Friar Starting Five Wednesday Edition

By Craig Leighton
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Updated: January 22, 2014

There is nothing like a PC victory to help keep Friar fans minds off of the blizzard going on outside their windows. Here are some links to topics of interest for Friar fans, including last night’s win over the Butler Bulldogs

1. Looking for some recaps of last night’s game. Here are several links to good recap articles on the PC-Butler game.

Providence Journal

Projo Friars Journal

Friarbasketball.com

GoLocal Providence

Friars.com

Indianapolis Star

ESPN/Associated Press

And if you would like to find out how the Butler fans feel about the result you can check here and here PC Friar fans opinions on the game can be found at Scoutfriars.com, at the friartownhoopproboards.com, at Friarbasketball.com forums, and friar basketball.com’s Facebook page.

2.It seems that one of PC’s opposing players from last year, Isaiah Austin of Baylor, has been playing basketball since middle school while being totally blind in one eye, and almost no one knew! You can learn more about his inspirational story below:

3. Due a quirky rule from the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Associate Friar commit Ben Bentil will only be allowed to play in two third’s of his high school team’s remaining games this season. You can read more about it here.

4. Not too long ago St. John’s head coach Steve Lavin had the Red Storm program on the verge of bursting back onto the national scene in a big way. This article from Zach Braziller of the New York Post shows how quickly that can all fade away.

5. Don’t look now, but Providence College is starting to be mentioned in some of the expert’s latest brackets. You can check out some bracketology on the links below:

CBS Sports

Yahoo Sports

Bleacher Report

NBC Sports

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