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Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada

Former PC coach Ed Cooley, now head coach at Georgetown, returns to Providence with his team Saturday.

Friar fans have long had the Georgetown game circled on their calendars as their former coach returns home.

Health challenges can happen anywhere. Other bumps in the road faced by the former Providence College basketball coach were unique to the coach living and working in his hometown.

Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada

Ian McArtor and his daughter are repping the Cards in Northern Iraq.

Ed Cooley figures he has a pretty good idea of what to expect when he brings his current team, Georgetown, to play at the home of his former team, Providence, in a Big East matchup Saturday that'll serve as a sort of homecoming for the basketball coach. Cooley angered plenty of folks in Rhode Island when he left the Friars after seven NCAA Tournament appearances in 12 seasons seasons to take the job with the Hoyas, replacing Patrick Ewing. Because they loved Coach.

For college basketball fans everywhere, the Jan. 27 matchup between the Providence and Georgetown men’s basketball programs represents more than just a simple, hard-nosed Big East matchup. 

Georgetown men’s basketball (8-11, 1-7 BIG EAST) dropped another frustrating home game on Tuesday night to Butler (13-7, 4-5 BIG EAST), extending their losing streak to four games with the 90-66 loss.

First-year Georgetown coach Ed Cooley said during his introductory press conference last March that the Hoyas were "gonna lose some games," but he was OK with that."Losing is part of growth," Cooley