Providence Post Game Thread

[Mister P]

much worse...two free throws in 39:30

Thanks for the correction. That’s what I meant.

 

[Ratso]

Uhm, blow out?

he said ugly fashion

 

[gsmooth]

Seems like the game really turned on the missed Newton dunk when he came up gimpy and had to come out.

I was thinking the same thing too. He got fouled but a simple layup would’ve sufficed there, but that one play didn‘t cause a collapse, but UConn’s sloppy play following that sure did sure did.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

We weren’t aggressive enough on offense when they went matchup zone. You’ve got to know what you want to do against zone and execute.

Also, there were times we broke the press and didn’t punish it. You need every now and then to make a team regret pressing you.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

How many TOS did AJax have? I feel Ike he was a big part in UConn taking the lead and a big part in giving it away.

He had 4, Adama had 5. AJ’s seemed more damaging though. Either way, the two vets of the team can’t be committing that many turnovers. They’ll come out next game better, Adama has a way better matchup.

 

[storrsroars]

How many TOS did AJax have? I feel Ike he was a big part in UConn taking the lead and a big part in giving it away.

4 TOs to 6 assists. Sanogo had 5 TOs.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Uhm, blow out?

You gotta preserve your freakouts. You're going to hopefully have plenty of opportunities over the next couple weeks to melt down. Don't burn yourself out in game one of the BET.

 

[Jaydumo20]

I saw a few completely sincere "Hurley ain't the guy"'s in the chat when they cut it to 15.

 

[ElGreco]

If you don’t like that you don’t like UConn Huskies basketball.

7 point spread 7 point win. We are far more talented than PC but we let up and they grabbed the opportunity. Credit to them. Great win though.

 

[UConnSwag11]

They were in the bonus with 10 left?

 

[Huskyforlife]

That was clearly a foul, he took his legs out on the dunk attempt.

It felt impossible for them to miss that. I hate getting into conspiracies, but how?

 

[HooperScooper]

On the one hand you can say almost blowing a 26 point second half lead is a really bad thing. On the other hand Hurley now has some ammunition to hammer them about not letting up when they're up big in a game. Did they learn anything from it without actually losing? So which way do you lean?

 

[uconngb]

7 point spread 7 point win. We are far more talented than PC but we let up and they grabbed the opportunity. Credit to them. Great win though.

I was laying 6........cha ching!! Had it all the way

 

[nelsonmuntz]

They pass the eye test, they should get a bid.

Pitt would be the only team with a NET worse than Providence's if Lunardi's field was selected today.

 

[gsmooth]

Yep, he can't wait for the TV timeouts any longer. When things start going bad call the TO immediately, don't hope you can get an extra possession or two before the scheduled break. That's when things spiral.

When u look at most basketball games where one team has a big lead and then another team comes back, it usually starts with an ill advised shot or a sloppy play when the team has their largest lead of the gam. During the first 10-0 run by Pc to cut the lead from 26 to 16 Hurley needs to call the timeout after PC scores 6 straight pts especially in the manner that they did it in

 

[ElGreco]

Let’s destroy Marquette

My guess is they give 1.5. We win

BTW, AJax is our true pg. Bring the ball up, distribute. You know, all the things. No crumbs on Newton (how the hell we got him out of the portal...pure genius that was). But AJax was setting Newton up to be the sg this afternoon. Just saying.

Tru dat. We have all the pieces plus depth. Great win.

 

[T-Squared]

AJ also threw the ball away A LOT!

Jackson’s contributions to the victory more than offset those turnovers.

 

[Kolumbo]

The sheer energy and excitement of a Big East game at MSG. A quarter-final game. Unmatched anywhere.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Bad

 

[NowInStorrs]

It's fine. Still a W. I'm hoping your second option holds up. Next time they're up big, they better keep at it. Not too worried.

 

[uconngb]

Bad. 100% bad. Nothing good about that at all. You could see the fear in the eyes and the body language. This team's margin of error is very slim. Forget teaching moments.......it's too late for teaching moments. We obviously do not thrive in close, tense, pressure situations. There was 100% nothing good about the way that 2nd half transpired other than the final outcome.

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

Game turned when Newton missed that dunk

 

[dingaling]

A field goal is a 3-point or a 2-point shot. He was 4/7 from the floor anywhere... and 1/4 from 3 point land. So he made 3 2-point shots and 1 3-point shot.

This is painful to watch

 

[Scoe]

Let’s learn from this and take our anger out on Marquette

 

[FfldCntyFan]

This game was a microcosm of our season.