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Providence Post Game Thread

uconnng8 said:
Never been more embarrassed to be a part of this university. They will never see a dime from me. Pathetic.
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I thought the whole reason you guys decided to nuke your football program was so you could get to play Providence at home in basketball....
 
jayteeman said:
We may have 3 losses but I haven't seen a team beat us yet.
We seem to do a good job of doing that to ourselves.
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Suicide by lack of defense, lack of offense, lack of confidence. I have been yapping about lack of confidence for a while here.
 
justgoplay said:
I thought the whole reason you guys decided to nuke your football program was so you could get to play Providence at home in basketball....
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Should you be on route 2 or 95 heading back to Pridence by now? LOL
 
UncleSpliff said:
Gaffney looks like a deer in headlights at the end of close games. This is the second game he’s done that (MSU) and it’s cost us. Just completely afraid/paralyzed to do anything assertive. He can’t be in there at the end of close games period.
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He just burns way, way too much clock. And I’d rather have Diggins making freshman mistakes.
 
A quick stat, the bench shot 1-13 today (Hawk, Polley and Gaff) and yet I believe all three were in for the final couple of minutes. That lineup will not win any close games. Having Gaff and Polley just kills whatever offense we have. No movement and no sense of urgency.
 
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superjohn said:
I'm officially worried about Diggins and to a lesser extent Samson. They didn't come to UConn to sit their entire freshman season.
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it would make sense if the players in front of them were lighting it up and we were winning these types of games. but we've looked awful outside of a few games and if I were them I'd be pissed.
 
Hugo said:
A quick stat, the bench shot 1-13 today (Hawk, Polley and Gaff) and yet I believe all three were in for the final couple of minutes. That lineup will not win any close games. Having Gaff and Polley just kills whatever offense we have. No movement and no sense of urgency.
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This may be a crazy take but might be time to put Hawk in the starting lineup so he gets comfortable out there. Our second if not first best scorer after Cole. May have to make the investment now for returns in March. Move Ajax to the 3
 
3rdbass said:
I agree and with that. Hawkins take some shots and start creating something. Martin will get better with more game time and we will have Sanogo but we need someone else to step up for us be our Reeves from Providence.
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We need a pure shooter to ice a rally and or fuel a comeback for us. We need a shooter to hit threes at crucial times and demoralize the other team. We need a shooter to answer a two pointer with a 3. We cannot just trade baskets. A bit of defense wouldn’t either.
 
Skiblets said:
This may be a crazy take but might be time to put Hawk in the starting lineup so he gets comfortable out there. Our second if not first best scorer after Cole. May have to make the investment now for returns in March. Move Ajax to the 3
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Hawkins hasn't even played well. He's had his chances. I want to see more of Samson and Sool.
 
Skiblets said:
This may be a crazy take but might be time to put Hawk in the starting lineup so he gets comfortable out there. Our second if not first best scorer after Cole. May have to make the investment now for returns in March. Move Ajax to the 3
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I agree and I believe the Hawk has the skill but lacks the self confidence.
 
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Skiblets said:
IMHO he hasn’t played well because he’s been an alpha his whole life. Now hes a role player. He’s confused
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I think he's confused because he's been an alpha and he isn't playing well. Doesn't have to do with being a role player. Has to do with confidence and poor play. He's not adjusted to college basketball yet. He'll get there but right now he's not the answer.
 
Skiblets said:
IMHO he hasn’t played well because he’s been an alpha his whole life. Now hes a role player. He’s confused
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Well is it time that one of the coaches ‘slain life ‘ to the little tyke?
 
Skiblets said:
IMHO he hasn’t played well because he’s been an alpha his whole life. Now hes a role player. He’s confused
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If he wanted to stay being alpha then he should have gone to East Central By Jesus Somewhere Hooterville Valley Mini University.
 
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Exodus said:
How bad must diggins be to NOT get ANY minutes over Gaffney?
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I don't think he's bad at all, I think he's a good point guard. We may never know how he'll perform in games.
 
Letsgohuskies11 said:
At this point we know what we are going to get from Gaffney and polley and it's not working. Need to play the younger players and develop them
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Seriously? If you have the balls to argue they are going to make us better now, go for it. But you want them to play to develop them and don’t care if we’re doing everything we can to win games NOW? Sheesh.
 
Our best players are transfers from Howard and URI. Great for them but says little about the team. Whaley and Polley were supposed to be 5th year icing but experience doesn't compare to talent. As for Hurley, who knows. Basketball isn't rocket science. Just run out a play once in a while which our players are capable of running. And, play the freshman!
 
businesslawyer said:
Seriously? If you have the balls to argue they are going to make us better now, go for it. But you want them to play to develop them and don’t care if we’re doing everything we can to win games NOW? Sheesh.
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I think his argument is Polley and Gaffney aren’t helping us. Bringing in Diggins and Sampson would allow them to develop so that they’re ready as the season progresses. I’m not sure what set you off about that. It’s pretty standard fan forum discussion…. and not entirely without merit in this case
 
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businesslawyer said:
If losing a basketball game makes you embafrassed to be a part of a university, you have a problem.
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We have a few posters on this form who are always talking about being embarrassed by this or that, it kind of makes me wonder how bad their life must be going to be that insecure,
 
Skiblets said:
This may be a crazy take but might be time to put Hawk in the starting lineup so he gets comfortable out there. Our second if not first best scorer after Cole. May have to make the investment now for returns in March. Move Ajax to the 3
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Not haywire at all, if you ask me.

 
This team shows no swagger. Everyone except Cole is timid on offense. Polley doesn’t need to play anymore. Hawkins needs to get all of his minutes and Sool needs to get
Half of Gaffney’s minutes at this point. Gaffney and Polley have been consistently disappointing.
 
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