Where: CenturyLink Center – Omaha, NE
When: 8:30pm EST
How: FS1 (Dick Stockton & Nick Bahe)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV
Continue reading Game Notes & Preview: (12) Providence (14-2, 2-1) at Creighton (12-5, 3-1) 1/12/16
Week 10 of the college basketball polls have been released and Providence has taken a predictable fall in both falls after their home loss to Marquette on January 5th in their only action last week. The Friars are now 2-1 in Big East play and they’ll travel to Omaha to take on the Creighton Bluejays on Tuesday night. This is the first time Providence has been ranked in the AP Poll for 7 straight weeks since the 2003-04 season when the Friars spent the final 8 weeks ranked in the AP Top 25. The Friars moved from 8th to 12th in the AP Poll and from 9th to 12th in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll this week.
Continue reading Weekly College Basketball Polls Update: January 11th
ESPN and CBS Sports have released updated brackets on Monday morning and we’ll continue to track the minutae of each bracketology update so you don’t have to. Joe Lunardi’s ESPN bracket and Jerry Palm’s CBS Sports bracket are in agreement on Providence’s seed line again, after their last joint update on January 4th also had the Friars on the same seed line. To see Lunardi’s Bracket Math entering last weekends action, click here.
Coming off a home loss to Marquette, Providence hits the road to Omaha to face the Creighton Bluejays. Greg McDermott’s squad is coming off an impressive home win over Seton Hall on Saturday that improved their league record to 3-1 with wins over the Pirates, Georgetown and St. John’s and the lone loss coming at the hands of Villanova. The Friars are 9-6 ATS this season and the Bluejays are 10-6 ATS. Creighton opened as a 4 point favorite over Providence in this one.
Opening Line |
Providence +4 |
Opening O/U |
155.5 |
Opening Moneyline |
Providence +120/Creighton -130 |
UPDATE 4:20pm, 1/12/16: The line is currently at Providence +3, the Over/Under is currently at 153.5 and the moneyline is currently Providence +140/Creighton -150
UPDATE 7:11pm, 1/11/16: The line has settled at Providence +2
UPDATE 1:19pm, 1/11/16: The line has moved all the way to Providence +1
Stay tuned for updates as the line moves.
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Corey Evans reported on Twitter that the Friars have dished out a new offer to a 2016 big man. Providence offered Kalif Young of Orangeville Prep, a 6’9 250 lb power forward. Providence had been searching high and low for a big man to fill the size void on the roster for next season. Some other names that Providence has been involved with include Isaiah Whaley, Iran Bennett, Darius Hicks and Levi Cook. Whaley recently scheduled an official visit around January 23rd.
Kalif Young has other offers from Loyola Marymount, Pittsburgh and St. Bonaventure, according to VerbalCommits.com. He ran with CIA Bounce on the Nike EYBL grassroots circuit.
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Joe Lunardi released his updated Bracket Math on Twitter ahead of Saturday’s games. Lunardi has five Big East teams in his field of 68 with Xavier topping the league as a 2 seed. Villanova moved back up to the 3 line, while Providence is the top 4 seed. Butler finds themselves on the 6 line after their rough start to league play and Seton Hall rounds out the Big East contingent as a 10 seed. Marquette has moved up to being in the “Next Four Out” category, so the Big East could potentially match the 6 teams they got into the Big Dance a season ago.
Continue reading Latest Bracket Math from ESPN’s Joe Lunardi 1/9/16
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