- ICYMI – Friars Lose: (8) Xavier 85, (23) Providence 74
- Providence Journal – Bill Koch – No. 8 Xavier holds off No. 23 Providence, 85-74
- Friarbasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Xavier Rolls Past Friars
- Cox Hub – Anthony Finucane – Friars Fall to Xavier 85-74
- Providence Journal – Bill Koch – Friars Journal: Fazekas stakes claim to starting role
- SB Nation – Matt Ellentuck – Kris Dunn and Ben Bentil do absolutely everything for Providence
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Weekly College Basketball Polls Update: February 15th
Week 15 of the college basketball polls have been released and Providence has fallen again, but remained inside the top 25 after a 1-1 week that included a double OT loss at Marquette and a home win against Georgetown. The Friars are now 7-6 in Big East play and will travel to Cincinnati for a Wednesday night game against Xavier before having their second week-long “bye” of the Big East season. This is the first time Providence has been ranked in the AP Poll for 12 straight weeks since the 1977-78 season when the Friars spent the final 13 weeks ranked in the AP Top 25. The Friars moved from 20th to 23rd in the AP Poll and from t-17th to 20th in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll this week.
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Providence’s Final Six Big East Games and Their Impact on the NCAA Tournament
Providence is now two-thirds of the way through their 18 game Big East schedule and they are sitting at 6-6 and are in a tie for 6th with Butler. The Friars have certainly been up and down in league play. They started 4-2 in the first third of the schedule and followed that up with a 2-4 record in the second third — though 1 of their 2 wins in the second third came on the road at Villanova.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 2/12/16
- ICYMI – Thoughts from the Road: Friars Fall Short in Double OT at Marquette
- ICYMI – Kris Dunn Among 20 on Latest Wooden Award Watch List
- ICYMI – 2016 Naismith Trophy Midseason Watch List Released
- FiveThirtyEight.com – Matt Giles – Kris Dunn’s Improvisational Brilliance Is Good For Providence — And For College Basketball
- Cox Hub – Mike Logan – Friars’ Lucky Number is 100 This Weekend
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Kris Dunn Among 20 on Latest Wooden Award Watch List
The Wooden Award chopped their list of players in consideration from 25 to 20 on Wednesday. There were a couple names added that weren’t on the list of 25 players, but Kris Dunn continues to be cited as a candidate for this prestigious award. The John R. Wooden Award — named after the legendary UCLA coach — is given annually to the nation’s top player. Dunn is the only Big East player among the latest release of 20 players. The list will be trimmed down to 15 before 10 players are selected as Wooden All-Americans during the Elite Eight and the winner of the award will be named on April 8th. There is a fan-voting can component to this award that can be found here.
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Weekly College Basketball Polls Update: February 8th
Week 14 of the college basketball polls have been released and Providence has fallen out of the top 15 after an 0-2 week that included a road loss at DePaul and a home loss against Villanova. The Friars are now 6-5 in Big East play and will travel to Milwaukee for a Wednesday night game against Marquette before returning home to take on Georgetown on Saturday. This is the first time Providence has been ranked in the AP Poll for 11 straight weeks since the 1977-78 season when the Friars spent the final 13 weeks ranked in the AP Top 25. The Friars moved from 11th to 20th in the AP Poll and from 11th to t-17th in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll this week.
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Ben Bentil Named a Finalist for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award
Ben Bentil’s breakout season has been a surprising and welcome development for Providence. Even more surprising? He’s doing it all at the center position after former classmate Paschal Chukwu opted to transfer to Syracuse in late May of 2015. Chukwu figured to start and get the lion’s share of minutes at the 5, but those duties now fall on Bentil and he has not disappointed. More evidence of that is seeing Bentil’s name on a list of 10 finalists for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award given to top center in college basketball. This is the second year the award is being given out by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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