Per Jon Rothstein, NU will host Providence as part of the 2019 Gavitt Games. That's a good matchup for us as Providence is typically a pretty good team.
NU to Play Providence at Welsh-Ryan
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Ed Cooley, head coach at Providence, turned down Michigan and got a nice pay bump. Would have been fun to see the Friars (Providence, not Hinman House) play @UM.
As a former Friar, I think it would have been fun to see Hinman House play them too. -
We were pretty bad in my day......As a former Friar, I think it would have been fun to see Hinman House play them too. -
Has Northwestern ever won one of these games? We've lost to Butler a couple of times and we lost to Creighton. We've beaten DePaul regularly but I believe that's a series apart from the Gavitt Games.
only started in 2015. NU is 0-2
lost @ butler 70-68 in 2016
lost vs. Creighton at allstate craprena - 92-88 in 2017
only games are just big east match-ups in OOC
Was it ever confirmed that Cooley was offered the job? I recall seeing a Providence student report Cooley was a done deal, but don’t remember if anyone more legitimate had that. Always seemed like Howard was their guy due to pressure from loud mouthed former players.