*RPI rating courtesy of RPI Forecast
Yesterday there were 0 games that could help boost the Friars’ RPI.
There are 3 games today for PC to get some RPI assistance.
Per Jerry Palm’s “Palm Reader”:
Continue reading How Providence Can Boost Their RPI Today 1/13/15
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Providence coaches began watching Ricky Council play basketball starting with the early summer of 2014 when they were in need of guard depth following the transfer of Josh Fortune just before Memorial Day. Council was a member of the class of 2014 back then and was little known nationally as he had opted to remain at his local public school and play for an AAU team in Brand X that wasn’t sponsored by any of the big shoe companies.The Friar staff opted not pull the trigger on an offer to Council back then.
That changed on Monday night.
Continue reading Providence Becomes 2015 Ricky Council’s First High Major Offer
The Big East conference announced their weekly honors on Monday, January 12th and Providence’s Kris Dunn was named Big East Player of the Week.
Dunn averaged 20.5 points/game, 7.5 assists/game, 5.5 rebounds/game and 40.5 minutes/game in Providence’s 2 wins last week. Dunn was a catalyst in both games, including scoring 20 of his career high 25 points in the second half of a road win at Butler. Dunn also scored 8 of Providence’s 10 points in overtime in their win against Georgetown on Saturday.
Dunn is off to an impressive start to the Big East season and is leading the league in assists and steals and those marks are good for 5th (assists) and 9th (steals) nationally. This is the first time in his career Dunn has been named Big East Player of the Week. Dunn becomes the second Friar named the league’s Player of the Week with LaDontae Henton receiving the honor on November 24th.
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Providence went 2-0 this week, including an impressive comeback win at Butler with their all-grit team playing most of the second half. The Friars also got an overtime win at home against Georgetown who was 27th in the USA Today Coaches Poll last week. The Friars went 4 straight weeks without receiving any votes in either poll but following their 3-1 start to the Big East they are now getting some love from a few writers. That 3-1 Big East record is good for a tie for 1st place with Villanova, Seton Hall and DePaul. Providence got 16 votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll which ranks them 33rd this week and 17 votes in the AP Poll which ranks them 29th this week.
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CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm has released his latest Bracketology on Monday after updating his bracket on Friday morning. The weekend saw a lot of top teams go down so it makes sense Palm would want to update his bracket this soon. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi also released his latest “Bracket Math” Monday after a weekend that saw teams like Duke, Wisconsin and Arizona all lose.
As of last Friday, Palm had 8 Big East teams in the field of 68 but that included DePaul as the automatic qualifier for the league as they entered the weekend in 1st place at 3-0. A drubbing by Villanova on Saturday has dropped the Blue Demons into a 4-way tie for 1st place with Villanova, Seton Hall and Providence. That also means DePaul’s spot in the field of 68 is gone.
Here is a breakdown of Palm’s bracket for all Big East teams as of 1/12/15:
Continue reading Bracketology Update 1/12/15
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