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Measuring Carson Desrosiers’ Value

Until Tuesday night’s blowout loss at Villanova, Carson Desrosiers had started every single Providence College basketball game this season, his final in a Friar uniform. The 5th year senior 7-footer missed that Villanova loss due a knee injury suffered during Providence’s blowout win at DePaul on February 18th. At the time the injury didn’t look all that serious as Desrosiers ended up returning to action later in that same game.

Four days later – and two days prior to the Villanova game – would be the first inkling of an issue when Kevin McNamara of the Providence Journal reported on his Twitter account that Desrosiers knee was bothering him and his “status for [the] Villanova game [is] unclear.” Desrosiers missed the game, Providence got smoked on Villanova’s Senior Night and the latest news from Ed Cooley is that Desrosiers still hasn’t returned to practice as of Thursday. That news was first reported by Brendan McGair of the Woonsocket Call.

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Providence Friars Fall Flat, 89-61, On Villanova’s Senior Night

The game started with Villanova jumping out to a 9-0 lead and that was a bad omen for the night. For much of the early first half Providence had more turnovers than field goals. Villanova scored 14 points of 14 first half turnovers by the Friars. The number for the game would be an ugly 25 Villanova points off 15 Providence giveaways. Other ugly disparities on the stat sheet in Tuesday night’s game was 26/31 from the free throw line for Villanova against just 6/12 free throws for Providence and 13/25 from downtown for the Wildcats while the Friars managed just 3/10 from 3-point range.

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Game Notes & Preview: #25 Providence 19-8 (9-5) at #6 Villanova 25-2 (12-2) 2/24/15

Where: The Pavilion – Villanova, PA

When: 7:00 PM

How: Fox Sports 1 (Joe Davis & Bill Raftery)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV

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Game Notes & Preview: Providence 18-8 (8-5) at DePaul 12-14 (6-7) 2/18/15

Where: Allstate Arena – Rosemont, IL

When: 9:00 PM

How: CBS Sports Network (Brent Stover and Bob Wenzel & Rashan Ali – sideline)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV

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Game Notes & Preview: Providence 17-6 (7-3) at Xavier 14-9 (5-6) 2/7/15

Where: Cintas Center – Cincinnati, OH

When: 1:00 PM

How: Fox Sports 1 (Joe Davis and Nick Bahe)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV

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