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#pcbb Links of the Day 3/17/15

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In honor of Bryce Cotton signing a deal with the Utah Jazz, here’s the “Best of Bryce Cotton’s Senior Year” by FriarBasketball.com:

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#pcbb Links of the Day 3/16/15

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NCAA Tournament

2015 NCAA Tournament Tip Times and Announcer Pairings

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CBS/Turner released the tip times and announcer pairings for the 2015 NCAA Tournament. I’m sure Providence fans will love the fact that Doug Gottlieb will be doing the analysis of their Second Round game in Columbus. Gottlieb will be joined by Ian Eagle who will do the play-by-play and Evan Washburn who will handle the sideline reporting duties.

Here is the full list of times and announcer pairings:

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NCAA Tournament

Providence Draws 6 Seed in East Region; Will Play Either Dayton or Boise State

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The Providence Friars will make their 17th NCAA Tournament appearance on Friday, March 20th in Columbus, Ohio. The Friars were seeded 6th and will take on the winner of an 11 seed play-in game between Dayton and Boise State. Providence is 14-17 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and will be making their first back-to-back trip since 1990. I’ll have a more in-depth preview during the week once the true opponent is known but here is some information for you to get to know about each team.

What You Need to Know About Dayton

  • Season Record: 25-8
  • Conference: Atlantic 10
  • RPI: 32
  • Kenpom: 40

What You Need to Know About Boise State

  • Season Record: 23-8
  • Conference: Mountain West
  • RPI: 40
  • Kenpom: 39

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Bracketology/RPI

pcbb1917 Final Selection Sunday Bracket Projection

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Selection Sunday is upon us. The official bracket will begin being released at 6pm on CBS’ Selection Show. This is my final attempt at putting together my bracket. This will appear as one of over 100 brackets on BracketMatrix.com and I’ll be graded over there Monday or Tuesday.

Here we go.

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Bracketology/RPI

Big East Bracketology Update 3/15/15

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Joe Lunardi’s latest Selection Sunday bracket and “Bracket Math” are out Sunday morning. Within the Big East the only real movement since yesterday is that Butler falls off the 6 line and the Bulldogs are now a 7 seed. There’s also an intriguing potential matchup for Providence and an old head coach of theirs. One other thing to check out below is that, per a suggestion on Twitter, I have included the percentage of teams in the field from each conference in the “Conference Breakdown” portion of this post.

Here is a breakdown of where the 6 Big East teams fall on the seed lines Lunardi’s latest bracket:

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