After losing Kris Dunn, Ben Bentil, and Junior Lomomba, Providence heads into 2016 with the hope that they will be able to tread water and establish a functional rotation in nonconference play. Their nonconference slate, which I won’t go to in-depth with, isn’t without its tests (at Ohio State, a tournament with Memphis and either Iowa or Virginia, and a home date with Rhode Island), but the Friars should head into Big East play well over .500. Unfortunately for them, the Friars face a very real possibility of an 0-4 conference record to start.

Here’s a look at the Friars’ schedule come December 28:

December 28: at Xavier

Yikes.