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Recruiting News

Providence to Host 2017 Greg Elliott for Official Visit

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Corey Evans of Rivals.com tweeted on Monday evening that Providence is expected to host 2017 East English Village (Detroit) guard Greg Elliott this upcoming weekend for an official visit. This news comes a week after an interview with Elliott at Landof10.com in which Elliott indicated Providence would be getting one of his three remaining official visits. Evans also reported that Elliott will visit Marquette the following weekend, which is the final weekend of the Big East regular season with all ten schools in action on that Saturday.

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Bracketology/RPI

Providence Keeping NCAA Tournament Hopes Alive

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With wins over two of the top Big East teams in their last two games Providence is keeping their NCAA Tournament hopes afloat, at least for the time being. The Big East is projected to get 4 or 5 teams in the NCAA Tournament this season and Providence is fighting with Georgetown, Marquette and Seton Hall to likely be that 5th team. The term “soft bubble” has been bandied about regularly the last few weeks with teams that are on the fringes of the field of 68 when bracketology experts put out their latest bracket showing rather weak profiles. Exhibit A: Providence. The Friars currently sport an RPI of 60 with a 3-7 record against Teams in the Top 50 of the RPI. They also have a 6-8 conference record. And yet, the Friars are “on the bubble” in many brackets like ESPN.com and USA Today.     CBSSports.com even has Ed Cooley’s bunch in their field as one of the “Last Four In”.

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Ed Cooley, Postgame Press Conference

WATCH: Postgame Press Conference vs Xavier 2/15/17

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Here’s the postgame press conference with Ed Cooley and Isaiah Jackson following the Friars’ 75-63 win against Xavier:

(Video courtesy of Brendan McGair)

Here are some of Cooley’s thoughts:

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Game Previews & Recaps

Friars Win: Xavier 63, Providence 75

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1H 2H Final Score
Xavier 31 32 63
Providence 29 46 75

Stat Leaders

Points Rebounds Assists
Xavier Gaston: 19 Gaston: 14 Macura: 4
Providence Cartwright: 17 Bullock: 10 Cartwright: 5

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Game Previews & Recaps

Game Notes & Preview: Providence (15-11, 5-8) vs Xavier (18-7, 8-4) 2/15/17

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Where: Dunkin’ Donuts Center – Providence, RI

When: 6:30pm EST

How: FS1 (Tim Brando & Bill Raftery)/Fox Sports GO (Where Available)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV

Game Notes

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General News

Providence Basketball Monday Hangover News and Notes 2/13/17

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Happy Monday, Friar fans! While some of you may be nursing an Alumni & Family Weekend hangover I’ll do my best to give you some news and notes from around the Providence basketball world to get you caught up on the on-court product and recent recruiting tidbits. Obviously Saturday’s win was a big one against 22nd-ranked Butler in front of a sold-out crowd at the Dunk, but the Friars still have a lot of work left to do if they want to keep dancing in March for a fourth straight season.

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Ed Cooley, Postgame Press Conference

WATCH: Postgame Press Conference vs (22) Butler 2/11/17

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Here’s the postgame press conference with Ed Cooley following the Friars’ 71-65 win against (22) Butler:

Here are some of Cooley’s thoughts:

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