Providence College Athletics to Host NBA Draft Watch Party
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Providence College Athletics to Host NBA Draft Watch Party
The 2016 NBA Draft will be held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Friars in the Draft
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Dunn is expected to be a top 6 draft pick, including some mock drafts who have him as high as 3, while Bentil is expected to be picked late in the first round or early in the second.
PC has not had two players drafted in the same year since Austin Croshere went 12ther and God Shammgod went 45th in the 1997 Draft.
Kris Dunn
This past season at Providence, Dunn averaged 16.4 points, 6.2 assists and 5.3 rebounds per game, leading the Friars to the second round of the NCAA Tournament as a redshirt junior.
Dunn has been named the Big East Player of the Year and the Defensive Player of the Year in each of the past two seasons.
The Friars went 23-10 overall this season, and 10-8 in the Big East, making the tournament for the third straight season.
Kris Dunn and PC basketball Head Coach Ed Cooley are expected to be at the Draft.
Ben Bentil
Bentil is the 7th Friar all-time to lead the league in scoring and the fourth Friar in the last six seasons to do it.
Bentil was named the Big East's Most Improved Player, joining Kadeem Batts (2013) and Herbert Hill (2007) as Friar recipients of the Big East Most Improved Player Award.
It is unclear as to if Bentil will be at the draft in Brooklyn.
Top 10 Memorable Moments From PC's Season
10.
Kris Dunn's Dunk en route to a Triple Double vs. Hartford
En route to his second career triple-double, Kris Dunn had this dunk early in the second half. At the time, the two points gave Dunn a double-double after he dished out 11 assists in the first half.
Dunn would finish the game with 16 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds to become only the third Friar is program history to have more than one triple-double. The other two players are Marvin Barnes and Bob Misevicius.
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9.
Bentil's Block vs. Butler in Big East Season Opener
In the Friars Big East season opener against Butler, ranked #9 in the country at the time, Ben Bentil came up with this block ending an otherwise nice back door play by the Bulldogs.
The Friars beat Butler 81-73.
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8.
Friars Get to 8th in Country
On Monday, January 4 the Providence College Friars were ranked #8 in the country in the AP Poll and #9 in the country in the Coaches Poll.
At the time, the Friars were 2-0 in the Big East and 14-1 overall on the season and riding an 8 game winning streak, their longest winning streak since 1993-1994.
7.
Friars Here Name Called on Selection Sunday
For the 3rd straight season, the Friars heard their name called on selection Sunday. Providence was given a 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament and were set up against USC in the first round in Raleigh North Carolina.
6.
Dunn Reaches 1,000 Career Points on Insane Layup
Kris Dunn reaches the 1,000 point plateau with this insane layup on the road against Georgetown on Saturday night.
To cap the game off, Providence beat Georgetown on the road and would beat them again later in the season to complete the season sweep.
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5.
Dunn's Spinning Step Back Jumper vs. Arizona
In the early season Wooden Legacy Award tournament, Kris Dunn hit this spinning step back jumper to give Providence a 67-65 lead over #11 Arizona.
The Friars would go on to pull off the upset, winning 69-65 and advanced to the championship game.
Dunn finished with 19 points, 10 of which came in the final 2:30 of the game.
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4.
Kris Dunn Posterizing St. John's Players
Kris Dunn threw down a spectacular dunk, posterizing St. John's Yankuba Sima in the process, during PC's Big East home opener against St. John's.
Dunn finished the game with 26 points, nine rebounds, six assists, three steals and one block leading the Friars to an 83-65 win. Dunn scored 9 straight points for the Friars in the second half to seal the win.
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3.
Bentil's Tip in Beats URI at The Ryan Center
After Jared Terrell hit a jumper from the free throw line to tie the game at 72, PC's Kris Dunn raced down the floor with seven seconds left but missed the lay up. Ben Bentil was there to clean it up, tipping the ball back in just before the buzzer. Providence beat URI for the 6th straight year 74-72 at the Ryan Center.
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2.
Dunn's Game Winner at Creighton
With the clock winding down in a very ugly game for both sides, Kris Dunn hit a step back jumper that rolled into the basket to give the Friars a 50-48 road win against the Creighton Blue Jays.
At the time, PC improved to 3-1 in the Big East and 15-2 overall.
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1.
Rodney Bullock's Layup Beats USC in NCAA Tourney
Providence trailed 69-68 with three seconds left in the game when Rodney Bullock took an inbounds pass from Drew Edwards under the Trojans basket and layed it in as time expired giving PC a 70-69 win.
The Friars got thier first tournament win in 19 seasons.
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