Providence basketball will take the national stage this season. Here’s the Friars schedule

Three major networks and multiple national cable outlets will carry Providence College men’s basketball games in the 2024-25 season.

CBS, Fox and NBC will feature at least a combined four games in Big East play — two against former coaches, two against the two-time national champions. The Friars could also see their regular-season finale flexed from FS1 to Fox if it helps determine a league title.

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Big East coaches Dan Hurley, of UConn, left, Ed Cooley, of Georgetown, center, and Rick Pitino, of St. John’s, right, will be featured on national broadcasts when their teams play the Providence Friars this season.

St. John’s, Georgetown and a pair of matchups with Connecticut will be played under the brightest lights. The Red Storm visit Amica Mutual Pavilion for an 8 p.m. tip on Dec. 20 and the Hoyas come calling for a 12:30 p.m. tip on Jan. 25. Both of those games will be shown on Fox. Rick Pitino and Ed Cooley will make their respective returns to the sidelines they called home from 1985-87 and 2011-23, respectively.

Providence travels to face the Huskies at Gampel Pavilion on Jan. 5 at 2 p.m. and hosts them on March 1 at noon. Those games will be aired with new media rights partner NBC and CBS. It’s the first time in program history it’ll be playing games on each of those three networks in a single season and the first time since 1997-98 playing on NBC outlets. The Friars will add the TNT Sports family of networks to the mix when the conference’s new six-year deal with three major stakeholders — Fox Sports, NBC Sports and TNT Sports — begins in the 2025-26 season.

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Providence Coach Kim English and his Friars will be on the national stage more than a few times this coming season.

Providence could add one more conference game on a national network on March 8. The Friars will visit Xavier…

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Author : The Providence Journal

Publish date : 2024-10-03 09:16:59

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