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Deep Breaths

Deep Breaths, Friartown: Better Season Than Expected Edition, Perspective

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I did a post like this after the news of Paschal Chukwu’s transfer broke back in May of 2015. That edition of “Deep Breaths, Friartown” was more about trying to make lemonade out of lemons while trying to shake of the seemingly illogical move by Chukwu to leave a starting role with a lottery pick point guard in Kris Dunn. Time — and plenty of on-court success since the big man went north to Syracuse — has moved Chukwu’s out of nowhere decision off most Providence fans’ radars. The current hot button topic that is the motivation for this post is the no-show performance by Providence in their Big East Tournament quarterfinal game on Thursday night. While it was painful to watch and I’m sure Friar fans turned off the TV or walked out of Madison Square Garden with a bad taste in their mouths, it’s important to keep things in perspective. And that’s ultimately why I’m writing this. Perspective.

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Game Previews & Recaps

Big East Tournament 2017, Friars Lose: (6) Creighton 70, (3) Providence 58

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1H 2H Final Score
(6) Creighton 27 43 70
(3) Providence 30 28 58

Stat Leaders

Points Rebounds Assists
Creighton Thomas: 19 Patton: 8 Foster/Mintz/Thomas:2
Providence Cartwright: 15 Cartwright/Lindsey:7 Cartwright: 4

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Game Previews & Recaps

Big East Tournament 2017 Game Notes & Preview: (3) Providence (20-11, 10-8) vs (6) Creighton (23-8, 10-8) 3/9/17

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Where: Madison Square Garden – New York, NY

When: 9:30pm EST

How: FS1 (Gus Johnson & Bill Raftery with Lisa Byington)/Fox Sports GO (Where Available)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV

Game Notes

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Betting, Opening Lines

Big East Tournament 2017 Opening Line: (3) Providence +2 vs (6) Creighton 3/9/17

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Providence is 20-11 on the court this season and the Friars are 20-11 ATS. Creighton is 23-8 on the court and 18-11 ATS. Kenpom has this game as Creighton winning, 74-70, and he gives Providence a 35% chance of winning.

The oddsmakers have weighed in on this matchup that tips at 9:30pm on Thursday:

Opening Line

 Providence +2

Opening O/U

 146

Opening Moneyline

 Prov +120/Creighton -140

Stay tuned for updates as the line moves.

Note: The line opened at Providence +2 at 12:25pm ET on Wednesday but quickly moved to a Providence +3 at 12:33pm ET.

Trends

  • Providence is 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games
  • Providence is 12-3 ATS when an underdog this season
  • Over is 6-3-1 in Providence’s last 10 games
  • Creighton is 5-5 ATS in their last 10 games
  • Creighton is 12-6 ATS when a favorite this season
  • Over is 5-4-1 in Creighton’s last 10 games

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Big East Tournament

Big East Tournament 2017: 35 Years at Madison Square Garden…and Counting

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No offense to the Providence Civic Center (now the Dunkin’ Donuts Center), the Carrier Dome or the Hartford Civic Center (now the XL Center) but the best Big East Tournaments have happened at Madison Square Garden. This is the 35th straight season the basketball-focused conference has had their postseason tournament at MSG after rotating between the three aforementioned buildings in the league’s first three year of existence. The Big East Tournament being played at the Garden is a foundational part of the league’s history. Dave Gavitt, the Big East’s father and former Providence coach and Athletic Director, had a way of being ahead of his time. A great example is his insistence that the newly formed Big East play it’s conference tournament in NYC, a story relayed by former Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese to Brendan McGair this week.

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Big East Tournament

Big East Tournament Seed Watch Final Edition of 2017

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We’ve made it all the way to the final weekend of the Big East season but the madness of March is just about to get started. All ten Big East teams are tipping off on Saturday between 12pm and 2:30pm ET and there is still some jockeying going on for the 3, 4, 5 and 6 seeds, not to mention the NCAA Tournament implications that are in play with many of Saturday’s games. Here’s the final Big East Tournament Seed Watch of the 2016-17 season.

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Big East Tournament Seed Watch 2/27/17

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Eight of the ten teams in the Big East play twice in the final week of the season with Villanova and Butler only playing on Saturday when all ten league teams will be in action to close out the regular season. Many of the Big East members will still be jockeying for final seeding position for the Big East Tournament that begins on March 8th at Madison Square Garden. I’ll be doing this “Seed Watch” post one more time later in the week and there will be more detail about tiebreakers and scenarios in that final post before Saturday’s games. For now, I’ll give you the Big East Tournament bracket as it would be today, what a win for certain teams this past weekend means for the seeding outlook and then I’ll use Kenpom.com to predict the final standings and show you what that would look like after tiebreakers.

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