Providence appears to be safely on their way to a repeat trip to the Blue Carpet for the first time since they appeared in the 1989 and 1990 NCAA Tournament fields. They lost their first game in both of those years. That’s something Ed Cooley and this crew will be looking to change this year. I’ll be doing regular examinations of Providence’s NCAA Tournament resume as the regular season winds down.
This week I’ll also be doing some blind resumes to compare to Providence because that always seems fun. Let’s get started.
ESPN’s Bracketology guru Joe Lunardi currently has Providence in the field as a 7 seed in his latest bracket out today. The Friars would take on 10 seed Dayton in the West region, per Lunardi. CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm is slightly higher on the Friars in his latest bracket out today. Palm has Providence as a 6 seed in the South region against 11 seed Tulsa.
Bracket Matrix, a composite of a number of submitted brackets, currently has an average seed of 6.44. The Friars are in the field in all 99 bracket and the site was last updated on 2/26/15 at 9:56pm.
Now that we’ve gotten some of the expert picks out of the way let’s dive into the blind resumes.
| Blind Resume #1 | HOME | AWAY | NEUTRAL | SOS | SOS RANK | RPI | RPI RANK |
| All Division I games (18-11) | 13-2 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0.5808 | 20 | 0.5894 | 30 |
| Non-conference D-1 games (10-3) | 7-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0.5532 | 37 | 0.6036 | 27 |
| Blind Resume #2 | HOME | AWAY | NEUTRAL | SOS | SOS RANK | RPI | RPI RANK |
| All Division I games (21-7) | 11-3 | 8-2 | 2-1 | 0.5855 | 13 | 0.6238 | 13 |
| Non-conference D-1 games (10-3) | 6-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0.6502 | 1 | 0.6718 | 5 |
| Blind Resume #3 | HOME | AWAY | NEUTRAL | SOS | SOS RANK | RPI | RPI RANK |
| All Division I games (20-8) | 17-1 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0.5417 | 81 | 0.5828 | 42 |
| Non-conference D-1 games (11-0) | 11-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0.4886 | 210 | 0.5677 | 61 |
These are 3 teams that are near Providence on Joe Lunardi’s S-curve. The Friars resume looks like this:
| Providence | HOME | AWAY | NEUTRAL | SOS | SOS RANK | RPI | RPI RANK |
| All Division I games (19-9) | 12-3 | 4-6 | 3-0 | 0.5929 | 7 | 0.612 | 22 |
| Non-conference D-1 games (10-3) | 7-1 | 0-2 | 3-0 | 0.5679 | 22 | 0.6096 | 21 |
Here is how these 3 Blind Resume teams plus Providence fared by RPI:
| Blind Resume #1 | Top 50 | 51-100 | 101-200 | 201+ |
| All Division I games (18-11) | 4-5 | 5-2 | 8-4 | 1-0 |
| Blind Resume #2 | Top 50 | 51-100 | 101-200 | 201+ |
| All Division I games (21-7) | 3-3 | 8-2 | 5-1 | 5-0 |
| Blind Resume #3 | Top 50 | 51-100 | 101-200 | 201+ |
| All Division I games (20-8) | 2-4 | 4-4 | 7-0 | 7-0 |
| Providence | Top 50 | 51-100 | 101-200 | 201+ |
| All Division I games (19-9) | 5-6 | 5-0 | 7-2 | 2-1 |
Providence is the only team of the 4 that lost to a team outside the RPI Top 200. However, the Friars have the most games played and wins against the Top 50. Let’s reveal the 3 Blind Resume teams and where Lunardi has them seeded:
- Blind Resume #1 – Xavier – Current seed by Lunardi: 7
- Blind Resume #2 – VCU – Current seed by Lunardi: 6
- Blind Resume #3 – Ohio St – Current seed by Lunardi: 8
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