2015 Commit Alex Owens Injures Left Knee, Will Miss Remainder of Team’s Season
Providence’s 2015 big man commit Alex Owens injured his knee during his team’s district final loss on February 6th. Owens sat out Oak Ridge’s next game against Vero Beach and tried to give it a go against Winter Park on February 17th but re-injured the knee during pregame warmups, per a story in the Orlando Sentinel.
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Big East Bracketology Update 2/19/15
It’s been a couple of weeks since the last Big East Bracketology update and there has been a few significant changes throughout the conference over that span. Seton Hall has taken a nosedive while Butler, Providence and Georgetown continue to look like NCAA Tournament locks with each passing day. Xavier got a nice road win at Cincinnati last night to help their bubble resume and St. John’s is still teetering on the bring. Let’s get into Joe Lunardi’s Thursday bracket release.
Here is a breakdown of Lunardi’s latest bracket:
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Bracketology: pcbb1917.com’s Bracket 2/19/15
After a hiatus from creating a bracket I’m back with my latest attempt. We are now 24 days away from Selection Sunday and teams will be looking to finish their league season’s strong over the next few weeks. Note that my bracket is now part of the Bracket Matrix so head over there and see how mine compares to 80+ brackets submitted to that site.
The automatic qualifiers are based on the conference standings through games on February 18th.
Be sure to send me your feedback in the comments section, via email or on Twitter. Here we go.
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Providence RPI Update 2/19/15
Current RPI Update
- Providence’s RPI on 2/18/15: 24
- Providence’s RPI on 2/19/15: 21
*RPI rating courtesy of RPI Forecast
Review of Last Night’s Action
There were 4 games yesterday in addition to Providence’s own at DePaul that could help boost the Friars’ RPI. The results were 3-1. Xavier went crosstown and defeated Cincinnati, 59-57. Miami protected their home court against Virginia Tech, 76-52. Binghamton got their 5th win of the season against Vermont, 57-55. Navy fell at home to Lehigh, 59-53.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 2/19/15
- ICYMI – Providence RPI Update 2/18/15
- ICYMI – LaDontae Henton Named to 2015 Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award Watch List
- ICYMI – Providence Dominates DePaul, 84-57
- Providence Journal – Brian Sandalow – PC 84, DePaul 57: The issue was never in doubt
- FriarBasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Providence Demolishes DePaul
- SI.com – Brian Hamilton – Dunn Deal: Now injury free, Kris Dunn playing up to potential at Providence
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Providence Dominates DePaul, 84-57
Providence opened up a 15 point halftime lead behind 52% shooting from the field and never let DePaul get back into this game. Kris Dunn followed up his triple-double from last time these two teams met by scoring 21 points, ripping down 4 rebounds, dishing out 4 assists and grabbing 4 steals. LaDontae Henton got his 4th double-double of the season with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Joining Henton on the double-double front was Ben Bentil. Bentil finished with 12 points and 10 boards. This was his 2nd career double-double. Those were the only Providence players that scored in double figures on the night. Kyron Cartwright had a solid game with 6 points and 4 assists. Tyler Harris scored all 7 of his points in garbage time but made a few nice plays and possibly gained some confidence in the process.
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