Eight months ago, Providence wrapped up an improbable in-season turnaround. Ed Cooley’s Friars spent much of the 2019-20 season trying to find themselves, before ripping off six consecutive wins to close the season.
Providence came out on top in eight of its final ten games last winter, going from an 11-10 record on Jan. 25 to 19-12 overall. They recorded 12 conference wins for the first time in program history in the process (in fairness, the Big East hasn’t always played as many as 18 conference games as they did a year ago, but the feat is impressive nonetheless).