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Big East Conference Game Thread- February

Does Providence have a walk-on in right now? 5th year senior who barely plays, just drilled a big 3.

Providence has a huge advantage at the center spot and they just keep jacking contested jump shots.
 
Fonts for Providence has played 58 minutes total in 5 years at PC. For context, Diggins has played 44 minutes for us this year alone.

Cooley searching for a spark with Durham out I guess. I kinda like the move.
 
The Big East is putting PC on notice this week… “no, you’re not the best team in the league”. PC is in serious jeopardy of going into a slide if they lose this game which could push them back toward the bubble. Incredible to say for the #8 team in the AP this late in the year, but unfortunately it’s true
 
karstenkibbe said:
Who is this Providence player Fonts with the middle aged bald spot look? Calmly nails a 3 and looks like he should be playing in my Wednesday night JCC league.
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He's a "preferred walk-on" I think.
 
karstenkibbe said:
Someone mentioned on the ‘yard a few days ago that Ryan Hawkins won’t put up points on UConn when the good guys travel to Omaha. We better defend him better/differently then. He looked mighty good in scoring 25 last night.
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Most important thing is that nobody posts a game day Haiku calling for "Hawkins" to have a big game. MUST be specific in the rematch.
 
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Hurleyman216 said:
The Big East is putting PC on notice this week… “no, you’re not the best team in the league”. PC is in serious jeopardy of going into a slide if they lose this game which could push them back toward the bubble. Incredible to say for the #8 team in the AP this late in the year, but unfortunately it’s true
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Providence has 21 wins; they are cleanly in the field. The worst they could finish is 21-8.
 
Hurleyman216 said:
The Big East is putting PC on notice this week… “no, you’re not the best team in the league”. PC is in serious jeopardy of going into a slide if they lose this game which could push them back toward the bubble. Incredible to say for the #8 team in the AP this late in the year, but unfortunately it’s true
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They’re not headed to the bubble
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
Most important thing is that nobody posts a game day Haiku calling for "Hawkins" to have a big game. MUST be specific in the rematch.
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On the other hand, one could get a lot of mileage out of calling for Ryan to have a bad game, considering Creighton starts three dudes with that name (Nembhard, Hawkins, Kalkbrenner).
 
Bost4 said:
They’re not headed to the bubble
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KenPom says otherwise…44 and dropping. Usually top 40 teams in KenPom are a “lock” after that it gets dicey. Their record is super inflated to say the least.
 
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Hurleyman216 said:
The Big East is putting PC on notice this week… “no, you’re not the best team in the league”. PC is in serious jeopardy of going into a slide if they lose this game which could push them back toward the bubble. Incredible to say for the #8 team in the AP this late in the year, but unfortunately it’s true
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Bubble? wth! They can lose every game from here till the tourney and they will not be a bubble team. you are crazy
 
Hurleyman216 said:
The Big East is putting PC on notice this week… “no, you’re not the best team in the league”. PC is in serious jeopardy of going into a slide if they lose this game which could push them back toward the bubble. Incredible to say for the #8 team in the AP this late in the year, but unfortunately it’s true
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Stop. Providence is clearly making the NCAAT
 
Hurleyman216 said:
KenPom says otherwise…44 and dropping. Usually top 40 teams in KenPom are a “lock” after that it gets dicey. Their record is super inflated to say the least.
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They’d have the most interestingresume of all time. I’d love to see that happen for the social media meltdown alone
 
Hurleyman216 said:
KenPom says otherwise…44 and dropping. Usually top 40 teams in KenPom are a “lock” after that it gets dicey. Their record is super inflated to say the least.
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And a 4 seed in the committee’s initial bracket
 
Hurleyman216 said:
KenPom says otherwise…44 and dropping. Usually top 40 teams in KenPom are a “lock” after that it gets dicey. Their record is super inflated to say the least.
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They're still top 10 in WAB, SOR, and KPI (the latter 2 are on the committee team sheets).
 
gsmooth said:
Stop. Providence is clearly making the NCAAT
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I think his point is their metrics are already sketchy. If they lose out(which they won’t) they would have the metrics of a bubble team, but the record of a lock. It’s not that insane of a point
 
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ecasadoSBU said:
Bubble? wth! They can lose every game from here till the tourney and they will not be a bubble team. you guys are crazy
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Not so much. Here’s some context for you: UCLA was in the play in game last year (one of the last at large teams in). What was their KenPom going into the tournament? 44. Exactly the position that PC is in right now. It’s crazy for a team with so few losses, but if they don’t snap back they really could slide to the bubble. Their resume overall is much weaker than ours
 
AntG168 said:
I think his point is their metrics are already sketchy. If they lose out(which they won’t) they would have the metrics of a bubble team, but the record of a lock. It’s not that insane of a point
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But that’s point they would have to lose out-that’s highly unlikely. But right now vs Butler they look like straight trash
 
Butler beating Providence by 13 with 12 to go!

Providence: 30.8 fg% (16.7% when you take out Watson)
Butler: 51.4 fg%

I blame Horchler's haircut.
 
Butler just hanging on at this point. Need to keep pushing the pace.
 
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Hurleyman216 said:
Not so much. Here’s some context for you: UCLA was in the play in game last year (one of the last at large teams in). What was their KenPom going into the tournament? 44. Exactly the position that PC is in right now. It’s crazy for a team with so few losses, but if they don’t snap back they really could slide to the bubble. Their resume overall is much weaker than ours
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Their resume is both stronger and weaker than ours in different ways. The committee putting them in as a 4 yesterday shows that the committee is de-valuing Providence's predictive metrics in favor of their body of work and resume metrics (but not ignoring them completely.. they'd be a 2-3 seed if only considering strength of record. Commitee knocked them down a seed or two for KenPom et al). Providence is 11-3 against the top 2 quadrants. UCLA last year was 5-8 against top 2 quads entering the tournament. Providence would have to lose like 5 in a row to hit the bubble.
 
Minaya may be good at defense, but apparently he can't make a FT. Misses all 3. Wow.
 
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