- ICYMI – Providence Adds Former HS Coach Ivan Thomas to Coaching Staff, Former Big East Commish Mike Tranghese to be Senior Advisor for Basketball
- ICYMI – Kenpom’s 2015-16 Preseason Rankings Released
- CBSSports.com – Matt Norlander – 2015-16 Big East predictions: Respect to Villanova, which is elite again
- College Basketball Talk – Rob Dauster – Ranking the College Basketball Talk Top 100 Players in the Country
- BannersOnTheParkway.com – Bryan D and Brad D – Know Your Big East Opponent: Providence
- The Enterprise – Jim Fenton – Stonehill men’s basketball team to face Providence
Tag Archives: Ken Pomeroy
Kenpom’s 2015-16 Preseason Rankings Released
Ken Pomeroy — or Kenpom as he and his website are more commonly known — came out with his preseason rankings for the 2015-16 season on Sunday night. While these rankings aren’t meant to be 100% accurate they do give a decent guideline and perspective on how teams compare within each conference and how the conferences compare to each other. Before I get into the rankings, here is an excerpt from Pomeroy’s blog post October of 2013 after he released the 2013-14 preseason rankings:
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#pcbb Links of the Day 9/22/15
- ICYMI – 2016 Putnam Science Academy PF Sedee Keita Down to Six
- SI.com – David Gardner & Chris Johnson – 64 reasons to be excited for the 2015-16 college hoops season (Nos. 16-1)
- Friars.com – Men’s Hockey Tabbed Third In Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll
- Mark Divver of the Providence Journal reported on Twitter that Providence Athletic Director has been talking with Providence hockey coach Nate Leaman about a “lifetime” extension.
- Fox Sports Adds Steve Lavin to College Hoops Lineup
- Kenpom.com – Ken Pomeroy – Offense vs. Defense: 2-point percentage
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Kenpom’s Big East Tournament log5 Prediction
Ken Pomeroy does a log5 analysis prior to each conference’s tournament. For those unfamiliar with what log5 is, here’s a quick and dirty explanation. log5 is a formula that was created by famed baseball writer and statistician Bill James. James’ formula uses team A’s winning percentage and team B’s winning percentage to come up with the probability that team A wins. Kenpom’s version uses his Pythagorean Rating in place of winning perentage. I’ll give you the precise formula and an example at the end of the article for those truly interested in that stuff.
Here is Kenpom’s log5 for the Big East Tournament:
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#pcbb Links of the Day 11/4/14
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- ICYMI – Providence College Men’s Basketball To Hold Championship Celebration Night On Nov. 15
- Rush the Court – Walker Carey – One On One: A Big East Preview With Jon Rothstein
- Scout Friars – Richard Coren – Providence College Season Preview ($)
- Cox Hub – Chris Ackerknecht – 2014 Preview: Rhode Island’s D1 College Basketball Programs
- Kenpom.com – Ken Pomeroy – The value of the preseason AP poll, 2014 edition
- Friars.com – Men’s Ice Hockey – Gillies Named Hockey East Defensive Player Of The Week
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2014-15 Kenpom Preseason Rankings Released
Ken Pomeroy, or Kenpom as he and his website are more commonly known, came out with his preseason rankings for the 2014-15 season on Sunday night. While these rankings aren’t meant to be 100% accurate they do give a decent guideline and perspective on how teams compare within each conference and how the conferences compare to each other. Before I get into the rankings, here is an excerpt from Pomeroy’s blog post last October after he released the 2013-14 preseason rankings:
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#pcbb Links of the Day 7/22/14
- ICYMI – Steve Hartnett made some picks for the Friar Crystal Ball in the Class of 2015. Check those out here.
- ICYMI – Providence College Basketball 2014-15 Schedule So Far
- CoxHub.com – Daniel James – Moment of Truth: Why Providence Should Be Concerned About URI
- For KenPom junkies – Studying Whether to Foul When Tied – Part 1 & Part 2
- Check out this cool video posted by the Providence College Athletics YouTube channel which shows scenes from the Navy SEAL workout that the basketball team did last summer with some audio from Ed Cooley’s introductory press conference playing in the background:
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