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Injury to PC's Ben Bentil leaves Ed Cooley with a thin roster

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    PROVIDENCE – If any Big East coach knows how to juggle a thin roster, it’s Ed Cooley.
    The Providence College basketball boss has injected new life into the Friars’ program in the first three years of the new Big East. Few home games over that period will match the excitement that will unfold Saturday at a sold-out Dunkin’ Donuts Center when third ranked Villanova (19-3, 9-1) comes to town. The toughest ticket in years coincides with the highest-ranked team to visit the Dunk since No.