David Duke hopes to lead PC to a fourth straight win at Butler (Photo PC Athletics)

The Providence Friars head to Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis Wednesday night to face Butler. The Bulldogs are in a bad way right now. The program has been ravaged by a combination of COVID breaks and assorted injuries and has played just four games this season.

Butler is 1-3 and carries a three-game losing streak into the game. The losses have come at Villanova, to Indiana on a neutral court and at home to a very good, unbeaten Southern Illinois team.

To preview the Butler game we go to an an excellent source, David Woods of the Indianapolis Star. He’s followed the Bulldogs since Brad Stevens was the coach – and Gordon Hayward was a star.