- ICYMI – Game Notes & Preview: Providence (17-11, 7-8) vs Marquette (17-10, 8-7) 2/25/17
- ICYMI – Opening Line: Providence -2 vs Marquette 2/25/17
- ICYMI – Scout’s Expanded and Updated Class of 2019 Top 60 Player Rankings Released
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – Use a timeout on final possession? Big East coaches have to think fast
- Woonsocket Call – Brendan McGair – Action Jackson: Providence sophomore emerged as key factor
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara & Bill Koch – Pick and Pop College Hoops Podcast: Monster Saturday in store for PC & URI
- WEEI.com – John Rooke – Thinking Out Loud: Friars making run at NCAA Tournament
- WestwoodOneSports.com – John Rooke & Kevin McNamara – This Week in the Big East: Greg McDermott, Eric Devendorf and Jim Calhoun
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Game Notes & Preview: Providence (17-11, 7-8) vs Marquette (17-10, 8-7) 2/25/17
Where: Dunkin’ Donuts Center – Providence, RI
When: 4:00pm EST
How: CBSSN (John Sadak & Brendan Haywood)/CBS Sports App (Where Available)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV
Game Notes
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Opening Line: Providence -2 vs Marquette 2/25/17
Providence is 17-11 on the court this season and the Friars are 18-10 ATS. Marquette is 17-10 on the court and 14-13 ATS. Kenpom has this game as Providence winning, 75-74, and he gives Marquette a 47% chance of winning.
The oddsmakers have weighed in on this matchup that tips at 4:00pm on Saturday:
Opening Line |
Providence -2 |
Opening O/U |
TBA |
Opening Moneyline |
TBA |
Stay tuned for updates as the line moves.
Trends
- Providence is 9-1 ATS in their last 10 games
- Providence is 10-6 ATS at home this season
- Over is 8-7-1 when Providence is at home this season
- Marquette is 5-5 ATS in their last 10 games
- Marquette is 4-4 ATS on the road this season
- Over is 5-3 when Marquette is on the road this season
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Scout’s Expanded and Updated Class of 2019 Top 60 Player Rankings Released
Providence is hosting a 2017 guard recruit for an official visit this weekend but it’s never to early to look ahead. Scout.com released an updated and expanded Top 60 for the Class of 2019 on Friday and the Friars already have some targets that are among the best in the country as high school sophomores. The prospects range from those playing in the NEPSAC locally to
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Big East TV Schedule Announced for March 4th
The Big East announced the TV network schedule for the final Saturday of action on March 4th during the league’s media call on Thursday. When the season schedule was initially announced the network placement of these final 5 league contests were left up in the air between FOX and FS2. All 10 Big East teams are in action on the final day of the regular season and here is where you can watch your team play:
FOX
- 12:00pm – Villanova at Georgetown
- 2:30pm – Seton Hall at Butler
FS2
- 12:00pm – Providence at St. John’s
- 2:30pm – Creighton at Marquette
FSN
- 2:00pm – Xavier at DePaul
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Big East Tournament Seed Watch 2/23/17
Eight of the ten teams in the Big East have three games left with only Villanova and Butler playing just two league games over the next 9 days. The bottomline is that the regular season comes to a conclusion on March 4th with all ten teams in action and the likelihood is that 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 regularly over the final days of the regular season and there will be more detail about tiebreakers and scenarios as the season gets closer to a conclusion. For now, I’ll give you the Big East Tournament bracket as it would be today and what a win for certain teams this weekend means for the seeding outlook.
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Friars Win: Providence 68, (23) Creighton 66
| 1H | 2H | Final Score | |
| Providence | 29 | 39 | 68 |
| (23) Creighton | 36 | 30 | 66 |
Stat Leaders
| Points | Rebounds | Assists | |
| Providence | Holt: 18 | Bullock: 12 | Cartwright: 10 |
| (23) Creighton | Foster: 18 | Thomas: 9 | Mintz: 4 |
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