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Game Previews & Recaps

Game Notes & Preview: PC at Georgetown 2/10/14 #pcbb

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Where: Verizon Center – Washington, DC

When: 7:00pm

How: Fox Sports 1/WEEI 103.7 FM

Game Notes

  • Including their game on January 8th at the Dunk, the all time series is now 43-20 in favor of the Hoyas.
  • Providence’s win earlier this season snapped an 8 game losing streak vs. Georgetown
  • The Friars have only won 4 times in Washington, DC
  • Bryce Cotton is 2nd in the Big East in scoring (20.8 ppg) and Markel Starks is 5th (16.9 ppg)
  • Bryce Cotton is 1st in the Big East in assists (5.9 apg) and Markel Starks is 6th (4.0 apg)
  • Kadeem Batts is 4th (7.7 rpg) and LaDontae Henton is 5th (7.4 rpg) in the Big East in rebounds while Nate Lubick is 10th (6.0 rpg)
  • Line opened at PC +4.5

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Bracketology/RPI

#pcbb Bracketology Update 2/10/14

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Joe Lunardi has PC as a 12 seed in a First Round play-in game against Missouri in the East Region.

Jerry Palm has PC as an 11 seed playing Oklahoma in the Midwest Region.

Bracket Matrix, which updated today at 7:17am, has PC’s average seed as a 12 and they are in 62 of 74 brackets.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology/team-comparison/PROV/PROV
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Lee Goldsbrough

Cox Sports: Friars’ Lee Goldsbrough 1-On-1 #pcbb

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Friars’ Lee Goldsbrough 1-On-1

http://coxsportsonline.com/2014/02/friars-lee-goldsbrough-1-on-1/

Bracketology/RPI

How #pcbb Can Boost Their RPI Today 2/10/14

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There were no games of significance for RPI boostability last night for the Friars. PC’s RPI is now at 50 (was 50).

A new portion of this daily post will include the 10 teams with the biggest impact (5 positive plus PC themseleves, 5 negative) on PC’s RPI. This value is via RPI Forecast. For an explanation of this value, click here.

Top 5 Negative

Team Conf Curr Wgt Fut Wgt Curr W/L Exp W/L Curr Impact Exp Impact ▾
Maine AE 2.23 1.70 19.05 20.20 -1.38 -1.01
Boston College ACC 2.18 1.67 23.81 24.22 -1.14 -0.86
Fairfield MAAC 2.13 1.67 21.74 24.35 -1.20 -0.85
DePaul BE 2.64 4.08 43.48 40.30 -0.34 -0.79
Marist MAAC 2.17 1.69 40.91 39.73 -0.39 -0.35

Top 5 Positive

Team Conf Curr Wgt Fut Wgt Curr W/L Exp W/L Curr Impact Exp Impact ▴
Providence BE 26.31 26.31 64.00 60.48 7.37 5.52
Villanova BE 2.63 4.10 90.91 87.81 2.15 3.10
Creighton BE 2.58 4.07 90.48 86.10 2.09 2.94
Xavier BE 4.58 4.07 70.00 64.22 1.83 1.16
Massachusetts A10 2.18 1.72 80.95 77.37 1.35 0.94
Kentucky SEC 2.13 1.64 77.27 75.86 1.16 0.85

Three opportunities tonight for PC to get some RPI assistance.

Per Jerry Palm’s “Palm Reader”:

Here’s how PC can boost their RPI today:

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Links of the Day

#pcbb Links of the Day 2/10/14

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Game Recaps:

Recruiting

New highlight mixtape of PC commit Paschal Chukwu vi Corey Porter TV

Betting, Opening Lines

#pcbb Opening Line: PC +4.5 at Georgetown 2/10/14

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Line opened with Providence as a 4.5 point underdog. My numbers (not inclusive of home court advantage, etc) have Providence as about a 4 point favorite so there is more going on here than just home court. The Friars need this one tomorrow night.

Game Previews & Recaps

Rapid Reaction: Friars Fall on the Road

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It was a bit of a slugfest throughout and the surprise of the day was Josh Fortune but the Friars fell on the road at Xavier. Cotton wasn’t able to get much going today and there were scoring droughts by both teams. Some key turnovers and empty possessions by PC did them in at the end. This wasn’t a must win game but it was pretty close. I believed they needed to go at least 1-1 on this road trip so Monday in DC not becomes a big game.

Final: Providence 53 Xavier 59