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Providence Season Preview: The Dunn Era Closes, a New Era Begins

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When Kris Dunn graduated in May of 2016, he didn’t leave alone. Ben Bentil also declared for the NBA Draft, eventually becoming the Boston Celtic’s 51st overall pick. The departure of Dunn and Bentil has left a void that will impact Providence’s immediate future. Evidence of how different the 2016-17 season is expected to be for Providence can be seen in college basketball odds where Providence is +28000, or 280/1 to win the national championship. Last season the Friars were as high in some places as +6000, or 60/1.

Dunn, a two-time Big East Player of the Year, was the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 5th overall pick. The end of the Kris Dunn Era isn’t the end of the Friars, though; they have plenty of talent and a deep roster to keep the momentum of three straight NCAA Tournament appearances going. The Friars can avoid the pitfalls that have befallen many other teams that have lost major stars if they get the right level of development and improvement from players like Kyron Cartwright, Rodney Bullock, and Jalen Lindsey.

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Friartown Fan Voice Podcast

Friartown Fan Voice Podcast – Episode 6 – Recapping the Carelton Game with Brendan McGair of the Pawtucket Times

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The third episode of the Friartown Fan Voice podcast is now live for the 2016-17 season! This episode is a recap of Providence’s exhibition game against the Carleton Ravens that was played on Saturday, October 29th at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. I was joined by Brendan McGair of the Pawtucket Times. Unlike me, Brendan was at the Dunk for the game which was not televised.

This episode is structured with a breakdown of each player’s efforts from Saturday night, a broad view of the game from the offensive and defensive sides and we finished by reacting to Ed Cooley’s postgame comments. Go ahead and give it a listen:

This should be available in iTunes so you can subscribe and be automatically notified when a new episode is uploaded in the future.

You can submit your own questions and comments that could be answered on a future podcast by calling the Friartown Fan Voice podcast voicemail line at 516-500-PCBB or 516-500-7222, emailing me at mhopkins@pcbb1917.com, tweeting at me @pcbb1917, commenting on the Facebook page or directly in the comments section of this post.

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Player News, Tyree Chambers

Former Providence Guard Tyree Chambers Transferring to Division II Le Moyne College

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Tyree Chambers decided to transfer back  in early May and a decision about his destination was announced on Monday by the Twitter account for recruiting information site VerbalCommits.com. He’ll be heading to Division II Le Moyne College to play in the Northeast-10 against schools like Adelphi, Assumption, Bentley and Stonehill. Chambers will be eligible immediately for the Dolphins to finish out his final two years of eligibility at the Syracuse school.

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Recruiting News

Rivals Releases Final Class of 2016 Rankings; Two Friar Commits in Top 150

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Rivals.com has released their final rankings for the Class of 2016 and Providence has two committed players that cracked their Top 150. Recent commit Alpha Diallo finished ranked 112th nationally, while Providence’s first pledge in the class, Maliek White, came in at 117th. Both are considered 4-star recruits by Rivals. The last time Providence had a class of commits that included at least two players ranked inside Rivals.com’s Top 150 was the 2014 class that included Ben Bentil, Paschal Chukwu and Jalen Lindsey, who were all ranked in Rivals’ Top 150.

Providence isn’t done yet in 2016 and are scheduled to host Canadian big man Kalif Young this weekend. Young visited Marquette last week and plans to make a decision following his visit to Friartown.

To see the full Rivals.com Top 150 for the Class of 2016, click here.

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Coaching Staff

Ed Cooley Promotes Ivan Thomas to Vacant Assistant Coach Position

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Ed Cooley is now being forced to hire a replacement assistant coach for the second straight offseason. Last Spring, Bob Simon left for Alabama. This Spring, Andre LaFleur left for UNLV. Cooley also had to make another coaching hire last offseason that may have flown under the radar, but now seems more significant. Mike Jackson left his position on Cooley’s staff as the Coordinator of Basketball Operations, which was filled by Kevin Kurbec. Kurbec moved up from his position of Associate Director of Player Development/Video Ops. That musical chairs led to Cooley hiring Kecoughtan High School head coach Ivan Thomas to Kurbec’s former position. Fast-forward to the present and Cooley has decided to promote Thomas to the vacant assistant coach position vacated by LaFleur’s departure on April 21st. That’s quite a whirlwind move for a former Virginia high school and AAU coach. Kevin McNamara of the Providence Journal first reported the news of Thomas’ promotion.

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