- Cox Sports – Daniel James – Friar Season Finale at Creighton Marks Endings and Beginnings
- FriarBasketball.com – Craig Leighton – Creighton 88 Providence 73
- Attleboro Sun Chronicle – Friars back on the bubble with loss
- Projo – Jim Donaldson – If Friars want to dance, they HAVE to beat St. John’s
- Projo – Kevin McNamara – Big East tourney carries a lot of weight this year
- GoLocal Prov – John Rooke – Friars crunched by Creighton, McDermott 88-73
- Friars.com – Bryce Cotton Named First Team All-BIG EAST, Kadeem Batts Named Second Team
- Arizona Daily Star – Former Palo Verde star Cotton on list of elite Tusconans
- Bleacher Report – Ranking the Best College Basketball Careers Among Current Seniors
- Projo – Jim Donaldson – It’s time to stop this kind of madness
All-Big East Teams Announced
ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM
*Doug McDermott, Creighton, F, Sr., 6-8, 225, Ames, Iowa
Markel Starks, Georgetown, G, Sr., 6-2, 175, Accokeek, Md.
*Bryce Cotton, Providence, G, Sr., 6-1, 165, Tucson, Ariz.
D’Angelo Harrison, St. John’s, G, Jr., 6-4, 204, Missouri City, Texas
James Bell, Villanova, G, Sr., 6-6, 220, Orlando, Fla.
*Semaj Christon, Xavier, G, So., 6-3, 190, Cincinnati, Ohio
ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM^
Kellen Dunham, Butler, G, So., 6-6, 185, Pendleton, Ind.
D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera, Georgetown, G, So., 6-3, 218, Indianapolis, Ind.
Davante Gardner, Marquette, F, Sr., 6-8, 290, Suffolk, Va.
Kadeem Batts, Providence, F, Sr., 6-9, 245, Boston, Mass.
Fuquan Edwin, Seton Hall, F/G, Sr., 6-6, 215, Paterson, N.J.
JayVaughn Pinkston, Villanova, F, Jr., 6-7, 240, Brooklyn, N.Y.
BIG EAST HONORABLE MENTION
Ethan Wragge, Creighton, F, Sr., 6-7, 225, Eden Prairie, Minn.
Ryan Arcidiacono, Villanova, G, So., 6-3, 195, Langhorne, Pa.
Darrun Hilliard, Villanova, G, Jr., 6-6, 215, Bethlehem, Pa.
Matt Stainbrook, Xavier, C, Jr., 6-10, 263, Bay Village, Ohio
BIG EAST ALL-ROOKIE TEAM^
Andrew Chrabascz, Butler, F, Fr., 6-7, 225, Portsmouth, R.I.
Billy Garrett, Jr., DePaul, G, Fr., 6-5, 194, Chicago, Ill.
Tommy Hamilton IV, DePaul, F, Fr., 6-10, 284, Chicago, Ill.
Deonte Burton, Marquette, F, Fr., 6-4, 230, Milwaukee, Wis.
Rysheed Jordan, St. John’s G, Fr., 6-4, 185, Philadelphia, Pa.
Jaren Sina, Seton Hall, G, Fr., 6-2, 180, Lake Hopatcong, N.J.
Josh Hart, Villanova, G, Fr., 6-5, 202, Silver Springs, Md.
*Denotes unanimous selection.
^Due to a tie in the voting, an additional position was named.
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Big East Tournament Bracket As of 4pm 3/8/14
Right now the seeding is as follows:
1. Villanova
2. Creighton
3. Providence/Xavier
4. Xavier/Providence
5. St. John’s
6. Marquette
7. Georgetown
8. Seton Hall
9. Butler/DePaul
10. DePaul/Butler
Here are the seeding scenarios for those that aren’t locked in:
- 3/4 seed: If Providence wins tonight at Creighton, they will be the 3 seed playing 6 seed Marquette on Thursday night at 9:30pm and Xavier will be the 4 seed playing 5 seed St. John’s on Thursday afternoon at 2:30pm. If Providence loses tonight at Creighton, Xavier will be the 3 seed playing 6 seed Marquette and Providence will be the 4 seed playing 5 seed St. John’s.
- 9/10 seed: If Butler loses to Seton Hall today, they would have the same conference record, 3-15, as DePaul but DePaul would be the 9 seed due to a 1-1 record against St. John’s (DePaul and Butler split their own season series 1-1 so tiebreakers goes to record against the highest team. Both teams are 0-2 vs. the top 4 in the league but DePaul is 1-1 against 5 seed St. John’s and Butler is 0-2 against them). If Butler wins today against Seton Hall, they will be the 9 seed by virtue of having 1 more league win than DePaul.
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How #pcbb Can Boost Their RPI Today 3/8/14
There were two games for RPI boostability last night for the Friars. The result of those games was 0-2. PC’s RPI at 55 (was 54).
A new portion of this daily post will include the 10 teams with the biggest impact (5 positive plus PC themseleves, 5 negative) on PC’s RPI. This value is via RPI Forecast. For an explanation of this value, click here.
Top 5 Negative
| Team | Conf | Curr Wgt | Fut Wgt | Curr W/L | Exp W/L | Curr Impact | Exp Impact ▾ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | AE | 1.75 | 1.70 | 19.23 | 19.23 | -1.08 | -1.04 |
| Fairfield | MAAC | 1.72 | 1.67 | 23.33 | 23.33 | -0.92 | -0.89 |
| DePaul | BE | 4.13 | 4.08 | 39.29 | 39.68 | -0.89 | -0.84 |
| Boston College | ACC | 1.72 | 1.67 | 25.00 | 24.97 | -0.86 | -0.83 |
| Butler | BE | 4.10 | 4.10 | 44.00 | 44.52 | -0.49 | -0.45 |
Top 5 Positive
| Team | Conf | Curr Wgt | Fut Wgt | Curr W/L | Exp W/L | Curr Impact | Exp Impact ▴ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | BE | 26.32 | 26.31 | 64.62 | 63.65 | 7.69 | 7.18 |
| Villanova | BE | 4.10 | 4.10 | 88.89 | 87.98 | 3.19 | 3.12 |
| Creighton | BE | 2.58 | 4.07 | 82.14 | 82.14 | 1.66 | 2.62 |
| Xavier | BE | 4.13 | 4.07 | 66.67 | 65.52 | 1.38 | 1.26 |
| St. John’s | BE | 4.14 | 4.08 | 64.29 | 63.63 | 1.18 | 1.11 |
| Massachusetts | A10 | 1.78 | 1.72 | 78.57 | 77.95 | 1.02 | 0.96 |
Per Jerry Palm’s “Palm Reader”:
Six games tonight for PC to get some RPI assistance:
Kentucky needs to beat FloridaGame Info: 12:00 PM | TV: CBS Kentucky is 9 pt underdog
Vermont needs to beat New HampshireGame Info: 12:00 PM Vermont is 18 pt favorite
Vanderbilt needs to beat Ole MissGame Info: 1:30 PM | TV: ESPN Full Court Vandy is 6 pt underdog
Maine needs to beat Stony BrookGame Info: 6:00 PM Maine is 14.5 pt underdog
Brown needs to beat HarvardGame Info: 7:00 PM Brown is 8.5 pt underdog
Yale needs to beat DartmouthGame Info: 7:00 PM Yale is 9.5 pt favorite
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#pcbb Links of the Day 3/8/14
- #pcbb Game Notes & Preview – PC @ Creighton 3/8/14
- SI.com – Brian Hamilton – Bryce Cotton not taking breathers in quest to get Providence back to NCAA tournament
- Woonsocket Call – Brendan McGair – Fit as a Fiddle: PC’s training staff deserves props for keeping shorthanded Friars healthy
- Projo – Bill Reynolds – Ed Cooley’s a class act, on and off the court
- GoLocal Prov – John Rooke: Thinking Out Loud
- The Sun Chronicle – Peter Gobis – PC’s Cooley making a case for Coach of the Year
- CBS Sports – Providence at Creighton Preview
- Cox Sports – Cooley and Cotton Preview Finale at Creighton
- CBS Sports – Jerry Palm – Bracketology: Looking ahead and who bubble teams should root for
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Game Notes & Preview: PC at Creighton 3/8/14 #pcbb
Where: CenturyLink Center – Omaha, NE
When: 8:00pm
How: CBS Sports Network (Brent Stover and Pete Gillen) /WEEI 103.7 FM (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)
Game Notes
- The Friars and Blue Jays have met 11 times all time. PC has a 7-4 edge in the series but before this season, the two teams hadn’t played since November 25, 2000.
- Bryce Cotton leads the nation in minutes per game with 40.2. He is averaging a mind boggling 42.2 mpg in Big East contests. Anything less than overtime games is now “hurting” his average. Cotton needs 28 minutes tomorrow to break Billy Donovan’s single season record of minutes played (which Cotton already tied once, 1,234 minutes) and only 6 minutes to break the career record for minutes played of 4,128 held by Donnie McGrath. He also has a really good shot at the single season record for minutes played/game held by Jimmy Walker (39.7 mpg during 1966-1967 season). He is 10th in the nation in points per game at 21.7, 11th in the nation in total points scored at 651, T-17th in the nation in assists per game at 5.9 and T-7th in the nation in Free Throws made at 192. Cotton is now in 5th place all time on the PC scoring list with 1,863 career points in a Friar uniform. He surpassed the great Marvin Barnes for 5th all time by hitting a pair of free throws early against Marquette on Tuesday. He also is playing in his 126th game tomorrow which will break Dickey Simpkins record of 125 career games played as a Providence Friar. There are more records he is close to or may break but there just isn’t enough time in the day to list them all here.
- Bryce Cotton is 2nd in the Big East in scoring (21.7 ppg) and Doug McDermott is 1st (25.9 ppg).
- Bryce Cotton is 1st in the Big East in assists (5.9 apg) and Austin Chapman is 3rd (4.3 apg).
- Kadeem Batts is 4th (7.6 rpg) and LaDontae Henton is 5th (7.3 rpg) in the Big East in rebounds while Doug McDermott is 6th (7.2 rpg).
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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 3/7/14
- The NEPSAC playoffs finished up last weekend and Providence targets played major roles in taking home trophies for their respective schools. Jalen Adams put the knife through the heart of the St. Andrew’s faithful for the 2nd year in a row when he put home this rebound to win the semifinal matchup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36ko9GubnZs
Cushing was able to take down Abdul Malik Abu and Kimball Union in the championship game behind Kaleb Joseph and Adams’ stellar play. Adams took home playoff MVP.
For Brewster, Donovan Mitchell and Devonte Graham, both PC targets, were impressive during the playoffs and especially in clutch moments. Mitchell calmly nailed 4 consecutive free throws at the end of the championship game to defeat New Hampton and Graham was able to answer every time New Hampton appeared to be pulling away in the first half.
For recaps of the playoffs, FriarBasketball.com and NewEnglandRecruitingReport.com.
Brewster wasn’t done with the NEPSAC. They continued their winning ways taking down St. Thomas More to take home their 2nd National Prep Championship in 4 years. Adam Finkelstein had this to say about PC targets Graham, Mitchell and Reuter:
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