In hindsight, we forget that Dunn seemed anything but a sure thing after having nearly all of his first two seasons at Providence wiped away due to injury. There were flashes during his abbreviated freshman campaign, but he hadn’t been handed the reigns that year. Senior Vincent Council was the team’s point guard, and Dunn missed all of the offseason and the first six weeks of the regular season following shoulder surgery. Dunn’s sophomore season lasted a handful of games before he underwent another shoulder surgery and missed the remainder of that year.
The first six games of Dunn’s junior season were a mixed bag — two points and two assists in the season opener versus Albany mixed in with 14 assists against Navy, a promising 15/9 outing when matched up with a good Florida State team, 6/5/4 versus Notre Dame a day later, and then an ugly 10 turnover afternoon when playing through an ankle injury at Kentucky.