- ICYMI – Bracketology: Week 2 of pcbb1917.com’s Bracket
- ICYMI – Providence Recruiting Guide to the 2015 National Prep School Invitational
- ICYMI – Providence RPI Update 2/3/15
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – Three-point shooting becoming a concern for PC offense
- ESPN.com – Eamonn Brennan – College Basketball Bubble Watch
- Scout Friars – Ultimate Cranston – Dunn and Henton and Pray for Rain ($)
- numberFire.com – Brett Oswalt – How Good is Providence’s Kris Dunn?
Opening Line: Providence +6 at Georgetown 2/4/15
Providence and Georgetown finish their regular season series Wednesday night at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. The Friars won on their home court in overtime against the Hoyas and Georgetown will look to do the same. Georgetown is 10-2 at home this season with their two losses coming against Kansas in December and last week against Xavier.
This game opened with the Friars as a road underdog at +6.
Stay tuned for updates as they happen and the total amount once that’s available.
UPDATE: 2/4/15 10:40am the line has moved to +6.5 and the total is 131.
Recent Trends (via Vegas Insider)
- Providence is 11-6-2 ATS this season
- Georgetown is 8-9 ATS this season
- Providence is 4-3 ATS on the road this season
- Georgetown is 5-6 ATS at home this season
- Providence is 2-3 ATS in their last 5 road contests
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Providence RPI Update 2/3/15
Current RPI Update
- Providence’s RPI on 2/2/15: 23
- Providence’s RPI on 2/3/15: 23
*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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Providence Recruiting Guide to the 2015 National Prep School Invitational
While the Providence coaching staff probably won’t be able to attend much of this weekend’s National Prep School Invitational due to a road game at Xavier on Saturday there will be a number of Providence recruiting targets playing at Rhode Island College this weekend.
The NPSI begins on Thursday, February 5th and runs through Sunday, February 8th. There are teams from all over New England as well as teams from Florida, Kansas, South Carolina, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and even some international teams from Canada and the Czech Republic. Cox Hub will have live streaming available of 3 games each day on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The cost is $5/day or $9 for a month pass to get all NPSI streaming games.
Below is the full schedule of the event. All games will be played at Rhode Island College on Mount Pleasant Avenue in Providence. You’ll see that I’ve listed any Providence recruits that are playing in a particular game.
Thursday, February 5th
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#pcbb Links of the Day 2/3/15
- ICYMI – Providence RPI Update 2/2/15
- ICYMI – Big East Bracketology Update 2/2/15
- ICYMI – Kris Dunn is Big East Player of the Week after Triple Double
- ICYMI – National Polls Update: Week 13
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara & Bill Koch – Pick & Pop College Hoops Podcast: The road ahead
- College Basketball Talk – Rob Dauster – D’Angelo Russell, Jahlil Okafor among the nation’s ten most entertaining players
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Bracketology: Week 2 of pcbb1917.com’s Bracket
This is week 2 of me attempting to build a bracket. Try to remember that when commenting and getting after me on Twitter but I appreciate all the feedback. I’ll give you my S-curve as well as try to seed teams while following the NCAA Selection Committee’s guidelines for seeding. I’ll try to do this post at least once a week as the season progresses and maybe more frequently as Selection Sunday gets closer. Note that my bracket is now part of the Bracket Matrix.
The automatic qualifiers are based on the conference standings through games on February 2nd.
Be sure to send me your feedback in the comments section, via email or on Twitter. Here we go.
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National Polls Update: Week 13
Providence went 1-1 this week with their home win against DePaul and then their road loss at St. John’s. Last week Providence got 13 votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll and they are now getting 9 votes in that poll this week which ranks them 33rd. They were 33rd a week ago with those 13 votes. The Friars got 17 votes in the AP Poll last week which was good for 32nd. They have fallen out of favor with those writers and got just 3 votes this week which ranks them 36th.
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