Big East championship week …..

[Scoe]

Is the first game of the tournament the toughest game in someways? In 99 we beat Seton Hall by 1, I remember we struggled against a below .500 nova team in 02.

As a top seed its your first game having all the accolades and time off, and the team your playing is coming off a win, and they have nothing to lose changing up their game plan.

 

[awfuldan]

two looks at the rim for butler. tough one.

Minaya with another game-saving defensive play.

This was not a confidence-inspiring win for Providence.

 

[the Q]

How bad is Butler at shooting the 3

They looked terrified to shoot anything outside of 3 feet the last 8 minutes

 

[Hi-Low]

Providence is LUCKIEST team in college basketball. Won because a toe was on the line for 1/100th of a second.

 

[UncleSpliff]

Is the first game of the tournament the toughest game in someways? In 99 we beat Seton Hall by 1, I remember we struggled against a below .500 nova team in 02.

I’d normally say yes but this is Providence. They win all their games by 1-2 points.

 

[Tommyboy]

Definitely looked like Horchlar fouled the Butler kid on that block by Minaya.

 

[gsmooth]

Providence is LUCKIEST team in college basketball.

Somehow some way PC does it again good for them. I am regretting not taking Butler +8.5

 

[superjohn]

Providence is a weird team for the tournament. They're great at winning close games which is what you want in the tournament but they aren't all that good so they'll be in a dogfight with a 13 or 14 seed. They could easily lose first round or they could somehow make a run to the elite 8.

 

[auror]

Al Durham, 20% 3-point shooter, 0-4 so far in this game, makes the go-ahead 3.

It was his first made 3 since January.

 

[HuskyHawk]

PC doing what PC does, winning a close game. At some point you have to give them credit. It's not an accident.

 

[Scoe]

That was very predictable.

 

[8893]

Providence living up to their name.

 

[SouleMan]

I should not have watched that post game Nate Watson interview - seems to be a likeable kid.

 

[UncleSpliff]

PC doing what PC does, winning a close game. At some point you have to give them credit. It's not an accident.

Except Butler is a terrible team. Beating these awful teams by 1-2 points consistently isn't impressive.

 

[the Q]

PC doing what PC does, winning a close game. At some point you have to give them credit. It's not an accident.

If sanogo got away with that many fouls as Pc did at the end and was protected like Watson is on offense, we’d never lose. Ever

 

[Hi-Low]

Gotta love Cooley...very funny & seems like a great guy!

 

[UCLJ0211]

I should not have watched that post game Nate Watson interview - seems to be a likeable kid.

Same with Cooley. Likeable and funny guy.

 

[SouleMan]

Gotta love Cooley...seems like a great guy!

I shouldn't have watched that either.

 

[Get a Job]

I gotta admit, although the game was sloppy and neither team looked good, PC just seemed to some kind of zone in the last minute. Like, "Ok, we know exactly what we need to do to win this game, and we will simply do it." Kind of a matter-of-fact, calm-but-just-enough-aggression knowledge that they would win.

Of course, it's easier to do that against Butler than most future opponents.

 

[UconnU]

I’ve never seen a team that plays and wins as many close games as this year’s providence. Something like 14-2 in 1 or 2 possession games.

 

[The Viking]

Cooley is a great guy. Love his postgame interview and his passion for the big east and MSG. He’s not going anywhere.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Gonna get one of these on eBay and have it shipped to Jay Wright.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

J,

Are you in the Garden or Washington state?