Following a school-best run of five straight NCAA Tournament appearances, the Providence Friars came into the 2018-19 college basketball season with high hopes and great expectations. They returned a lot of talent and had superstar freshmen A.J. Reeves and David Duke coming in. The Big East Preseason Coaches’ Poll was equally high on the Friars, projecting them to finish third in the conference.
As you know, they don’t play games on paper. The Friars were significantly hamstrung by Reeves suffering a foot injury that cost him six weeks of his season.