Providence College Athletic Director Steve Napolillo met with the media at 1:30pm ET on March 16, 2026 to discuss the ongoing national coaching search to replace Kim English as the leader of the Providence Friars basketball program. Brian Reddy had boots on the ground and got this audio for pcbb1917.com. 

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The Providence Friarcast returns this week with Mike Hopkins and Brian Reddy. The fellas are feeling philosophical with the season all but over and an eye turning towards the future and the transfer portal which opens a month from today. There are a couple potential portal targets mentioned in addition to the new version of the shiny practice facility for high major programs in the NIL/revenue sharing era.

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The Providence Friarcast with Mike Hopkins, Brian Reddy and Brendan Desrochers talk a 1-1 week in the NYC metro area with a win at Seton Hall and a loss at MSG against St. John's. The fellas also preview the upcoming Pink Out game against Creighton at home and the road tilt at Hinkle Fieldhouse against Butler this weekend. The episode ends with the most buzzworthy segment on the internet: Remember This Guy?

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The Providence Friarcast with Mike Hopkins, Brian Reddy and Brendan Desrochers recap the win over Georgetown on Saturday, preview the upcoming road games this week at Seton Hall and St. John's and give an update from the Portal Committee. The episode ends with the most buzzworthy segment on the internet: Remember This Guy?

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The Providence Friarcast with Mike Hopkins, Brian Reddy and Brendan Desrochers recap an 0-2 week on the road in the Big East, have a discussion about Kim English in year 2 and prepare for #TheReturn, Part II, with Georgetown coming to the AMP on Saturday. The episode ends with the most buzzworthy segment on the internet: Remember This Guy?

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The Providence Friarcast returns for an episode with Mike Hopkins, Brian Reddy and Brendon Desrochers. The fellas talk Providence's 2-0 stretch with wins over Butler and Seton Hall before previewing the upcoming road swing at Creighton and Villanova this week. There will also be a report from the Portal Committee on some names for Friar fans to watch and the show ends, as usual, with the hit segment, Remember This Guy?

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The Providence Friarcast with Mike Hopkins, Brian Reddy and Brendan Desrochers recapped another 1-1 week with a win at DePaul and the loss at Mohegan Sun to St. Bonaventure. The fellas also get philosophical and give another state of the program, finishing off with the most buzzworthy segment on the internet: Remember This Guy? to finish off this week's episode.

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The Providence Friarcast with Mike Hopkins, Brian Reddy and Brendan Desrochers recapped #TheReturn and win against BYU and the road rivalry loss at URI, looked ahead to the Friars first Big East game against DePaul and a trip to Mohegan Sun this weekend to take on St. Bonaventure. Oh, and the most talked about segment on the internet returns with "Remember this guy?" to finish things off.

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Mike Hopkins, Brian Reddy and Brendan Desrochers were live on Monday night recapping the disaster in Battle 4 Atlantis, the latest on Bryce Hopkins, a rant on the online outrage, the NET debut and preview of BYU and URI.

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Providence is down in the Bahamas for their first ever appearance in the Battle 4 Atlantis. Mike Hopkins is joined by Brian Reddy and Brendon Desrochers to talk about the 5-0 start, why analytics are bull$hit and preview Providence's game against Oklahoma and the rest of the Battle 4 Atlantis event.

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Providence is 5-1, likely to be 6-1 in November, to start their season with a road win in the Gavitt Games against Wisconsin, a neutral court victory over another Big Ten opponent in Northwestern in the Legends Classic at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ and then fell to Virginia in the championship game Tuesday night to cap off a 5-1 start to their season. Mike discusses some of the positives to take from the 1-1 trip to New Jersey, how the rotation is shaping up and a look ahead at the final stretch of non-conference games in December.