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[paultzman]

@UndercoverFriar: Hearing there's a good chance Providence will be adding a 2014 foreign guard for this upcoming season very soon #pcbb

 

[Andrew]

Syracuse beats Villanova in double overtime by 1. In football............................

 

[austour]

IOW Syracuse sucks again.

 

[paultzman]

@HolyLandofHoops: According to @KevinMcNamara33 - Sporting News hoops preview predicts Top 4 #bigeast teams as Villanova, Georgetown, Xavier, and Providence.

 

[Jack Williams]

Wojo article on CBS Sports -http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...ojciechowski-making-his-own-mark-at-marquette

 

[McGarry2]

Another branch on coach K's tree most seem to be good but not exceptional, Am I missing something?

 

[bobo]

Jalen Brunson is scheduled to officially visit Villanova from September 4-6.

http://www.vuhoops.com/2014/9/3/6103373/jalen-brunson-recruitment-tracker-villanova

 

[paultzman]

Nice Marquette pick up, 2015 SG;

http://247sports.com/Player/Haanif-Cheatham-24281

 

[BuckNasty85]

Jalen Brunson will announce for Villanova on Wednesday. If anything, this will help SJU with Briscoe since with the commitment of Brunson, Villanova will no longer make as much sense as a destination for Briscoe and Briscoe will most likely cross them off his list. Villanova was very much in the Briscoe recruitment, trust me on that. This again is good news for SJU.

 

[McGarry2]

Well Buck

How does it go "In God we trust all others pay cash" It has been a long time since I trusted what we posted concerning recruiting

 

[bobo]

Brunson's visit to Villanova

http://www.vuhoops.com/2014/9/7/6117577/jalen-brunson-enjoyed-his-visit-to-villanova

 

[Andrew]

Isn't' Brunson a point guard? Why wouldn't' they want Briscoe to play with him.

 

[L J S A]

Isn't' Brunson a point guard? Why wouldn't' they want Briscoe to play with him.

Of course Villanova would take him. But if Briscoe were looking to share ballhandling duties he would have popped for Arizona months ago.

 

[SJU61982]

R.I.P. Marvin Barnes. A bit before my time, but he was mentioned on the Big East "30 for 30" as a star player of the 1973 Providence team that went to the Final Four. Sounds like he was quite a character (good and bad):

http://www.providencejournal.com/sp...basketball-great-marvin-barnes-dead-at-62.ece

 

[redken]

R.I.P. Marvin Barnes. A bit before my time, but he was mentioned on the Big East "30 for 30" as a star player of the 1973 Providence team that went to the Final Four. Sounds like he was quite a character (good and bad):

http://www.providencejournal.com/sp...basketball-great-marvin-barnes-dead-at-62.ece

I remember him well. He was a helluva player, a powerful force, but a very troubled person. RIP indeed.

 

[Zeeman]

They call him "Bad New" Barnes for a reason. Excellent power forward.

 

[bamafan]

Remember thinking he was even better than Bill Walton coming out of college. Him and SJU's Ed Searcy had one of the greatest rebounding battles I have ever seen spring of '73 at Alumni Hall a 93-90 Friar win.

 

[fuchsia]

They call him "Bad New" Barnes for a reason. Excellent power forward.

Think "Bad News" was Jim Barnes who played for Texas Western and the Knicks, not Marvin.

 

[redken]

They call him "Bad New" Barnes for a reason. Excellent power forward.

Think "Bad News" was Jim Barnes who played for Texas Western and the Knicks, not Marvin.

Correct ... but the name surely fit Marvin, who wasn't just "bad news" for opponents.

 

[capmaker]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Barnes