Big East News

Big East Tournament Seed Watch 3/2/16

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We’re coming down the final stretch with games on Wednesday night being the 17th for all teams involved. It’s funny that tonight’s matchups would be the matchups in the Big East Tournament if the season ended yesterday. The bottomline is that the regular season comes to a conclusion on March 5th with all ten teams in action and the likelihood is that many of the Big East members will still be jockeying for final seeding position for the Big East Tournament that begins on March 9th at Madison Square Garden.

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Kris Dunn, Player News

2016 Naismith Trophy Semifinalists Announced

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The Atlanta Tipoff Club released the names on Wednesday of their semifinalists for the 2016 Naismith Trophy, an award given to the College Player of the Year in Men’s Basketball. The semifinalist list is made up of 10 players. The previous release was a midseason list of 35 players released on February 11th, which was a cut from the 50 names on the early season watch list that was released on December 2nd. Dunn was joined by teammate Ben Bentil and fellow Big East compatriots Trevon Bluiett (Xavier) and Josh Hart (Villanova) on the 35-player midseason list.

The next release from the Atlanta Tipoff Club will be 4 finalists on March 20th. The winner will be announced on April 3rd.

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Links of the Day

#pcbb Links of the Day 3/2/16

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Game Previews & Recaps

Game Notes & Preview: Providence (20-9, 8-8) vs Creighton (18-11, 9-7) 3/2/16

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Where: Dunkin’ Donuts Center – Providence, RI

When: 9:00pm EST

How: CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden & Jordan Cornette with Jon Rothstein)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV

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Bracketology/RPI

Bracketology: pcbb1917.com’s Bracket 3/1/16

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The calendar has turned to March and that means NCAA Tournament brackets are coming soon. After my dismal performance in year 1 of trying to put together a bracket, I thought I’d come back for more punishment and give this bracketology thing a shot again in 2016. Here is my first bracket of the season.

The automatic qualifiers are based on the conference standings through games on February 29th.

Be sure to send me your feedback in the comments section, via email or on Twitter. Here we go.

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General News

Providence Athletics Extends Multimedia Rights Deal with Learfield

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Providence College announced a 10-year extension of their contract with Learfield. The company has been Providence Athletics’ exclusive multimedia rights holder since their acquisition of Nelligan Sports Marketing in February 2014. Bob Driscoll, Providence’s Athletics Director, made the announcement.

“We are excited that we will be continuing our partnership with Learfield,” Driscoll said.  “We believe that Learfield is the industry leader.  Learfield plays an integral role in helping us to generate additional funds to support our student-athletes as they strive for success.”

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Recruiting News

Recruiting News: Rivals Releases Updated Class Of 2017 Top 150 Recruit Rankings

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Rivals has released an updated Top 150 for the Class of 2017 and Providence has plenty of recruits among the ranked, including newly committed big man Dajour Dickens. The Friars need to upgrade the talent on their roster and 2017 will be the best place to do it short of landing a big man in 2016 like Kalif Young, Darius Hicks or Cheickna Dembele.

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