- ICYMI – Thoughts from the Road: Friars Shock Wildcats in Snowy Philadelphia
- ICYMI – Ben Bentil Named Big East Player of the Week for Second Time
- ICYMI – Opening Line: (10) Providence +0.5 vs (7) Xavier 1/26/16
- ICYMI – Kris Dunn Named to Midseason Watch List for Oscar Robertson National Player of the Year Trophy
- ICYMI – Weekly College Basketball Polls Update: January 25th
- ICYMI – Former Friar Bryce Cotton Heading to China, Will Reportedly Sign with Xinjiang
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara – Bentil’s breakout season hits high note with 31-point, 13-rebound showing vs. Villanova
- Cox Hub – Vin Parise – Two Top Tens Tangle as Friars Host Musketeers
- Friarbasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Ben Bentil is blowing up in his sophomore season
- Cox Hub – Daniel James – Five Fouls with Xavier Basketball
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara, Bill Reynolds & Bill Koch – Pick and Pop Podcast College Hoops Podcast: Friars’ big win, Rams’ foul trouble
- Cincinnati.com – Shannon Russell – Providence’s Successes a Dunn Deal
- Cox Hub – Anthony Finucane – Road Warriors: A Look at the Friars’ Dominance on the Road
Thoughts from the Road: Friars Shock Wildcats in Snowy Philadelphia
This Thoughts from the Road: Snowed in Philadelphia Edition is brought to you by Katie cooking great meals that included bacon and Ben coining the phrase “Deep Fryahs”. It’s fueled by the wings at McMenamin’s.
- That was a hell of a Big East battle. The game started slow with the teams combining for a 2/10 shooting start and a 2-2 tie with 16:54 left in the first half. One thing that struck me while watching the teams answer each other and seesaw the lead back and forth over the course of 45 minutes of game action was that the refs didn’t seem to be involved. For me to not even notice Tony Chiazza until the second half is telling. Providence was only whistled for 4 team fouls and Villanova 6 in the first 20 minutes of the game. You read that correctly: neither team got into the bonus in the first half. That’s pretty amazing with the way referees are making themselves household names these days.
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Former Friar Bryce Cotton Heading to China, Will Reportedly Sign with Xinjiang
Less than two weeks after re-joining the Austin Spurs of the NBA D-League, Bryce Cotton is reportedly heading overseas to China. The news of Cotton going overseas was first reported by Dennis Silva of the Monitor News. A subsequent report comes via Chris Reichert of Upside & Motor, a D-League blog. Reichert is the one who has indicated a source informed him that Cotton will take his talents to China and will sign with Xinjiang of the Chinese Basketball Association. Another former Friar Marshon Brooks is currently second in scoring (34.6 points/game) playing with Jiangsu and the CBA is where God Shammgod was playing prior to returning to Providence to complete his undergraduate degree. A 2013 article by OneWorldSports.com list Shammgod among the top 5 imports in CBA history.
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Weekly College Basketball Polls Update: January 25th
Week 12 of the college basketball polls have been released and Providence is moving on up after a 2-0 week that included a home win over a top 20 team and a road win against a top 5 team. Not bad for a week’s work. The Friars are now 5-2 in Big East play and they will host Xavier on Tuesday night before traveling to Washington DC to take on Georgetown at the Verizon Center on Saturday. This is the first time Providence has been ranked in the AP Poll for 9 straight weeks since the 1977-78 season when the Friars spent the final 13 weeks ranked in the AP Top 25. The Friars moved from 16th to 10th in the AP Poll and from 17th to 10th in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll this week. Providence’s 7 slot jump in the Coaches’ Poll was the largest move up of any team in this week’s poll.
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Kris Dunn on Midseason Watch List for Oscar Robertson National Player of the Year Trophy
The USBWA has released their midseason watch lists for their three national awards and Kris Dunn finds himself firmly planted on the 20 player watch list for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, given to the National Player of the Year. Dunn is second in the Big East in scoring and leads the league in assists and steals. He also ranks 7th in assists and 2nd in steals nationally. The Oscar Robertson Trophy is voted on by the nearly 1,000 voters that comprise the USBWA and the awards will be presented on April 11, 2016 at the College Basketball Awards gala in Oklahoma City.
Here is the complete watch list:
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Opening Line: (10) Providence +0.5 vs (7) Xavier 1/26/16
Providence returns home from a thrilling overtime victory at Villanova on Sunday and the tough stretch continues for the Friars. After defeating the #4 ranked team in the nation last week in Philadelphia, the Friars welcome Xavier — a top 10 team in the nation this week — to the Dunkin’ Donuts Center for a late-night 8:30pm tip. The Friars are 12-7 ATS this season and the Musketeers are 12-7 ATS. Providence opened as a 1/2 point home underdog to Xavier.
Opening Line |
Providence +0.5 |
Opening O/U |
148.5 |
Opening Moneyline |
TBA |
Stay tuned for updates as the line moves.
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Ben Bentil Named Big East Player of the Week for Second Time
Ben Bentil was named Big East Player of the Week for the second time this season following a week in which he averaged 25.5 points/game, 10.0 rebounds/game and led the Friars to a 2-0 record. The first win of the week came at home against Butler — a top 20 team at the time — and win two of last week was Providence’s thrilling overtime upset of the top 5 Villanova Wildcats. Bentil scored a game-high 31 points in that victory and grabbed 13 rebounds. Bentil leads the league in scoring (19.8 points/game) and is 5th in rebounding (8.2 rebounds/game). Continue reading Ben Bentil Named Big East Player of the Week for Second Time
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