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LC005523 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
CONGRATULATING THE PROVIDENCE COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAM FOR THEIR | |
OUTSTANDING 2021-2022 SEASON, AND WISHING THEM CONTINUED SUCCESS IN | |
THE 2022 NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT | |
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Introduced By: Senator Dominick J. Ruggerio | |
Date Introduced: March 15, 2022 | |
Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
1 | WHEREAS, The Providence College Friars men’s basketball team has thus far had one |
2 | of the greatest seasons in the storied history of the program. The Friars have an exceptional 25-5 |
3 | overall record, went 14-3 in the elite Big East Conference regular season, at one point was ranked |
4 | 8th nationally in the polls, earned a one seed in the Big East Conference tournament, and earned a |
5 | 4 seed in the 2022 NCAA Basketball Tournament; and |
6 | WHEREAS, The Friars were led all season by the outstanding play provided by 6'10" |
7 | center Nate Watson, the team’s leading scorer and Second Team All-Big East selection, guard |
8 | Jared Bynum, also a Second Team All-Big East selection, and the winner of the Big East sixth |
9 | man Award. The Friars also greatly benefitted through the contributions provided by guard Al |
10 | Durham, the team’s second-leading scorer, forward Noah Horchler, the team’s leading rebounder, |
11 | and the important contributions of A.J. Reeves, Justin Minaya, Ed Croswell, Alyn Breed, Brycen |
12 | Goodine, Matteus Case and Andrew Fonts; and |
13 | WHEREAS, The Friars have been led by the superb coaching and leadership of Head |
14 | Coach Ed Cooley, who was named the 2021-22 Big East Coach of the Year and the 2021-2022 |
15 | Sporting News National Coach of the Year. Coach Cooley began his tenure as the Providence |
16 | College Men’s Basketball Head Coach in 2011, and has taken his squads to six NCAA Basketball |
17 | Tournaments and two NIT Tournaments in his eleven year tenure; now, therefore be it |
18 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby congratulates the |
19 | Providence College Men’s Basketball Team for their outstanding accomplishments in the 2021- |
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1 | 2022 season, and wishes them continued success in the 2022 NCAA Basketball Tournament; and |
2 | be it further |
3 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
4 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Ed Cooley, Head Coach, Providence |
5 | College Men’s Basketball Team. |
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