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Friartown Fan Voice Podcast

Friartown Fan Voice Podcast – Episode 3 – 12/18/15

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Episode 3 of the pcbb1917.com Friartown Fan Voice podcast is live. In this episode I recap the first 11 games of Providence’s non-conference schedule, preview the final 2 games and give some thoughts on the announcement made on December 15th about the Ruane Friar Development Center.

This should be available in iTunes so you can subscribe and be automatically notified when a new episode is uploaded in the future. I’m planning on doing one more podcast in 2015 to preview the Big East schedule, so keep an eye out for that between Christmas and New Years.

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Links of the Day

#pcbb Links of the Day 12/18/15

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Drew Edwards, Player News

Drew Edwards: Family, Loyalty and a Competitive Spirit

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Drew Edwards didn’t average 30 points/game in high school. He didn’t leave the Baltimore area to attend a basketball-factory prep school. He didn’t run on the Nike EYBL, adidas Gauntlet or Under Armour Association circuits. He went to the same all-boys Catholic high school that his father, uncle and brother attended. He played with a non-shoe company affiliated AAU program coached by the same people who coached him in youth leagues growing up. He is loyal. He is competitive. He plays to win.

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Links of the Day

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Bracketology/RPI

Jerry Palm Releases Updated Bracketology 12/16/15

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After 33 days of college basketball games, Jerry Palm has released his first updated bracketology since before the season began on November 13th. Palm was pretty bullish on Providence and had placed the Friars as a 9 seed in his preseason bracket. With the Friars off to a 10-1 start over those 33 days, Palm is even higher on Ed Cooley’s bunch than Joe Lunardi, who has Providence as a 5 seed in his latest release of Bracket Math. Palm also calls for 5 Big East teams to be in his field of 68.

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National Polls

Weekly College Basketball Polls Update: December 14th

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Week 6 of the college basketball polls have been released and Providence is moving up again after a 2-0 week that included wins over teams the Friars should beat in ACC bottom-feeding Boston College and now 2-9 Bryant.  Providence was depleted in both games with Ryan Fazekas missing both (mono), Kris Dunn missing the second half of Boston College and the entire Bryant game (illness) and Ben Bentil missing the second half of BC (ankle). This is the first time Providence has been ranked in the AP Poll for 3 straight weeks since the 2003-04 season when the Friars spent the final 8 weeks ranked in the AP Top 25. The Friars slid up slightly to 14th in the AP Poll and 14th in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll this week.

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Game Previews & Recaps

Friars Win: Bryant 67, (15) Providence 74

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Final Score
Bryant 67
Providence 74
Leading Scorer Leading Rebounder
Bryant Garvin: 16 Pettway: 10
Providence Edwards: 17 Bullock: 14

Drew Edwards Bryant

Notes:

  • Providence was without Kris Dunn and Ryan Fazekas for this game and Ben Bentil started the game off as questionable but dressed. Ed Cooley was hoping now to use the big man but that all changed with the Friars looking sluggish. Cooley inserted Bentil with 5:15 left in the first half and the sophomore played every second the rest of the way until the final few seconds of the game. He finished with 16 points and 8 rebounds in 25 minutes.
  • Drew Edwards had a breakout effort in the second half. Edwards started the game 0/2 but got hot and went off for 17 points on 6/10 shooting, including 5/9 from 3-point range. Edwards came into this game averaging under 7 minutes/game and 1.1 points/game.
  • Rodney Bullock had a double-double with 13 points and 14 rebounds. Bullock got better once Bentil entered the fray, but he didn’t do much scoring in the second half. He did a good job cleaning the glass though. Providence outrebounded Bryant,
  • Jalen Lindsey got off to a horrendous shooting start but he managed to get it going and finished with 15 points on 5/12 shooting. Lindsey was active on the glass with 7 rebounds.
  • The key for Providence — aside from Bentil being able to give it a go — was balance on offense. Four Providence players scored in double figures. It was also a tale of two halves for the Friars. Cooley’s crew shot just 35.3% from the field, including 1/14 from 3-point range in the first half. The second half numbers look a lot better: 53.8 % and 7/14 from downtown.
  • Bryant hurt themselves in the second half with turnovers.  After turning it over 8 times in the first 20 minutes, Bryant coughed the ball up 10 times in the second half. Providence scored 24 points off those 18 Bulldog turnovers.
  • The 10-1 and 15th ranked Friars return to action next Saturday after the final exam break and will take on Rider at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. That game tips at 8pm EST and is on FSN.

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