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Articles, Providence, Seton Hall

http://web.sny.tv/media/video.jsp?content_id=25670909

By BRENDAN McGAIR

Special to ZAGSBLOG 

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – As difficult as it can be for a team on the rise to get up for a perceived weaker sister, Providence made sure not to let its guard down Wednesday night at the Dunkin Donuts Center.

Seton Hall certainly tried to provide a challenging test – the Pirates drop to 3-14 in the Big East after going down by a 76-66 count – but PC did to them what good teams do to bad ones. By taking care of business against one of the conference’s bottom dwellers, the Friars stand at 9-8, a mark equaled by Villanova for seventh-best in the league.

Based on sweeping the season series with the Wildcats, the Friars would enter the Big East Tournament as the No. 7 seed. Such a ranking would earn Ed Cooley’s club an opening-round game at Madison Square Garden against Cincinnati. The Bearcats – 8-9 heading into Saturday’s regular-season finale against South Florida – would be the No. 10 seed.

Articles, Fairleigh Dickinson

Greg Vetrone is out as the head coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University, he confirmed Tuesday to SNY.tv.

The news was first reported by Jon Rothstein of CBSSports.com on Feb. 27.

Look for Jared Grasso, the associate head coach at Iona and former Fordham head coach, to be in the mix.

Former Nets assistant Tom Barrise, an FDU grad, could be another option. Barrise was a finalist the last time around when Vetrone was hired.

Articles

Here’s the Jordan Brand Regional Team for the game set for April 13 at Barclays Center:

For the National Game players, click here.

Kentucky has five recruits in the National Game.

Between the National and Regional Games, Syracuse has three.

HOME TEAM

Kentan Facey, PF, 6-8, 210, Long Island Lutheran — UCONN

Jaquan Lynch, G, 6-1, 173, Thomas Jefferson — FIU

Hassan Martin, WF, 6-6, 194, Curtis — RHODE ISLAND

Chinonso Obokoh, C/F, 6-9, 210, Bishop Kearney — SYRACUSE

Shane Rector, PG, 6-1, 176, South Kent — RUTGERS

Terrence Samuel, PG, 6-3, 185, South Shore — UCONN

Jon Severe, G, 6-2, 186, Christ the King — UNDECIDED

Shamiek Sheppard, WF, 6-5, 190, South Shore — TOWSON

Kyle Washington, C/F, 6-9, 200, Brewster Academy — N.C. STATE

Rich Williams, WF, 6-5, 200, Vermont Academy — HOFSTRA

Tennis

NEW YORK — As he cranks up his comeback to the tennis world, Rafael Nadal admits he isn’t certain how his balky left knee will handle the upcoming hardcourt circuit.

“I’m feeling better,” Nadal said before losing to Juan Martin del Potro, 7-6, 6-4, Monday night on a hardcourt in the BNP Paribas Showdown in his first appearance at Madison Square Garden. “I have to see how the knee will answer in Indian Wells.”

Nadal, ranked No. 5 in the world, should be tested at Indian Wells, the California hardcourt event that will feature 49 of the top 50 players in the world and begins Thursday.

“We will see how [my knee] answers better next week in Indian Wells,” said Nadal, the 11-time Grand Slam singles champion. “That will be the big test for me, to play an official match.”

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