Line opened with Providence as a 1.5 point favorite. The line has since moved to -2 and even -2.5 in some places. I’d expect it to settle around -2 by tip time. Kenpom sees the final score as 70-67 in favor of the Friars. I’ll have game notes and a preview going up at 12pm today.
Line opened with Providence as a 5.5 point underdog which isn’t all that shocking since this is a home game for the Johnnies. Kenpom sees the final score as 71-65 in favor of St. John’s.
Providence College Athletics invites you to join Providence College President, Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P. ’80, Athletic Director Bob Driscoll along with head men’s basketball coach Ed Cooley, at our annual BIG EAST Kick-Off Fundraiser hosted by Board of Trustee member Tom Boyan ’85. Food and beverages will be provided. In addition, The Ed Cooley radio show will broadcast live on sports radio 103.7 WEEI FM.The minimum donation for this event is $500 per person. In addition, for all recent graduates (’09-’13) the cost for the event is $250 per person. Monthly payment plans are available for each price level over a 6 month period. Proceeds will go directly to support the Friar Athletic Fund.If you would like to enroll in a monthly payment plan please call Colleen O’Brienat (401) 865-1880. To sign up for this event, click here.
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Friday March 14th
Students and alumni are invited to attend the Big East Career and Networking Night. Guest will have the opportunity to connect with other Big East alumni, students, and network with up to thirty employers from various career fields. This event is at Madison Square Garden 12:00pm-2:00pm.Light refreshments will be served and optional online resume submission will be available for employer access.
Now that all the action from Saturday has played out and the tiebreaker scenarios calculated, the final bracket is done for the Big East tournament. The first round games will be Wednesday night and then the top 6 teams get involved on Thursday. I’m really looking forward to getting to the Garden this week and covering these games. With the way these last couple of weeks have been, I have a feeling we are in for some exciting games this week and maybe even a little overtime. Here is the bracket:
Here are the seeding scenarios for those that aren’t locked in:
3/4 seed: If Providence wins tonight at Creighton, they will be the 3 seed playing 6 seed Marquette on Thursday night at 9:30pm and Xavier will be the 4 seed playing 5 seed St. John’s on Thursday afternoon at 2:30pm. If Providence loses tonight at Creighton, Xavier will be the 3 seed playing 6 seed Marquette and Providence will be the 4 seed playing 5 seed St. John’s.
9/10 seed: If Butler loses to Seton Hall today, they would have the same conference record, 3-15, as DePaul but DePaul would be the 9 seed due to a 1-1 record against St. John’s (DePaul and Butler split their own season series 1-1 so tiebreakers goes to record against the highest team. Both teams are 0-2 vs. the top 4 in the league but DePaul is 1-1 against 5 seed St. John’s and Butler is 0-2 against them). If Butler wins today against Seton Hall, they will be the 9 seed by virtue of having 1 more league win than DePaul.
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