- Friars.com – Cotton Named To U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-District Team
- Cox Sports – How many wins do the Friars need?
- Wall Street Journal – Dave Caldwell – A Big East Bracket Full of New Faces
- Projo – Bill Reynolds – A lot at stake for Friars on Thursday
- CollegeBasketballTalk.NBCSports.com – Matt Giles – 2014 Big East Tournament Preview: Can Villanova finally beat Creighton?
- BigEast.com – MSG Hosts a 32nd Straight BIG EAST Tournament
- BannersOnTheParkway.com – Joel D – The 2014 Big East Tournament Might Be Crazy
- ESPN – Myron Medcalf – Tournament preview: Big East
Tag Archives: ESPN
#pcbb Links of the Day 3/11/14
- ICYMI – Bryce Cotton Named 2nd Team All-American by NBC Sports’ Rob Dauster
- FriarBasketball.com – Craig Belhumeur – Importance of Chartered Flights
- NY Post – Zach Braziller – Revamped Big East back at the Garden
- Projo – Jim Donaldson – What is the only original Big East team to never finish first?
- Fayetteville Observer – Bret Strelow – Appalachian State fires Jason Capel; what’s next for Devonte Graham?
- ESPN (insider) – John Gasaway – Ranking the nation’s top 25 players
Now that the regular season has been in the books for a few hours, I decided it’s high time that I update my rankings of the top 25 players in Division I. The premise of my list is simple:
The NBA doesn’t exist. If we were evaluating these players purely on college production and not on anticipated professional potential, who would rise to the top as the best performers in Division I?
To find that answer, I’ve gone back to a number of my preferred information sources, including but not limited to:
• My observations based on watching hundreds of hours of college hoops (I like my job)
• The excellent individual player stats generated by Ken Pomeroy at kenpom.com
• Data on play-by-play performance collected by Jeff Haley and available at hoop-math.com
• Translations that project NBA performance based on college metrics, compiled by Insider colleague Kevin Pelton
Share this:
Bracketology Update 3/10/14 #pcbb
ESPN’s Joe Lunardi came out with his new bracket today and he has PC as the 3rd of the “First Four Out” category. Lunardi currently has a total of 3 Big East teams in -Villanova, Creighton and Xavier – with SJU and PC in the “First Four Out” and Georgetown in the “Next Four Out” category.
CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm came out with his new bracket last night at 9:26pm. He has PC in the tournament as a 12 seed in a First Round play in game against Tennessee in the South Region. Palm also has Villanova, Creighton and Xavier in but lists Georgetown in his last four out while not listing St. John’s.
I’ll have a full Bracketology update on Thursday at noon as I do every week.
Joe Lunardi’s Latest Bracket Update
Jerry Palm’s Latest Bracket Update
Share this:
#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 3/7/14
- The NEPSAC playoffs finished up last weekend and Providence targets played major roles in taking home trophies for their respective schools. Jalen Adams put the knife through the heart of the St. Andrew’s faithful for the 2nd year in a row when he put home this rebound to win the semifinal matchup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36ko9GubnZs
Cushing was able to take down Abdul Malik Abu and Kimball Union in the championship game behind Kaleb Joseph and Adams’ stellar play. Adams took home playoff MVP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESVHfK_Q4m8
For Brewster, Donovan Mitchell and Devonte Graham, both PC targets, were impressive during the playoffs and especially in clutch moments. Mitchell calmly nailed 4 consecutive free throws at the end of the championship game to defeat New Hampton and Graham was able to answer every time New Hampton appeared to be pulling away in the first half.
For recaps of the playoffs, FriarBasketball.com and NewEnglandRecruitingReport.com.
Brewster wasn’t done with the NEPSAC. They continued their winning ways taking down St. Thomas More to take home their 2nd National Prep Championship in 4 years. Adam Finkelstein had this to say about PC targets Graham, Mitchell and Reuter:
Continue reading #pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 3/7/14
Share this:
#pcbb Bracketology Update 3/6/14
Joe Lunardi has PC as the second of the “First Four Out” category. (updated on 3/6).
Jerry Palm has PC as a 12 seed playing Nebraska in a First Round play-in game in the Midwest Region (updated on 3/6).
Bracket Matrix, which updated yesterday at 9:56pm, has PC’s average seed as a 12 but they are the first team listed in the “First Four Out” category and are only in 45 of 98 brackets.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology/team-comparison/PROV/PROV
Continue reading #pcbb Bracketology Update 3/6/14
Share this:
Bracketology Update: Joe Lunardi’s Updated Bracket #pcbb
ESPN’s Joe Lunardi came out with his new bracket today and he has PC as the 1st of the “First Four Out” category. Lunardi currently has a total of 3 Big East teams in with SJU and PC in the “First Four Out” and Georgetown in the “Next Four Out” category. It looks like, depending on how this last week of the regular season and the Big East Tournament go, the Big East could get as many as 6 in and as few as 3.
I’ll have a full Bracketology update on Thursday at noon as I do every week.
Joe Lunardi’s Latest Bracket Update
Share this:
#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 2/28/14
- The Providence staff was down in Nashville on Tuesday night, along with a few other high majors, to check in on Braxton Blackwell (2016) who plays for CPA which is Jalen Lindsey’s old squad. CPA won the game PC attended, the region semifinals, and Blackwell scored 31 points. On Wednesday night, they played the 6-AA region finals and won to improve to 32-2 on the season. Blackwell scored 15 points in the win and was named the All-Region MVP. The 6’8 215 lbs (SF) 17th ranked player in the class of 2016 according to ESPN holds offers from Auburn, Cincinnati, Florida, Indiana (attended Hoosier Hysteria this year), LSU, Memphis, Mississippi St, N.C. State, Providence, Tennessee, Vanderbilt (his HS coach played there), Virginia and Virginia Tech. He also has interest from Kentucky, Michigan State and North Carolina. This would be the most impressive get if Cooley could somehow pull this off. He is a consensus top 30 player in the class of 2016 and has no ties to Rhode Island like Jalen Lindsey so getting him from Nashville to Providence would be a huge coup. So far he has visited Louisville (1/2/13 coincidentally when they played PC), Vanderbilt (9/4/13, 2/5/14), Memphis (9/20/13), Indiana (10/4/13 for Hoosier Hysteria) and Auburn (11/30/13).
- The NEPSAC playoffs started on Wednesday and there are a lot of PC recruiting targets taking part in the action. Click here to see the names from Wednesday’s post. For results of Wednesday’s game click this link to the NERR.
- Paschal Chukwu and the Fairfield Prep Stags finished the regular season undefeated (20-0) after winning at home against Hamden last Saturday night. It was Senior Night for Prep and Chuwku went for 21 points in the win. The next step will be the playoffs starting tomorrow morning 11am at Branford HS against Notre Dame-West Haven. Fairfield Prep handled ND-WH both times they met during the regular season by 15 and 16 points respectively. In national recruiting news, ESPN’s Adam Finkelstein lists Chukwu as one of his “Five Prospects Who Project Long Term”. He had this to say:
Continue reading #pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 2/28/14
pcbb1917.com - Providence College Basketball 