Big East Tournament Seed Watch 2/26/16

Six of the ten teams in the Big East have four games left. The remaining four teams have three games left. 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. I’ll be doing this “Seed Watch” post regularly over the next eleven days and there will be more detail about tiebreakers and scenarios as the season gets closer to a conclusion. For now, I’ll give you the Big East Tournament bracket as it would be today and what a win for certain teams this week means for the seeding outlook.

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Thoughts from the Road: Friars Fail to Show Up in Newark

This Thoughts from the Road: Two Trains Edition is brought to you by the Reilly’s hospitality at the Prudential Center and fueled by Vitamin C.

  • Baffling. Mysterious. Puzzling. Inexplicable. Unexplainable. These are the words that come to mind when watching Providence continue to miss wide open shot after wide open shot. They also threw in some missed layups for good measure. There’s bad shooting and then there’s the Friars. I didn’t think they could “top” their 30% shooting performance from the first matchup between these teams, but they managed to prove me wrong and shoot a whopping 28% in this game. I’ve never seen a team miss so many wide open shots in my entire life. I don’t know how it can be fixed, but Ed Cooley needs to start figuring it out.

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Opening Line: Providence -12.5 vs DePaul 2/27/16

Providence returns home looking for a revenge win against DePaul on Saturday at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. The Friars are 13-14 ATS this season and the Blue Demons are 9-16-1 ATS this season. Providence opened as a 12.5 point favorite against DePaul.

Opening Line

Providence -12.5

Opening O/U

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Opening Moneyline

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Stay tuned for updates as the line moves.

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Providence Officially Lands Commitment from 2017 Big Man

Providence got some good news on the recruiting front after another loss on the court when 2017 Dajour Dickens officially committed to Ed Cooley and the Friars. The news comes directly from Dickens himself this time after a false start report last Friday. Dickens is a Virginia native and stands at 6’11. He visited Providence for the Georgetown game on February 13th and evidently liked what he saw. Dickens is enrolled at Bethel High School and runs with famed grassroots program Boo Williams.

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Friars Lose: Seton Hall 70, Providence 52

Final Score
Providence 52
Seton Hall 70
Leading Scorer Leading Rebounder
Providence Bentil: 31 Lindsey: 8
Seton Hall  Whitehead: 25 Delgado: 11

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