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June 20, 2008

PC's Xavier to play for Cape Verdean national team

Providence College's Jeff Xavier will join the Cape Verdean national team as it attempts to qualify for the Summer Olympics in Beijing, according to the PC Athletics Department.

Xavier, who went to St. Raphael Academy in Pawtucket, led the Friars in scoring last season. He will leave Rhode Island on Sunday for training camp, then continue to Athens, Greece, where his team will face New Zealand on July 15. Cape Verde will attempt to become one of 12 teams competing in Greece to receive an Olympics invitation.

Posted by mikemcd at 1:04 PM

Bryant to introduce new coach on Monday

Bryant University has scheduled a news conference at 11 a.m. Monday at the Chase Athletic Center to announce its new head basketball coach. The new coach will replace Max Good, who built Bryant into a Division II power over the last half dozen years. Good left Bryant two weeks ago to become the associate head coach at Loyola-Marymount in California.

Bryant is moving from the Northeast 10 to Division I beginning this September.

Posted by mikemcd at 12:55 PM