to UMass? ‘Clearly this...

At this point, I’m not even sure many fans panic anymore when the Friars are down in the first half and look lost anymore. The Friars looked terrible in the first half of the game. For a while it looked like they may not even break 20 points, which they thankfully did. They only shot...

When the Friars come to Chicago, I attend. I don’t get many opportunities to see the Friars live anymore, so I take advantage of it when I can. These were my thoughts, during the second half of the game, from the 16 minute mark onward. For the past few years, the Friars have struggled playing...

Any fan of a Big East basketball team signs up for a roller coaster ride that starts at the end of December and goes throughout the first few weeks of March, wrapping up at Madison Square Garden. During that time there are emotional highs of knocking off ranked conference opponents, and the lows of...

Xavier may have given the Friars a run for their money in the paint, but at the end of the day it was the Friars who ate the heartiest on the stat line, beating the Musketeers 81-72. Xavier not only ate Providence’s lunch in the paint, they had a buffet. The fifth-ranked Musketeers made...

The Providence Friars are 1-1 in Big East play. Splitting the road trip that spanned from Queens to Omaha leaving Friar fans feeling emotional highs and lows, and there’s been plenty to discuss. The conversation, however, has been almost about two different teams. The team that dismantled St. John’s with a high octane offense that...

I don’t get to see as many games live as I used to, so when I had the chance to drive down to Mohegan Sun to see the Friars play the Houston Cougars I didn’t hesitate. There were two trains of thought going into this game: the first was that the Friars, despite injuries, would...

So, the Providence Friars did it. After a week of rest and recuperation from injuries, tough outings, and a 7-3 record, the Friars overcame Stony Brook’s onslaught of 3-point shots to win their eighth game. The win came on a pair of last-second free throws from Rodney Bullock, who went 2-2 and sealed a...

As it turns out, the Friars may be in a tougher situation than originally anticipated. Providence, which was selected fourth in the Big East preseason and an anticipated Sweet 16 program, may not be who they were thought to be. Since the beginning of the season the Friars have struggled with the exception of a few...

In the 1-1 effort this week from the Providence Friars, something has seemed abundantly clear: this team lacks an identity. Head Coach Ed Cooley said as much himself after the Rider game, talking about the lack of grit that this team is currently playing with, noting that until the mental and physical toughness is there...