PC Seeded 9th in NCAA Tournament
Joe Calabro, GoLocalProv Sports Team
PC Seeded 9th in NCAA Tournament
The Friars are in the NCAA tournament for the third straight season but will be looking for their first tournament game victory in 19 years.
This year marks the third time in program history that the Friars have gone to three straight NCAA tournaments. See the bracket below.
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Friars this Season
The Friars went 23-10 overall and 10-8 in the Big East conference but enter the tournament after going 6-6 in their last 12 games.
PC beat Butler in the first round of the Big East tournament before falling to Villanova in the semifinal round on Friday night.
Tournament History
This will be PC's 18th appearance in the NCAA tournament where they carry an overall record of 14-18 in those games.
Big East Teams in the Tournament
Providence is one of 5 Big East teams in the NCAA Tournament this season. The other teams and their seeds are as follows:
Villanova - Nova was slotted for a number one seed before they fell to Seton Hall in the Big East Championship on Saturday night. Now as a 2 seed in the South Region, Nova will now host UNC Asheville in the first round with a chance for an all Philadelphia show down in the second round if they meet up with Temple.
Xavier - The Musketeers also get a 2 seed in the tournament and will play Weber St. in the first round in the East Region.
Seton Hall - The Big East Champion Seton Hall Pirates enter the tournament as a 6 seed in the Midwest Region. The Pirates will face Gonzaga in the first round with a chance to play either Utah or Fresno state in the second round.
Butler - The Bulldogs get in the NCAA Tournament as a 9 seed in the Midwest Region, the same as PC. This may be the only thing Friar fans have an issue with as the Friars beat Butler three times this season and have a lower RPI, yet are seeded the same. Butler will face Texas Tech in the first round with the winner likely facing Virginia in the second.
Number 1 Seeds
The number one seeds in this year's tournament are North Carolina out of the ACC, Virginia out of the ACC, Oregon out of the PAC-12 and Kansas out of the Big 12 Conference.
Providence College Friars 2015-16 Projected Starting Lineup
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
