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Providence’s Cooley Confirms Bullock Lost for the Season

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Ed Cooley confirmed to The Providence Journal’s Kevin McNamara that Rodney Bullock has torn his ACL and will be out for the entire 2014-15 season. While this hurts for a myriad of reasons, not the least of which is that Bullock will now have to sit for a second straight season at Providence, as long as Ben Bentil gets cleared by the NCAA Clearinghouse it will soften the immediate blow as Cooley will still have depth in the frontcourt. The injury occurred during one of the team’s first few  practices of the season on Sunday, October 5th.

Cooley’s comments from McNamara’s article:

“I feel awful for Rodney. It’s very unfortunate,” Cooley said. “He’s had a rough go of it here but he’s committed to working on his academics and rehabbing and coming back with us next year.”

Bullock was slated to be a solid contributor this season and put up impressive numbers during the Friars’ Italy trip, albeit against lesser competition. It’s good to hear that Bullock will stay at Providence and if he gets approved for a medical redshirt he would essentially join the class of 2015 recruiting class which would mean that class now contains 4 members and the 2014 freshman class contains 5.

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Redshirt Freshman Bullock Injures Knee

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It’s getting to be that time again. The time that makes Friar fans cringe. It’s time for that other shoe to drop. The last few years any hope for the advancement of the basketball program would inexplicably get derailed or at least delayed by some ruling from the NCAA Clearinghouse or an injury to a key player or some off the court issue. Snake bitten is a term that a lot of fans have taken to using on message boards to describe the lack of luck that followed this program around during the offseasons. Just during Ed Cooley’s time at Providence we’ve seen the following:

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Providence to Scrimmage Harvard

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Kevin McNamara of The Providence Journal reported on Twitter that the Friars will scrimmage Harvard for the third straight season in lieu of a second exhibition game.

These scrimmages between Division 1 teams are closed to the public and the media, per NCAA rule. Here is that rule:

17.5.3.1 Exceptions.

The following basketball contests (games or scrimmages) are permitted prior to the first contest dates specified under Bylaw 17.5.3:

(a) Practice Scrimmages. Informal practice scrimmages with outside competition, provided they are conducted in privacy without publicity or official scoring. Individuals other than athletics department staff members and those necessary to conduct a basketball practice scrimmage against outside competition may not be present during such a scrimmage. The institution shall ensure that the scrimmage is free from public view; and (Revised: 10/27/98 effective 8/1/99, 5/12/05)

While the scrimmage’s statistics aren’t allowed to be kept except for private use, many statistics end up leaking out about these games. Last season there were reports that Kris Dunn looked great against Harvard – a borderline top 25 team at the time – and made fans even more devastated when he injured his shoulder later against Rhode Island College in the team’s exhibition contest.

To see Providence’s full 2014-15 schedule, click here.

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