PC Basketball Falls From National Polls, Projected as 9 Seed in NCAA Tourney

Tuesday, March 01, 2016

Joe Calabro, GoLocalProv Sports Team

 

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The Providence College Friars men's basketball team (20-9, 8-8 Big East) fell out of the national polls for the first time in 13 weeks on Monday. The Friars are coming off a 1-1 week in which they lost to Seton Hall on the road and beat DePaul at home on Saturday.

The Friars first appeared in the national polls this season on November 30, and climbed to as high as 8th in the country on January 4.

The Friars have since gone 6-7 and have lost 5 of their last 7 games.

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Bracketology Report

In the most recent bracket projections on both CBS and ESPN, the Friars are a 9 seed. The projection is up one spot from the 10 seed they were projected as by CBS on Saturday.

ESPN's Joe Lunardi has the Friars as one of the last four teams with a bye, meaning they are just inside the bubble.

Both projections have 5 Big East teams (Butler, PC, Seton Hall, Villanova, Xavier)  getting in to the tournament with Villanova and Xavier claiming 1 and 2 seeds respectively.

PC's Final Home Game

The Friars return to action on Wednesday, March 2 when they host Creighton at the Dunkin' Donuts Center.

The game is PC's last home game of the regular season.

Tip off is set for 9 p.m.

 

Related Slideshow: Providence College Friars 2015-16 Projected Starting Lineup

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G - Kris Dunn

Considered one of the top players in the country and the best point guard in the country, Kris Dunn passed on going to the NBA and came back to Providence for his redshirt junior season.

Dunn averaged 16 points, seven assists and five rebounds last season, registering eight double-doubles and one triple-double in the process.

Dunn was selected as the preseason Player-of-the-Year during Big East media day.

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G - Junior Lomomba

Junior Lomomba is a glue guy for the Friars and also effective on the defensive end of the floor. 

Last season, Lomomba finished with eight steals and 37 rebounds, averaging 11.1 minutes per game. 

So far in 2015-16, Lomomba is averaging 28 minutes and six points per game. 

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G- Jalen Lindsey

Sophomore Jalen Lindsey, 6'7", played in 33 games, and started 13, for the Friars last seaso.

Lindsey averaged 3.8 points in 18 minutes of play per game. Lindsey shot 33 percent from three-point land during the season.

Lindsey's length can help the Friars on the defensive end as well.

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F - Rodney Bullock

Rodney Bullock, 6'8" from Virginia, is a redshirt sophomore for the Friars but has yet to play a college basketball game. Bullock tore his ACL prior to last season and the year before that he was suspended.

In PC's exhibition game against Stonehill, Bullock had 26 points and 11 rebounds for Providence.

"I was impressed with his court awareness, his ability to post up when he wants was impressive given that he hasn't played a college game," Joe Hassett said.

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F - Ben Bentil

Sophomore Ben Bentil, 6'9" leads the forward group after playing in 34 games last season, starting 23 of them for the Friars. 

Last season, Bentil averaged six points and five rebounds in 21 minutes of play per game. Given that he is the tallest player that the Friars have, his minutes will go up significantly this season.

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6 man - Kyron Cartwright

Kyron Cartwright

Sophomore Kyron Cartwright played in 34 games and started eight for the Friars last season. Carwright averaged 3.5 points in 19 minutes of play time per game.

Cartwright only made four three-pointers all of last season and will look to improve those numbers this season.

 

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