Friar Starting Five: Saturday Edition

By Craig Leighton
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Updated: March 21, 2015

Here are links to five topics that may be of interest to Friar fans:

1. What a heartbreaking day. PC lost to Dayton 66-53 last night in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Here are some recaps of the game:

Friarbasketball.com

Providence Journal Friars Journal

Providence Journal (Donaldson)

New York Times

NBC Sports

NY Post

USA Today Sports

PCBB1917

Friars.com

2. Here is the post game press conference from Coxhub.

3. Here is a season highlight reel of Kris Dunn courtesy of Coxhub.

4. And a season highlight reel of LaDontae Henton.

5. PC Hockey’s Jon Gilles was named a first team Hockey East All Star.

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36 Comments

David Levesque

March 21, 2015 at 1:52 pm

It was not a great season. Making the tournament and getting smothered in your first round game is not “great”. 1997 was a long time ago! 4 first round loses in last 4 NCAA bids! PC needs to do better!
Kebert Xela

March 21, 2015 at 1:57 pm

It was a great season. Just a terrible game last night, but that doesn’t take away from one of their best seasons in quite a while. Now just hoping Kris Dunn stays and Jalen Lindsey plays all of next season like he has the past 3 games.
Dean M. Laramee

March 21, 2015 at 1:58 pm

Garbage
Debra Simone

March 21, 2015 at 2:02 pm

Friars are my boys! Very proud of them! We enjoyed their season!
Jared Todd

March 21, 2015 at 2:05 pm

Thank you to the seniors! By selecting PC, you have helped make our program what it is today and I am proud to be a Friar fan!
Bill Almond

March 21, 2015 at 2:06 pm

Coach Cooley was a Class Act the whole night! Despite watching his team get completely SCREWED!
Bob Burns

March 21, 2015 at 2:14 pm

Horrible!
Kathleen Aube

March 21, 2015 at 2:20 pm

Friars had a great season. Sad to see Ladontae graduating, he is a true Friar.
Derec Lamendola

March 21, 2015 at 2:35 pm

COACH COOOOLLEY HAD A GREAT SEASON HE DID THE Best COACH COOOLLEY IS BEST COACH And When When When When IM GOING SEE SEE SEE COACH COOOLLEY UGEN I Was Think We CAN GET TOTGHTER NEXT SATURDAY MARCH 28 Becuase I Won’t SAY SOMTHING About The ALLL Team I JUS DON’T WON’T FILLL LIKE Away Season Over YOU KNOW I DON’T DON’T DON’T DON’T Like That ALL I Won’t LaDoante Henton Stay Neather Year Providence Grad School OR LaDoante Henton Will BE The Head COACH WITH COACH ED COOLLEY And I DON’T WON’T Henton TO LEFE ME I WILL BE SO UPSET HE Will I GOT FAMMILY LEFING ME I JUS DON’T WON’T HIM World YOU ASK LaDoante Henton FOR ME IF DEREC DEREC DEREC DEREC LAMENDOLA CAN COME GRADUATION LET ME KNOW What’s GOING ON IS Been 4 Yeras Me HIM Criag LEGHTION CAN YOU GET ME JOB JOB JOB ON Hear Friarbasketballl CAN YOU GET Me ALOT ALOT LOT AlOT LOT ALOT ALOT ALOT CAN GET Some More STUFFFFF LET’S GET TOTGHTER ALL MOUTH LSTING I DON’T WON’T THE ALL TEAM TO TRVAELTHIS SUUMMER Becuase START SOMTHING NEW IN PRIVINCDE COLLLLEGE And I THINK DEREC LAMENDOLA ALL DONE THIS MY LAST Year I Won’t BE Fomer Pleray WITH LaDoante Henton We Need Pasertkias Pkertkias Pkertkias Pkertkias Pkertkias Pkertkias I DON’T LIKE BE OFF Season
Robin Lee Smith

March 21, 2015 at 2:40 pm

Great season, better luck next year.
Bill Bartholomew

March 21, 2015 at 2:52 pm

Eh not a great season, a good season, entertaining season.
Philip Guerra

March 21, 2015 at 2:53 pm

Can’t wait for PC to make the tourney next year and the committee sets them up at the dunk….
Frank Colalella

March 21, 2015 at 3:02 pm

Not going to win standing around on both ends of the floor with your thumbs in your ass. That was painful to watch. Dunn better stay another year or he’ll be selling used cars after he gets cut.
Christopher William Raymond

March 21, 2015 at 3:15 pm

Only of they are an 11 seed will they play at the dunk
Ronnie Coelho

March 21, 2015 at 3:36 pm

Awful… !
Darlene Calise

March 21, 2015 at 3:39 pm

It is what it is. Time to focus on the future not the past. Still much love for my boys
Darlene Calise

March 21, 2015 at 3:39 pm

It is what it is. Time to focus on the future not the past. Still much love for my boys
David Walsh

March 21, 2015 at 3:59 pm

Easier said than done my friend.
Matt Moran

March 21, 2015 at 4:08 pm

Cooley has done a great job with PC. It just seems we never get any respect from the NCAA. Dayton was rewarded with 2 home games for what they did last year (Elite 8) Its hard enough to win a road game with the crowd, but, the foul calls early were brutal (the flagrant on Dunn set the tone…….the tech on Cooley was disgraceful-I doubt Bobby Knight ever got one in a huiddle). Neither team shot well…but, the foul shots (30 to 7) and the crowd certainly made the difference. Congrats to the seniors!!!
Joe Parisi

March 21, 2015 at 4:20 pm

That was hard to watch last night. Physically and emotionally exhausting. Need to step it up. We have higher standards now
Michael Caldwell

March 21, 2015 at 4:21 pm

Great job PC the team and the coach only one team ends the season with a win
David Levesque

March 21, 2015 at 4:54 pm

Don’t disagree but you also can’t call it a great season.
Kerri Murray

March 21, 2015 at 5:28 pm

Still proud!!!
Nancy Noon Cronin

March 21, 2015 at 7:11 pm

Love Ed Cooley, and still love our Friars. Proud that you could take some of those questionable calls in stride. Good luck to you seniors, and Kris Dunn. Work hard, freshmen, lots of future stars at PC still
David Lungarini

March 21, 2015 at 7:30 pm

Good season. Good coach. However we cannot sugar coat the fact we have not won a tourney game since 1997. The calls and the crowd did not help last night but we did not deserve to win the way we played anyway.
John Delgado

March 21, 2015 at 7:30 pm

They should be embarrassed by the way they played and coached! That should of never happened and they were not Ready!
Helena Richards

March 21, 2015 at 7:34 pm

We were robbed! But hats off to a Friar team that is on the rise!!
Michael Allen

March 21, 2015 at 7:35 pm

They gave Dunn that chump fouls and it shut them dwn.
Ronnie Coelho

March 21, 2015 at 7:39 pm

Refs blew the game vs Butler on senior day, Nova in BE semi’s & again last night.
Matt Moran

March 21, 2015 at 7:59 pm

PC is not the only team getting a raw deal. The SMU goal tending call was wrong and cost them their season. The Indiana game was so bad that Coach Crean tracked down the ref and yelled in his face. NCAA has to do a better job with these refs. They certainly had it out for PC last night. What ref watches a huddle to slap a T on a coach? He dropped a chair for god sakes. Disgraceful.
Christopher Anastasia

March 21, 2015 at 8:21 pm

It first time back to back NCAA appearances since 77 and 78. Give them some credit.
Al Cannavaciolo

March 21, 2015 at 8:26 pm

Obviously not a “neutral site,” and the most ridiculous T ever! Also, PC went to the line only 7 times the entire game! For whatever reason, the NCAA wanted Dayton to advance. Let’s also not forget the BS foul call that cost us the Villanova game with 3 seconds left! !
Christopher Anastasia

March 21, 2015 at 8:27 pm

For all those who posted about how terrible our Team, our Friars, our Heart and Soul season was , should be ashamed. Yes we could of played better, we could of coached better, but they played their hearts out in the paint. Balls didn’t drop, so all those who may have played competively and obvious some of you have not, you know the ball sometimes doesn’t drop like it suppose to. Stop hating and get behind your team win or loose. Great job Friars.
John Xiong Kue

March 21, 2015 at 11:08 pm

Great season 🙂
Great career and thank you Henton.
Please come back Dunn.
David Levesque

March 22, 2015 at 1:39 am

And they lost both games. Good accomplishment but not great. Last nights game was the worst effort all season!
Jason Brush

March 22, 2015 at 4:46 am

I’m a PC grad 20 years ago. Reading some of these posts are laughable! They are not good, haven’t been since the ’70s. There is no other team out of the rest of the 315 D1 teams that underachieves more! Dunn and Henton are gone and they will suck more next year!