Providence welcomes Rider to the Dunkin' Donuts Center after the final exam break of the first semester for their second-to-last non-conference tune-up before Big East conference play begins on December 31st.
The Providence Friars are off to their best start through 11 games since the Rick Barnes-led Friars started 11-0 in the 1988-89 season. That team started the season 13-0 and went on to finish 18-11 after losing to Virginia as a 12 seed in the 1989 NCAA Tournament. Being ranked 14th in the AP Poll out this week marks the highest a Providence team has been ranked since the 2003-04 Friars were ranked 12th in the March 2, 2004 AP poll.