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Ben Bentil, Kris Dunn Unanimous Selections to All-Big East First Team

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The Big East has announced their postseason teams and two Providence players were unanimously selected for the First Team. Kris Dunn was expected to be on the First Team after being named the league’s preseason Player of the Year, but Bentil surprised this season and earned his unanimous selection by leading the Big East in scoring. Bentil was also named the Big East’s Player of the Week for the final week of the regular season. Dunn was named to the Weekly Honor Roll, along with Myles Davis, Roosevelt Jones, Kris Jenkins and Isaiah Whitehead. Henry Ellenson was named Big East Freshman of the Week.

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2016 Big East Tournament Bracket

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The final day of the regular season played out as expected and the final league standings are locked in, which means the seeding for this year’s Big East Tournament are also locked in. The Big East Tournament begins on Wedneday, March 9th. The announcer pairings were released on Thursday afternoon and you can find the schedule of games below.

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Big East Tournament Seed Watch Final Edition of 2016

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All ten Big East teams are in action on Saturday and only half the league is locked into their Big East Tournament seed as of now. Providence, Butler, Creighton, Marquette and Georgetown have scenarios where they could move out of their current slots and I’ll detail all of those scenarios in this final edition of the Big East Tournament Seed Watch. The Big East Tournament begins on Wedneday, March 9th. The announcer pairings were released on Thursday afternoon and you can find the schedule of games below.

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Big East Tournament Seed Watch 3/2/16

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We’re coming down the final stretch with games on Wednesday night being the 17th for all teams involved. It’s funny that tonight’s matchups would be the matchups in the Big East Tournament if the season ended yesterday. The bottomline is that the regular season comes to a conclusion on March 5th with all ten teams in action and the likelihood is that many of the Big East members will still be jockeying for final seeding position for the Big East Tournament that begins on March 9th at Madison Square Garden.

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National Polls

Weekly College Basketball Polls Update: February 29th

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Week 17 of the college basketball polls have been released and Providence has dropped out of the USA Today Coaches’ Poll a week after dropping out of the AP Top 25. Providence went 1-1 last week with a loss at surging Seton Hall and a win over DePaul at home. The Friars are now 8-8 in Big East play and will take on Creighton at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center on Wednesday before finishing the regular season at Madison Square Garden against St. John’s. The Friars moved from 27th to receiving no votes in the AP Poll and from 24th to 30th in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll this week.

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Big East News

Big East Tournament Seed Watch 2/29/16

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Eight of the ten teams in the Big East have two games left. The remaining two teams have just one game left. The bottomline is that the regular season comes to a conclusion on March 5th with all ten teams in action and the likelihood is that many of the Big East members will still be jockeying for final seeding position for the Big East Tournament that begins on March 9th at Madison Square Garden.

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