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Big East News

How the Big East Made $20 Million in 17 Days

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Win or lose, Villanova has already added over $8.5 million to the Big East’s coffers by making it to the title game of the 2016 NCAA Tournament. Butler, Providence and Xavier have each brought more than $3.4 million back to the league by making it the Round of 32 and Seton Hall earned over $1.7 million just by being in the party for a day. This is the other side of winning in March that is so critical for the Big East. The 10 member schools that make up this configuration of the Big East conference have a lot in common as institutions, which is partly why they believe their marriage is made in heaven. Besides their love for basketball, the Big East member institutions don’t have the financial backing of their home state to help drive their athletic programs to championship heights.

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Game Previews & Recaps, NCAA Tournament

Friars Lose: (1) UNC 85, 9) Providence 66

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Final Score
(9) Providence 66
(1) UNC 85
Leading Scorer Leading Rebounder
(9) Providence Dunn: 29 Lindsey: 4
(1) UNC Johnson: 21 Johnson: 10

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Game Previews & Recaps, NCAA Tournament

NCAA Tournament 2016: Game Notes & Preview (9) Providence (24-10, 10-8) vs (1) UNC (29-6, 14-4) 3/19/16

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Where: PNC Arena – Raleigh, NC

When: 9:40pm EDT

How: TBS (Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller & Dan Bonner with Lewis Johnson)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)/FriarTV

Game Notes

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NCAA Tournament

NCAA Tournament 2016: Second Round Tip Times, TV Schedule and Announcer Pairings in Providence

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Many Providence basketball season ticket holders opted to buy tickets to the NCAA Tournament’s First and Second Rounds being played at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center this year. While the committee wasn’t able to ensure that the Friar are playing on the opposite day that their home site is hosting games, there will be plenty of time to watch action at the Dunk before Providence and UNC tip off in Raleigh at close to 10pm EDT on Saturday night. There are also some marquee names for fans to see at the Dunk that are unlikely to be there to take on the Friars. Here are the games, tip times, TV schedule and announcer pairings for the Second Round games being played in Providence.

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Betting, Opening Lines

NCAA Tournament 2016 Opening Line (9) Providence +9.5 vs (1) UNC 3/19/16

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Providence got their first NCAA Tournament win since 1997 on Thursday night against 8th seed USC in Raleigh. Next up is 1 seed UNC at 9:40pm EDT on TBS. The Friars are 18-15 ATS this season and the Tar Heels are 15-17-2  ATS this season. Providence opened as a 9.5 point underdog against UNC.

Opening Line

 Providence +9.5

Opening O/U

 151

Opening Moneyline

 Prov +405/UNC -500

Stay tuned for updates as the line moves.

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