Friars Claim a Jasper: Providence announced the addition of Jeff Xavier, who transferred from Manhattan. Per NCAA rules, Xavier must sit out the upcoming season but can practice with the team. Xavier, a 6-foot, 180-pound guard, recently finished his sophomore season at Manhattan. Xavier averaged 16.6 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.3 steals and 1.9 assists in 31 games for the Jaspers in 2005-06. For his efforts, he was named Second Team All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and All-New York City Third Team. Xavier registered a career-high 31 points in the Jaspers’ victory at Maryland in the first round of the NIT. As a freshman, he started 17 of 29 games and averaged 7.8 points and 1.4 steals per game. In each of his two seasons at Manhattan, he led the team in three-pointers. [6/21/06]
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The Seven C’s of Leadership
Former college basketball coach Mike Jarvis is back with a new book, The Seven C's of Leadership.
"Every one of us has leadership within us and this book offers fascinating principals that work in any setting—from the locker room to the executive board room. In The Seven C's of Leadership, Coach Jarvis lays out the essential ingredients of leadership."
-Jay Wright, NCAA Championship Men’s Basketball Coach, Villanova University
"At a time in America when we are witnessing an epidemic of opioid addictions and deaths, along with suicides, we need Coach Jarvis' Seven C's of Leadership – grounded in the power of Christ alone where we should all make our stand.”
-Lietenant Colonel Allen B. West (U.S. Army, Retired), Bronze Star recipient, and Member 112th U.S. Congress
"The Seven C's of Leadership is a slam dunk! Coach Jarvis has always been an outstanding leader because he has the ability to decipher what true leadership really means.”
-Dale Brown, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, LSU, 1972-1997, Member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame, and Shaquille O’Neal’s college coach