Friar Basketball · Dec 22, 2019
Providence Needed This One In the Worst Way
One of the true trademarks of the Ed Cooley Era has been the program’s ability to pick itself up off the mat when things looked bleak.The 2014 Big East championship team started 0-2 in conference play, including a 30 point drubbing at Villanova. That group was 6-6 in the Big East before winning four of its next five (with the lone loss coming in double overtime to Villanova). That stretch included road wins at Seton Hall and Butler and a double overtime victory versus Marquette.
A year later it was a three game December swoon at the hands of Kentucky and a pair of subpar opponents in Boston College and Brown that sent Friartown reeling.