The Starting Five: Weekly Recap
The Friar Starting Five Weekly Recap contains links to articles from the past week that may be of interest to Friar fans, or basketball fans in general.
1. Sports Illustrated has an article on the top college basketball players who are back for a bonus college hoops season, which includes Providence’s Nate Watson.
2. The New York Daily News breaks down five players from the Nets’ NBA Summer League team that you should be paying attention to. Number three on their list is David Duke Jr. who is described as coming from the Patrick Beverly school of guarding his man the full 94-foot length of the basketball court.
3. The Anonymous Eagle (Marquette’s basketball blog) wrote their annual summer check-in on the Providence College Friars going through PC’s returnees, departures, and outlook for next season.
4. Providence College has launched the AdvanTage NIL Program to assist athletes with education, protection, and monetization of their Name, Image, and Likeness.
5. Brendan McGair takes an in-depth look at Pawtucket’s Isaiah Miranda, the next rising star on the Rhode Island basketball scene. Miranda is a 7’1 center in the class of 2023 who is in the top 100 nationally on most scouting services.
Off the Bench
For Ball and Country, a new seven part documentary series by Peacock, takes a very interesting behind the scenes look at the US Olympic basketball team from the start of training camp all the way through to winning the gold medal in Tokyo.