The Friars have righted the ship since the Brown loss by winning their 3rd straight game on Saturday but as I predicted it wouldn’t have enough juice to garner any votes in either poll. Prior to Miami’s horrible loss by 28 points at home against Eastern Kentucky Monday’s game against the Hurricanes on a neutral court in Brooklyn would have been a chance for a top 25 win but the Hurricanes have fallen out of both polls this week.
Providence went 2-1 since the last release of the national polls on December 8th but that loss was to Brown at home. After the loss to Boston College on December 5th the Friars were only receiving 4 votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll and 0 votes in the AP Poll so it’s no real surprise that the Brown loss would be enough to stop all votes for Providence. The Friars only have 1 game this week which is on Saturday at home against UMass. A win there likely wouldn’t do much for their vote-getting appeal so I expect the Friars to be outside the national spotlight as they head to the Barclays Center on December 22nd to take on the 18th (AP)/19th (USA Today Coaches Poll) ranked Miami Hurricanes.
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