*RPI rating courtesy of RPI Forecast
There were 0 games yesterday that could help boost the Friars’ RPI.
Continue reading Providence RPI Update 2/24/15
Providence and Villanova will square off as a matchup of top 25 teams as the Friars cracked the top 25 of the AP poll for the first time since the 2003-04 season. Villanova is ranked 6th while the Friars are 25th. Villanova won the previous meeting this season at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center by the score of 74-68.
This game opened with the Friars as a road underdog at +11.5. This marks just the second time this season that the Friars have been a double-digit underdog. The only other time was at Kentucky when Providence was a 20 point underdog on November 30th.
UPDATE: 2/24/15 2:00pm the line moved to Providence +10.5 and the total is 137
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Marc Stein of ESPN is reporting that Bryce Cotton and the Utah Jazz are working on a 10-day contract to call Cotton up from the NBA D-League. Cotton has been playing with the Austin Spurs, an affiliate team of the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs. Cotton signed a partially-guaranteed 2-year contract with the Spurs after going undrafted in the 2015 NBA Draft and was then waived following training camp and assigned to Austin as an affiliate player.
Continue reading Report: Bryce Cotton to Sign 10-Day Contract with Utah Jazz
Providence went 1-0 this week when they beat DePaul on the road to complete the season sweep of the Blue Demons. Last week Providence got 22 votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll and they are now getting 28 votes in that poll this week which ranks them 27th. They were 28th a week ago with those 22 votes. The Friars got 44 votes in the AP Poll last week which was good for 28th. Providence has finally done enough to crack the top 25 in the AP Poll. This is the first time they have been ranked in the top 25 by the writers since March 15, 2004 when the Friars were ranked 21st in the final AP poll of that season. Providence was ranked 25th in the USA Today Coaches poll on November 24th earlier this season. This ranking means Providence’s game against Villanova on Tuesday will be played by 2 ranked teams.
Continue reading National Polls Update: Week 16
LaDontae Henton has been named the Big East Player of the Week after a 22 point, 11 rebound performance in Providence’s win at DePaul in the Friars’ only action last week. Henton has now been named Big East Player of the Week three times this season while his teammate Kris Dunn has gotten the honor twice.
Continue reading LaDontae Henton Named Big East Player of the Week
Joe Lunardi’s Monday bracket is out and he still has 6 teams in the field from the Big East. Xavier is on the bracket as an 8 seed but the Musketeers were moved down a line and swapped spots with Ole Miss due to principals and procedures rules as Xavier could have potentially met Butler in the Round of 32. That can’t happen because the principles and procedures document states “teams from the same conference shall not meet prior to the regional semifinals (Sweet 16) if they played each other twice during the regular season and conference tournament.”
Here is a breakdown of Lunardi’s latest bracket:
Continue reading Big East Bracketology Update 2/23/15
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