Rob Dauster continues to be one of the pro-Providence, pro-Big East and very much pro-Kris Dunn national media members. Dauster released a list of players he believes will be “Breakout Stars” in college basketball this season and he included Ben Bentil, along with other Big East players Josh Hart (Villanova), Jalen Reynolds (Xavier) and Isaac Copeland (Georgetown) on his list.
Continue reading Ben Bentil Named a Breakout Star for 2015-16 Season by NBC Sports
Big East Media Day is being held Wednesday at Madison Square Garden. The Friars sent Ed Cooley, Kris Dunn, Junior Lomomba, Ben Bentil and Jalen Lindsey down to NYC for day’s festivities which include opening remarks from league commissioner Val Ackerman among other speakers. The event kicks off at 9:30am. You can follow all the action on Twitter by using the hashtag #BEmediaday and watch a live stream on the Fox Sports GO app.
Here are the coaches’ picks for preseason awards and team rankings.
Big East Media Day is upon us and the Providence season begins exactly one month from today against Harvard. The league’s media day is being held at Madison Square Garden today with opening remarks from Commissioner Val Ackerman scheduled for 9:30am. The Friars are sending Ed Cooley, Kris Dunn, Junior Lomomba, Ben Bentil and Jalen Lindsey down to NYC for the event. Follow all the action on Twitter by using the hashtag #BEmediaday
I want to put a disclaimer here and say that these are not my predictions. I’m giving you my honest opinion on what I believe SHOULD be the case. Let’s dive right in with Preseason Player of the Year.
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Despite a disappointing last-second loss to Villanova in the semi finals of the Big East Tournament Kris Dunn put on a show this week at Madison Square Garden. Dunn averaged 19.5 points, 10.0 assists, 5.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals in Providence’s two Big East Tournament games this week. That performance was good enough to land Dunn on the All-Tournament team.
Joining Dunn on the All-Tournament Team are Darrun Hilliard (Villanova), Dylan Ennis (Villanova), Jalen Reynolds (Xavier) and D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera (Georgetown). Villanova’s Josh Hart was awarded the Dave Gavitt Trophy as the Big East Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.
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Providence led this game for 36:05 of the 45:00 it would take to get an outcome in this Big East battle that required a timeout at one point to clean blood off the court at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in front of 8,250 fans. Providence led by double digits for a fair amount of that 36 minutes of lead time yet the game never felt in control. With Providence leading, 45-35, I asked on Twitter: “anyone else feel like this 10 point lead is really 1?”
That was around the 9:43 mark of the second half. The lead fluctuated between 10 and 6 for awhile after that until a 10 point lead at the 3:12 mark following 2 made free throws by Kris Dunn would evaporate down to 0 when the clock ran out of regulation time. 3 consecutive turnovers, each one more lackadaisical than the last, gave Xavier the ability to come all the way back to force the overtime session.
Continue reading Providence Survives Late Turnovers to Beat Xavier in OT, 69-66
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