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Providence, Big East Bracketology Update 3/2/17

ESPN and CBS Sports have released updated brackets and we’ll continue to track the minutae of each bracketology update so you don’t have to.

We’re now in the final few days of the regular season. All 10 Big East teams play their final games on Saturday before the Big East Tournament gets underway next Wednesday. There are a lot of bubbles bouncing around in the air right now and both national media members and bracket aggregating sites like BracketMatrix.com are pumping out lots of predictions and content as conference tournament season rapidly approaches for all the power conferences. Let’s take a look at where Providence, their non-conference opponents and the rest of the Big East stands in the latest bracketology.

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Friars Win: DePaul 64, Providence 73

1H 2H Final Score
DePaul 23 41 64
Providence 34 39 73

Stat Leaders

Points Rebounds Assists
DePaul Cyrus/Gage: 12 McCallum: 7 Garrett: 6
Providence Cartwright/Holt: 14 Bullock/Diallo: Cartwright: 6

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Game Notes & Preview: Providence (18-11, 8-8) vs DePaul (9-20, 2-14) 2/28/17

Where: Dunkin’ Donuts Center – Providence, RI

When: 8:30pm EST

How: FS1 (Alex Faust & Vin Parise)/Fox Sports GO (Where Available)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV

Game Notes

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Opening Line: Providence -13 vs DePaul 2/28/17

Providence is 18-11 on the court this season and the Friars are 19-10 ATS. DePaul is 9-20 on the court and 12-15-1 ATS. Kenpom has this game as Providence winning, 73-61, and he gives DePaul a 12% chance of winning.

The oddsmakers have weighed in on this matchup that tips at 8:30pm on Tuesday:

Opening Line

Providence -13

Opening O/U

135.5

Opening Moneyline

Prov -735/DP +570

Stay tuned for updates as the line moves.

Trends

  • Providence is 9-1 ATS in their last 10 games
  • Providence is 11-6 ATS at home this season
  • Over is 8-8-1 when Providence is at home this season
  • DePaul is 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games
  • DePaul is 4-5-1 ATS on the road this season
  • Over is 3-6-1 when DePaul is on the road this season

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Providence, Big East Bracketology Update 2/27/17

ESPN and CBS Sports have released updated brackets and we’ll continue to track the minutae of each bracketology update so you don’t have to.

The final week of the regular season is now upon us with Big East play coming to a crescendo on Saturday with all ten teams in action. There are a lot of bubbles bouncing around in the air right now and both national media members and bracket aggregating sites like BracketMatrix.com are pumping out lots of predictions and content as conference tournament season rapidly approaches for all the power conferences. Let’s take a look at where Providence, their non-conference opponents and the rest of the Big East stands in the latest bracketology.

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Big East Tournament Seed Watch 2/27/17

Eight of the ten teams in the Big East play twice in the final week of the season with Villanova and Butler only playing on Saturday when all ten league teams will be in action to close out the regular season. Many of the Big East members will still be jockeying for final seeding position for the Big East Tournament that begins on March 8th at Madison Square Garden. I’ll be doing this “Seed Watch” post one more time later in the week and there will be more detail about tiebreakers and scenarios in that final post before Saturday’s games. For now, I’ll give you the Big East Tournament bracket as it would be today, what a win for certain teams this past weekend means for the seeding outlook and then I’ll use Kenpom.com to predict the final standings and show you what that would look like after tiebreakers.

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Friars Win: Marquette 69, Providence 73

1H 2H Final Score
Marquette 36 33 69
Providence 37 36 73

Stat Leaders

Points Rebounds Assists
Marquette Howard: 24 Howard/Heldt:4 Reinhardt: 4
Providence Bullock: 20 Bullock: 10 Cartwright: 8

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