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Payne had a great game on defense. He is credited with 3 blocks, but it felt like a lot more than that watching the game.

With a minute left, he got a dump off pass and went up for a dunk, and lost control of the ball, sending it straight up into the air. It was pretty funny, and also Seton Hall's season in a nutshell. Payne can play D, but he is helpless on the other end.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
I will agree with one thing. It is absolutely a product of how this league has chosen to officiate games. A game between the two programs that most take advantage of how physical of play the league allows is bound to get very chippy and at that point you’re playing with fire. For about 50 reasons, the league really needs to get the officiating in line with modern basketball.
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You're referring to the Powell play? I don't think that was a product of anything other than a kid with some screws loose going AWOL. I don't think English ordered it (though it's plausible his language leading up to the game contributed to the animosity).

And I'm hesitant to defend the cheap shot without knowing exactly what went down last year between Hopkins and the program, but there is a version of this where him getting hit in the mouth was somewhat warranted. I think Pitino knows it, too.
 
There is no Big East conspiracy against UConn but you have to be delusional to not see that many of the refs that typically call BE games HATE Hurley.

English almost beat us.

SJU seems to get the anti-Hurley treatment. Is Pitino just that slick or is it more?

The physicality that is allowed to slide in this league is not really good for anyone. Players can get hurt. BE teams need to adjust in the tournament to a different style of reffing. Games can get out of hand like this one did. It hurts teams that run sophisticated offenses like ours.
 
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WhereistheDove? said:
I will agree with one thing. It is absolutely a product of how this league has chosen to officiate games. A game between the two programs that most take advantage of how physical of play the league allows is bound to get very chippy and at that point you’re playing with fire. For about 50 reasons, the league really needs to get the officiating in line with modern basketball.
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Looked like Big East basketball to me. Certainly on the dangerous and violent side -- but grabbing a guy and holding him so that it is difficult for him to move isn't exactly standard basketball either and that is every UConn possession in the half court.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
You are on the record saying no one complains about officiating. Got it.
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Well that’s not what you said at all. You said people were claiming this showed a conspiracy agains UConn or St. John’s or something. It was kind of hard to follow so I apologize if I didn’t get it 100%.
 
champs99and04 said:
You're referring to the Powell play? I don't think that was a product of anything other than a kid with some screws loose going AWOL. I don't think English ordered it (though it's plausible his language leading up to the game contributed to the animosity).

And I'm hesitant to defend the cheap shot without knowing exactly what went down last year between Hopkins and the program, but there is a version of this where him getting hit in the mouth was somewhat warranted. I think Pitino knows it, too.
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Radio broadcast spared no details: the general feeling is Hopkins could have played for Providence but knew he would transfer so rehabbed on Providence's dime, then went to a higher paying NIL system. This was openly talked about like common knowledge.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
You are on the record saying no one complains about officiating. Got it.
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You kill me because you always change the narrative or the goalposts to what anyone is disputing/complaining about in your posts. Are you O.K.? You might want to speak to your family about seeing a doctor. There's either something seriously wrong with you or you're just really strange. Could be both though.
 
ec33 said:
Looked like Big East basketball to me. Certainly on the dangerous and violent side -- but grabbing a guy and holding him so that it is difficult for him to move isn't exactly standard basketball either and that is every UConn possession in the half court.
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Maybe Big East basketball in the early 80's days but that didn't look anything like current Big East basketball. The Providence players were out to hurt the St. John's players. Powell grabbing Hopkins head and pulling it back when he was in the air was ridiculous as was Jamier Jones shoving Zuby when he was in the air.
 
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BFieldHusky said:
Where are you seeing this?
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I was going to ask the same thing. I just did a few minutes of a Google search "Bryce Hopkins suspension" and all I am seeing, at least at the top and middle of the search, is that Duncan Powell is suspended for 3 games.
 
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Chin Diesel said:
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In no way am I in support of Powell, especially given the post-foul antics he pulled.

But everyone is circulating this photo frame to show how "intentionally dirty" the foul was.

If you actually watch the frame-by-frame:

-Hopkins is driving left side but moving towards center/right of the hoop
-Powell comes over from the right
-Powell actually goes for the ball first and gets the ball first, he blocks downwards on the ball
-Hopkins left-to-right momentum and Powell's right-to-left momentum helps make the hand/arm to face contact more substantial

Again, it was a hard/excessive/some overaggressive/likely dirty intention foul...but there was at least an obvious attempt to go after the ball/block first. And the one frame distorts all of the happenings of the actual play.
 
JustbrewitMan said:
In no way am I in support of Powell, especially given the post-foul antics he pulled.

But everyone is circulating this photo frame to show how "intentionally dirty" the foul was.

If you actually watch the frame-by-frame:

-Hopkins is driving left side but moving towards center/right of the hoop
-Powell comes over from the right
-Powell actually goes for the ball first and gets the ball first, he blocks downwards on the ball
-Hopkins left-to-right momentum and Powell's right-to-left momentum helps make the hand/arm to face contact more substantial

Again, it was a hard/excessive/some overaggressive/likely dirty intention foul...but there was at least an obvious attempt to go after the ball/block first. And the one frame distorts all of the happenings of the actual play.
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I can get past the hard foul from Powell. Lets say he was just playing tough. okay fine...

What bothers me more is his antics for the next 20 minutes after the foul. There shouldn't be a place for that kind of behavior in College ball.

For the record - I have consistently been one of the few here that has given Providence College and its fan base the benefit of the doubt in the past. I've always said the rowdy fan-base is a good rivalry for the league. They are a passionate bunch...

But boy... Powell and the fans messed up two days ago. To stick around in the bench, to be smiling and revving up the crowd the whole time. For your coach not to do anything about it... for your fans to start F-U chants. For Powell to hype up the crowd on the way out.

What an embarrassment to everyone involved with that school. yikes
 
HooperScooper said:
You kill me because you always change the narrative or the goalposts to what anyone is disputing/complaining about in your posts. Are you O.K.? You might want to speak to your family about seeing a doctor. There's either something seriously wrong with you or you're just really strange. Could be both though.
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There are at least 4 posts in this thread blaming the Big East for Powell clotheslining Hopkins. But you knew that.

The gaslighting bit you are doing is really lame.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
There are at least 4 posts in this thread blaming the Big East for Powell clotheslining Hopkins. But you knew that.

The gaslighting bit you are doing is really lame.
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Nova been on the ropes vs these mid to bottom tier BE teams alot but have managed to escape with Ws, in another tight one with Xavier
 
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