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Providence Friars Outlasted by Kentucky, 58-38

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Unfortunately the game ended up about how I thought it would. What I didn’t see coming was that Kris Dunn would have 10 turnovers. Tyler Harris and Carson Desrosiers led the Friars with 10 points each on the afternoon and an argument could be made that they were the two best Friars on the floor Sunday for Providence. Harris added 6 rebounds and Desrosiers had 4 boards while neither player looked intimidated.

LaDontae Henton struggled all afternoon to get any open looks as Kentucky matched him up with long-armed 7-footers the entire day. After a first half that saw the Friars get out to as large as a 4 point lead and maintain a lead for a solid stretch of the first 20 minutes, Providence really struggled in the second 20 minute stanza. The Friars shot 46.7% from the field in the first half and only trailed by 4 at the half. In the second half the Friars shot just 16.7% while Kentucky shot 48.3%.

In the end this is a learning experience for Ed Cooley’s team which is counting on a number of young players to contribute this season. Kris Dunn was clearly not 100% healthy and I’m sure he will welcome the 4 days between now and the Friars next game on Friday at Boston College.

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Game Notes & Preview: Providence (6-0) at Kentucky (6-0) 11/30/14

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Where: Rupp Arena – Lexington, KY

When: 2:00PM

How: ESPN2 (Dave Flemming & Fran Fraschilla)/WEEI 103.7 FM and Friars.com (John Rooke and Joe Hassett)

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Providence College Basketball 2014-15 Schedule So Far

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On June 18th, Brendan McGair of the Pawtucket Times tweeted that he was hearing PC would play Stonehill for one of the exhibition games this upcoming season. I was able to confirm that report and have added them to the 2014-15 schedule page that is linked at the top of the site.

The non-conference schedule looks pretty challenging overall and features a few interesting opponents at interesting venues like Kentucky at Rupp Arena, Miami at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Tipoff at Mohegan Sun. I’ll be doing an in-depth preview of each and every non-conference opponent as the season draws closer so keep an eye open for those previews which will most likely be done weekly beginning in the middle of August.

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#pcbb On: Providence’s Out of Conference Schedule for 2014-2015

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It’s officially the offseason now. March Madness has come and gone. Connecticut is the national champion.

The focus for fans now turns heavily to recruiting, discussing potential starters/lineups for their team next season, how many minutes and points per game and rebounds per game, etc. a kid they have never seen play before will have and, finally, who they will be playing out of conference (OOC). For Providence, recruiting means filling out their remaining 2 spots for the 2014 class with a focus on 5th year transfers and junior college players who can contribute immediately next season. Potential starters/lineups likely can’t be determined for the Friars until they have another guard in hand for 2014 and at some point in the coming weeks, I’ll enter the fray on that discussion with my own thoughts on that topic. For now though, my focus is on the OOC schedule that PC has lined up for next season.

As I mentioned in my piece reviewing the Big East’s first season with the current configuration, one of the big keys for maintaining the strength of this updated version of the Big East is for teams to play a strong OOC schedule. The reality is that most years won’t provide the opportunity to play a top 25 ranked opponent every week like the prior version of this conference did many years. My guess is that most years there will be about 2-3 teams in the top 25 with the potential for a great year having 50% of the league ranked. The 2013-2014 season saw the Big East have an OOC strength of schedule ranked 7th in the country. They likely need to be top 5 every year in that category. Things are off to a solid start with Creighton reportedly having agreed to a home and home series with Oklahoma beginning in Omaha next season. Also, it was reported over the weekend that St. John’s and Duke will restart their series on January 31, 2015 at Madison Square Garden after a two year hiatus. The Johnnies also will head to the Carrier Dome this season to take on former conference rival Syracuse in December 2014.

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