Providence College is a No. 11 seed in the NCAA Tournament. What's next for the Friars?
The Providence College Friars learned their fate on Selection Sunday, shortly after 6:30 p.m. The Friars finished the 2022-23 season at 21-11 overall, 13-7 in the Big East. Providence lost its first game in the conference tournament, 73-66, to Connecticut on Thursday afternoon. Coach Ed Cooley's team gathered on the Providence campus awaiting details of its next game.
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Who will Providence play next ?
Providence is a No. 11 seed and will face No. 6 Kentucky in the East Region.
When will Providence play next?
Providence will play Kentucky on Friday at 7:10 p.m.
Where will Providence play its next game?
Providence and Kentucky will play in Greensboro, North Carolina.
What are the odds in the Providence-Kentucky NCAA game?
The early line makes Kentucky a 3.5-point favorite.
Bryce Hopkins will face his old team
Bryce Hopkins played his freshman season (2021-22) at Kentucky before entering the transfer portal and landing in Providence. A 6-foot-6 forward from Oak Park, Illinois, Hopkins appeared in 28 games for the Wildcats, averaging 2.1 points and 1.4 rebounds per game in 6.5 minutes per outing.
In Providence this season, Hopkins appeared in 32 games, averaging 16.1 points per game. Hopkins was named first team All-Big East last week, becoming the first Friar to earn All-Conference First Team honors since Kris Dunn and Ben Bentil did it in 2016.
Stay with providencejournal.com for all your Providence College Friars news leading up to the first-round game and through PC's NCAA tourney run.
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This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Providence basketball to meet Kentucky in NCAA tournament's first round
