Category: Sports

PCI: The Portland Trail Blazers Will Win the NBA Finals

By Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports Staff While the NBA’s Western Conference used to be dominated  by teams such as the Lakers, Spurs, and Warriors, this season has shown that any of the eight teams from the est have an equal chance to win the NBA Finals. However, this year’s champions of the 2018 NBA Finals […]

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PCI: The Philadelphia 76ers Will Win the NBA Finals

By Ethan Ticehurst ’18 Sports Staff This is the year that “the process” is finally going to pay off. With the third seed in the East nearly locked up, it is easy to see that the 76ers have definitely had a successful regular season. Their season has become all the more impressive when looking at […]

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Men’s Basketball Fights Hard in Big East Championship

PC Falls to ‘Nova in the Big East Final by Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports Staff It is only two weeks into March and needless to say it has been a crazy few weeks for the Providence College Friars Men’s Basketball Team and for Friar fanatics. The month began for the Friars with a trip to […]

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Garden Bound!

PC Beats UMaine and Rolls into the Semis by Jeremy Perrigo ’18 Sports Staff The first two rounds of the Hockey East Tournament have come and gone in exciting fashion. Four teams remain heading into the final weekend of the competition at TD Garden on March 16 and 17. Despite the fact that 12 of […]

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The Cowl Makes Its Pick

by Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor Members of the Sports staff put their brains together to come up with the official 2018 March Madness Bracket for The Cowl. Thanks to Sam Scanlon ’19, Sullivan Burgess ’20, Thomas Zinzarella ’21 for helping contribute. Here is breakdown of each region, semifinals, and the championship. South Region: The […]

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PCI: The Arizona Wildcats Will Win the NCAA Tournament

by Max Anderson ’18 Sports Staff Saying this college basketball season has been unpredictable and chaotic would be an understatement; the University of Virginia Cavaliers, a team that was not even ranked going into the season, is the number one overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, while five teams that were ranked in the Preseason […]

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PCI: The Virginia Cavaliers Will Win the NCAA Tournament

by Chris McCormack ’18 Sports Staff The Conference Tournaments have officially ended, which means it is now time for the greatest sporting event of the year. NCAA March Madness holds a special place in my heart, especially when our own school is competing. The field has a lot of strong teams as well as many […]

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Scores from Spring Break

Lacrosse: 03/03/18 vs. Sacred Heart University: L, 10-9 (OT) 03/06/18 vs. University of Massachusetts-Lowell: L, 12-11 03/10/18 vs. Harvard University: L, 11-8 Softball: 03/04/18 vs. San Jose State University: L, 4-2 vs. Pacific University: L, 11-5 03/06/18 vs. California State University- Northridge: L, 5-0 vs. CSUN: L, 10-0 03/08/18 vs. Loyola Marymount University: L, 4-1 […]

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Doris Burke Wins 2018 Curt Gowdy Award

PC Grad Continues to Make Headlines by Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports staff On Feb. 17,  the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced that former Friar and ESPN NBA analyst Doris Burke ’87 would receive the 2018 Curt Gowdy Media Award.     The award is named after American sportscaster Curt Gowdy, who served as […]

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PCI: Providence College will Win the Hockey East Tourney

PC Geared for Another Deep Run by Sam Scanlon ’19 Sports Staff It’s tourney time! The Hockey East is one of the most exciting and competitive conferences in the NCAA and is home to names like Adam Gaudette of Northeastern, 2018 Olympian Jordan Greenway  of Boston University and, of course Providence College’s very own Erik […]

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