Opening Lines

Opening Line: Providence pk at Creighton 1/17/15

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Providence beat Creighton on the opening day of Big East play at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. The trip to the CenturyLink Center is happening less than 3 weeks since that game and Providence is 2-3 all time in Omaha against the Bluejays. The line opened as a pick ’em.

Stay tuned for updates as they happen and the total amount once that’s available.

UPDATE 1/17/15 10:45am: Creighton is now favored by 2 points and the total is 132.

Recent Trends (via Vegas Insider)

  • Providence is 8-5-2 ATS this season
  • Creighton is 6-10 ATS this season
  • Providence is 3-2 ATS on the road this season
  • Creighton is 4-6 ATS at home this season
  • Providence is 2-2-1 ATS their last five times playing on the road

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Recruiting News

Report: Vermont Academy’s Bruce Brown Considering Reclassifying to 2015

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Scout.com’s Evan Daniels tweeted Thursday night that a source informed him of the possibility of 2016 Vermont Academy guard Bruce Brown reclassifying back to the class of 2015 and enrolling in college this fall. ESPN’s Adam Finkelstein followed that up by tweeting that “whispers of Bruce Brown going to ’15 started in early Dec[ember]. Biggest question is whether or not he can complete academic work in time.”

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Bracketology/RPI

Bracketology Update 1/15/15

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Another day and another bracketology update. The last update came on January 12th when Jerry Palm released his latest bracket and Joe Lunardi released his latest bracket math. Palm has updated his bracket as of 12:30pm ET on January 14th and Lunardi came out with his updated bracket today.

Lunardi’s last bracket was released on January 5th and he had 7 Big East teams in the field of 68. The Big East continues to have 7 teams in Lunardi’s January 15th bracket but some of the seeding has changed.

Here is a breakdown of Lunardi’s updated bracket:

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Bracketology/RPI

How Providence Can Boost Their RPI Today 1/15/15

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Current RPI Update

  • Providence’s RPI on 1/14/15: 13
  • Providence’s RPI on 1/15/15: 22

*RPI rating courtesy of RPI Forecast

Yesterday there were 6 games that could help boost the Friars’ RPI. The results were 3-3. Boston College was able to take care of Harvard at home but it took an extra 5 minutes to do so. The Eagles outscored the Crimson, 10-7, in the overtime session to get the win, 64-57. Notre Dame went on the road to Georgia Tech without starting center Zach Auguste who was back in South Bend dealing with some academic issue. The Fighting Irish trailed by 8 at the half but were able to overtake the Yellow Jackets to get the ACC road win, 62-59. UMass welcomed Davidson to the Mullins Center and the Wildcats were rude guest as they took down the Minutemen, 71-63. Stony Brook defended their home court against UMBC, 64-54. Navy traveled to Bucknell to take on the Bison and fell in a close one, 65-63. Florida State took on Pittsburgh at the Petersen Events Center and fell on the road, 73-64.

There are 0 games today for PC to get some RPI assistance.

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Game Previews & Recaps

Providence Friars Fall Flat at Home Against St. John’s, 83-70

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St. John’s entered their game at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center 0-3 in the Big East and last in 3-point shooting. Neither of those things were immediately evident as the Red Storm started the game on fire from downtown. Behind an 8/13 (61.5%) performance from beyond the arc in the first 20 minutes St. John’s was able to force Ed Cooley’s team out of their zone defense and take a 42-30 lead into the locker room. Chris Obekpa only played 5 minutes in the first half due to foul trouble but it didn’t matter as Phil Greene IV 4/7 from deep and D’Angelo Harrison went 3/5 from 3-point range.

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