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Providence RPI Update 1/26/15

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Current RPI Update

  • Providence’s RPI on 1/25/15: 19
  • Providence’s RPI on 1/26/15: 20

*RPI rating courtesy of RPI Forecast

Review of Last Night’s Action

There were 5 games yesterday to help Providence boost their RPI. The record was 4-1. Boston College got a road win at Georgia Tech, 64-62. URI kept it close against St. Bonaventure but ultimately took care of their home court and the Bonnies, 53-48. St. John’s coughed up a 10 point lead with 8:15 left at the Garden against #5 Duke and fell to the Blue Devils, 77-68. Coack K got his 1,000th career win in the process. Albany used a good first half to beat UMBC at home, 69-55. Notre Dame needed overtime on the road at NC State but they defeated the Wolfpack, 81-78. The Fighting Irish figures to be a very good resume win for Providence.

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How Providence Can Get Their RPI Boosted Today 1/25/15

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Current RPI Update

  • Providence’s RPI on 1/24/15: 19
  • Providence’s RPI on 1/25/15: 19

*RPI rating courtesy of RPI Forecast

Review of Last Night’s Action

There were 4 games yesterday to help Providence boost their RPI. The record was 2-2. Kentucky beat South Carolina on the road, 58-43. Navy fell on the road at Holy Cross, 76-65. Florida State traveled to North Carolina and lost a close one, 78-74. Miami got a nice road win at Syracuse, 66-62, and the 14-5 Hurricanes have a good chance of cracking the top 25 polls on Monday.

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How Providence Can Get Their RPI Boosted Today 1/24/15

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Current RPI Update

  • Providence’s RPI on 1/23/15: 19
  • Providence’s RPI on 1/24/15: 19

*RPI rating courtesy of RPI Forecast

Review of Last Night’s Action

There were 0 games yesterday to help Providence boost their RPI.

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Bracketology Update 1/24/15

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Joe Lunardi will be doing a weekly Saturday article with his “Bracket Math” and then he’ll breakdown the weekend’s most important games with teams that would be “In With a Win”, “Out Without” and who has the “Most at Stake” which could describe a team that would lose any chance of getting into the NCAA Tournament or just a team whose seeding could be affected by a win or loss.

Here is a breakdown of Palm’s latest “Bracket Math”:

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Bracketology Update 1/23/15

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Joe Lunardi’s latest bracket and “Bracket Math” came out on Thursday and Jerry Palm has now released his latest bracket since his last release on Monday of this week. Palm and Lunardi vary a bit on how they seed some Big East teams but both have 7 Big East teams in their fields.

Here is a breakdown of Palm’s latest bracket:

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How Providence Can Get Their RPI Boosted Today 1/23/15

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Current RPI Update

  • Providence’s RPI on 1/22/15: 26
  • Providence’s RPI on 1/23/15: 19

*RPI rating courtesy of RPI Forecast

Review of Last Night’s Action

There were two games yesterday to help Providence boost their RPI. The results were 5-0 plus Providence’s own win to make it 6-0. Stony Brook went on the road and beat UMass-Lowell, 65-45. Albany also won on the road at Hartford, 62-53. URI took care of La Salle at the Ryan Center, 59-47. Notre Dame crushed Buzz Williams and Virginia Tech on the road, 85-60. Miami (FL) used a second half comeback to beat NC State at home, 65-60.

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Bracketology Update 1/22/15

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ESPN’s Joe Lunardi released his latest bracket and “Bracket Math” Thursday with games through January 21st. Lunardi has 7 Big East teams in the field after only having 6 in on his bracket released on Monday this week and the league also is dominating the 6 seed line.

This also seems like as good a time as any to re-introduce a section of these bracketology update posts that will continue from now on and that is the section that uses information from BracketMatrix.com. More on that below.

Here is a breakdown of Lunardi’s latest bracket math:

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