Bryant finds a new coach
PROVIDENCE, RI (WPRI) – Bryant University has hired Jamion Christian as its 10th head basketball coach. Christian brings 18 years of collegiate coaching experience and two years of coaching at the professional level in Italy to Bryant. Christian will take over a Bryant program that's coming off a D1 program-record 23 victories, America East Regular Season and Tournament titles, and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
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Oakmont, Pennsylvania Oakmont CC All times GMT (a-amateur) Thursday First Hole 1045 a-Matt Vogt, United States; Kevin Velo, United States; Trent Phillips, United States. 1056 Chandler Blanchet, United States; Alvaro Ortiz, Mexico; Doug Ghim, United States. 1107 a-Evan Beck, United States; Maxwell Moldovan, United States; Justin Hicks, United States. 1118 Harris English, United States; Tommy Fleetwood, England; Keegan Bradley, United States. 1129 Xander Schauffele, United States; Jose Luis Ballester, Spain; Bryson DeChambeau, United States. 1140 Matt Fitzpatrick, England; Wyndham Clark, United States; Gary Woodland, United States. 1151 Akshay Bhatia, United States; Matt McCarty, United States; Robert MacIntyre, Scotland. 1202 Cam Davis, Australia; Davis Thompson, United States; Thomas Detry, Belgium. 1213 Richard Bland, England; a-Trevor Gutschewski, United States; Lanto Griffin, United States. 1224 Edoardo Molinari, Italy; Sam Stevens, United States; Ryan Gerard, United States. 1235 Thriston Lawrence, South Africa; a-Noah Kent, United States; Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark. 1246 Jinichiro Kozuma, Japan; a-Cameron Tankersley, United States; Chase Johnson, United States. 1257 Philip Barbaree Jr., United States; Riley Lewis, United States; Brady Calkins, United States. 1630 Frederic Lacroix, France; Emiliano Grillo, Argentina; Sam Bairstow, England. 1641 Byeong Hun An, South Korea; Joe Highsmith, United States; Ryan Fox, New Zealand. 1652 Victor Perez, France; Jacob Bridgeman, United States; Adam Schenk, United States. 1703 Min Woo Lee, Australia; Justin Thomas, United States; Brooks Koepka, United States. 1714 Sam Burns, United States.; Nico Echavarria, Colombia; Denny McCarthy, United States. 1725 Viktor Hovland, Norway; Collin Morikawa, United States; Scottie Scheffler, United States. 1736 Corey Conners, Canada; Jason Day, Australia; Patrick Reed, United States. 1747 Joaquin Niemann, Chile; Bud Cauley, United States.; Daniel Berger, United States. 1758 Mackenzie Hughes, Canada; Tony Finau, United States; Chris Kirk, United States. 1809 a-Ben James, United States.; Rasmus Højgaard, Denmark; Stephan Jaeger, Germany. 1820 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Denmark; a-Justin Hastings, Cayman Islands; Laurie Canter, England. 1831 a-Frankie Harris, United States.; Emilio Gonzalez, Mexico; Roberto Díaz, Mexico. 1842 Grant Haefner, United States;; Joey Herrera, United States.; George Kneiser, United States. 10th Hole 1045 Zac Blair, United States; Scott Vincent, Zimbabwe; Alistair Docherty, United States. 1056 Jacques Kruyswijk, South Africa; Jordan Smith, England; Eric Cole, United States. 1107 Tom Kim South Korea; J.J. Spaun, United States; Taylor Pendrith, Canada. 1118 Ludvig Aberg, Sweden; Adam Scott, Australia; Hideki Matsuyama, Japan. 1129 Ben Griffin, United States; Andrew Novak, United States; Maverick McNealy, United States. 1140 Shane Lowry, Ireland; Justin Rose, England; Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland. 1151 Patrick Cantlay, United States; Si Woo Kim, South Korea; Lucas Glover, United States. 1202 Cameron Smith, Australia; Brian Harman, United States; Phil Mickelson, United States. 1213 Niklas Norgaard, Denmark; Brian Campbell, United States; Justin Lower, United States. 1224 Davis Riley, United States; a-Jackson Koivun, United States; Johnny Keefer, United States. 1235 James Hahn, United States; Mark Hubbard, United States; a-Michael La Sasso, United States. 1246 Joakim Lagergren, Sweden; a-Mason Howell, United States; Chris Gotterup, United States. 1257 Zach Bauchou, United States; Jackson Buchanan, United States; a-Lance Simpson, United States. 1630 Will Chandler, United States; Andrea Pavan, Italy; Takumi Kanaya, Japan. 1641 a-Bryan Lee, United States; Guido Migliozzi, Italy; Preston Summerhays, United States. 1652 Erik van Rooyen, South Africa; Max Greyserman, United States; Matt Wallace, England. 1703 Russell Henley, United States; Christiaan Bezuidenhout, South Africa; Nick Taylor, Canada. 1714 Jordan Spieth, United States; Jon Rahm, Spain; Dustin Johnson, United States. 1725 Tyrrell Hatton, England; Sungjae Im, South Korea; Sepp Straka, Austria. 1736 Cameron Young, United States; Tom Hoge, United States; J.T. Poston, United States. 1747 Jhonattan Vegas, Venezuela; Michael Kim, United States; Matthieu Pavon, France. 1758 Marc Leishman, Australia; Aaron Rai, England; Nick Dunlap, United States. 1809 Matthew Jordan, United States; Yuta Sugiura, Japan; Carlos Ortiz, Mexico. 1820 Ryan McCormick, United States; Trevor Cone, United States; a-Zach Pollo, United States. 1831 James Nicholas, United States; a-Tyler Weaver, England; Riki Kawamoto, Japan. 1842 Austin Truslow, United States; Harrison Ott, United States; George Duangmanee, United States. Friday First Hole 1045 Will Chandler, United States; Andrea Pavan, Italy; Takumi Kanaya, Japan. 1056 a-Bryan Lee, United States; Guido Migliozzi, Italy; Preston Summerhays, United States. 1107 Erik van Rooyen, South Africa; Max Greyserman, United States; Matt Wallace, England. 1118 Russell Henley, United States; Christiaan Bezuidenhout, South Africa; Nick Taylor, Canada. 1129 Jordan Spieth, United States; Jon Rahm, Spain; Dustin Johnson, United States. 1140 Tyrrell Hatton, England; Sungjae Im, South Korea; Sepp Straka, Austria. 1151 Cameron Young, United States; Tom Hoge, United States; J.T. Poston, United States. 1202 Jhonattan Vegas, Venezuela; Michael Kim, United States; Matthieu Pavon, France. 1213 Marc Leishman, Australia; Aaron Rai, England; Nick Dunlap, United States. 1224 Matthew Jordan, United States; Yuta Sugiura, Japan; Carlos Ortiz, Mexico. 1235 Ryan McCormick, United States; Trevor Cone, United States; a-Zach Pollo, United States. 1246 James Nicholas, United States; a-Tyler Weaver, England; Riki Kawamoto, Japan. 1257 Austin Truslow, United States; Harrison Ott, United States; George Duangmanee, United States. 1630 Zac Blair, United States; Scott Vincent, Zimbabwe; Alistair Docherty, United States. 1641 Jacques Kruyswijk, South Africa; Jordan Smith, England; Eric Cole, United States. 1652 Tom Kim South Korea; J.J. Spaun, United States; Taylor Pendrith, Canada. 1703 Ludvig Aberg, Sweden; Adam Scott, Australia; Hideki Matsuyama, Japan. 1714 Ben Griffin, United States; Andrew Novak, United States; Maverick McNealy, United States. 1725 Shane Lowry, Ireland; Justin Rose, England; Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland. 1736 Patrick Cantlay, United States; Si Woo Kim, South Korea; Lucas Glover, United States. 1747 Cameron Smith, Australia; Brian Harman, United States; Phil Mickelson, United States. 1758 Niklas Norgaard, Denmark; Brian Campbell, United States; Justin Lower, United States. 1809 Davis Riley, United States; a-Jackson Koivun, United States; Johnny Keefer, United States. 1820 James Hahn, United States; Mark Hubbard, United States; a-Michael La Sasso, United States. 1831 Joakim Lagergren, Sweden; a-Mason Howell, United States; Chris Gotterup, United States. 1842 Zach Bauchou, United States; Jackson Buchanan, United States; a-Lance Simpson, United States. 10th Hole 1045 Frederic Lacroix, France; Emiliano Grillo, Argentina; Sam Bairstow, England. 1056 Byeong Hun An, South Korea; Joe Highsmith, United States; Ryan Fox, New Zealand. 1107 Victor Perez, France; Jacob Bridgeman, United States; Adam Schenk, United States. 1118 Min Woo Lee, Australia; Justin Thomas, United States; Brooks Koepka, United States. 1129 Sam Burns, United States.; Nico Echavarria, Colombia; Denny McCarthy, United States. 1140 Viktor Hovland, Norway; Collin Morikawa, United States; Scottie Scheffler, United States. 1151 Corey Conners, Canada; Jason Day, Australia; Patrick Reed, United States. 1202 Joaquin Niemann, Chile; Bud Cauley, United States.; Daniel Berger, United States. 1213 Mackenzie Hughes, Canada; Tony Finau, United States; Chris Kirk, United States. 1224 a-Ben James, United States.; Rasmus Højgaard, Denmark; Stephan Jaeger, Germany. 1235 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Denmark; a-Justin Hastings, Cayman Islands; Laurie Canter, England. 1246 a-Frankie Harris, United States.; Emilio Gonzalez, Mexico; Roberto Díaz, Mexico. 1257 Grant Haefner, United States;; Joey Herrera, United States.; George Kneiser, United States. 1630 a-Matt Vogt, United States; Kevin Velo, United States; Trent Phillips, United States. 1641 Chandler Blanchet, United States; Alvaro Ortiz, Mexico; Doug Ghim, United States. 1652 a-Evan Beck, United States; Maxwell Moldovan, United States; Justin Hicks, United States. 1703 Harris English, United States; Tommy Fleetwood, England; Keegan Bradley, United States. 1714 Xander Schauffele, United States; Jose Luis Ballester, Spain; Bryson DeChambeau, United States. 1725 Matt Fitzpatrick, England; Wyndham Clark, United States; Gary Woodland, United States. 1736 Akshay Bhatia, United States; Matt McCarty, United States; Robert MacIntyre, Scotland. 1747 Cam Davis, Australia; Davis Thompson, United States; Thomas Detry, Belgium. 1758 Richard Bland, England; a-Trevor Gutschewski, United States; Lanto Griffin, United States. 1809 Edoardo Molinari, Italy; Sam Stevens, United States; Ryan Gerard, United States. 1820 Thriston Lawrence, South Africa; a-Noah Kent, United States; Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark. 1831 Jinichiro Kozuma, Japan; a-Cameron Tankersley, United States; Chase Johnson, United States. 1842 Philip Barbaree Jr., United States; Riley Lewis, United States; Brady Calkins, United States.
