Providence Post Game Thread

[navery12]

A 26 point lead with like 11 mins left turned into a 5 point lead with about 4 mins left. Reactions aren’t that out of the ordinary.

There were some reasonable takes/criticisms. The vast majority were insane, so agreed that it wasn't out of the ordinary for the Boneyard

 

[Conndog]

They were in the bonus with 10 left?

While UConn has been winning their games after the mid-season swoon, they’ve been fouling a lot in the second half, and the other team gets in the bonus much faster than UConn. So far, it hasn’t come back to bite them, but I’m nervous about this trend with the tournament approaching. Hope they can stop doing this.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

There were some reasonable takes/criticisms. The vast majority were insane, so agreed that it wasn't out of the ordinary for the Boneyard

I mean we often see the “Fire Hurley” comments, I didn’t see any of those. I think the criticism of the team and the staff during the run is fair

 

[HooperScooper]

Thought this was funny. Can't tell from this whether he's serious or kidding.

“Yeah, I thought they were all too close,” Hurley, the Jersey City native and former Seton Hall guard, cracked in the post-game press conference in response to a question from NJ Advance Media. “[My dad] was trying to whisper stuff when the [Providence] run was going, trying to whisper some things. ‘Get this guy out, call timeout.’ I could hear him moaning and groaning.

“I just thought they were too close. They shouldn’t be there, they should be back. I hope they’re not in the same seats [Friday].”

Dan Hurley’s family is close for UConn’s run, but are they a little too close?​

 

[Marat]

Thought this was funny. Can't tell from this whether he's serious or kidding.

“Yeah, I thought they were all too close,” Hurley, the Jersey City native and former Seton Hall guard, cracked in the post-game press conference in response to a question from NJ Advance Media. “[My dad] was trying to whisper stuff when the [Providence] run was going, trying to whisper some things. ‘Get this guy out, call timeout.’ I could hear him moaning and groaning.

“I just thought they were too close. They shouldn’t be there, they should be back. I hope they’re not in the same seats [Friday].”

Dan Hurley’s family is close for UConn’s run, but are they a little too close?​

Maybe he should have followed his advise. Could have called timeout, etc...

 

[JonnyRI]

Survive and advance.

UConn yes, PeeCee no.

Its March. Our time. Our House.

Puck FeeCee.

8 more games in our season.

!!!!!!!

 

[navery12]

I mean we often see the “Fire Hurley” comments, I didn’t see any of those. I think the criticism of the team and the staff during the run is fair

Yeah it's all fair, people are entitled to their opinions. Obviously would have preferred 40 minutes of great basketball and a blowout, and not even really directed at you. Just think it's funny that the same people who spent all year complaining about moral victories and needing actual wins in March are now not happy with a win in March

 

[HobokenHusky]

A positive to take away from the collapse is that it did provide some tape for the guys on what not to do after you get out to a big lead and also provided an opportunity pre-NCAAT for the guys to build some confidence in succeeding in a tight/close game at the end there. Shouldn’t have gotten that close but it might end up being a positive warning/experience in the end.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Yeah it's all fair, people are entitled to their opinions. Obviously would have preferred 40 minutes of great basketball and a blowout, and not even really directed at you. Just think it's funny that the same people who spent all year complaining about moral victories and needing actual wins in March are now not happy with a win in March

Right, to expect a mirror performance of the first half by both teams would be naive. But even a mediocre performance in that ~10 minute stretch keeps it a 15-20 pt safe win. We just need to fix the sloppiness, and it’s certainly fixable.

 

[Viet Vet]

I do not care to watch Bill Murray, Dan Hurley, the UConn bench

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Survive and advance.

That said, if they blew that game I might have destroyed my work computer. Gotta stay focused even when your up big.

 

[Viet Vet]

Ricky Moore, Taliek Brown, Doron Sheffer, Renee Montgomery, Moriah Jefferson...............come home.

 

[3rdbass]

Why don’t we play them the same way as last time? Seemed to work pretty well. All starts with defense.

Yeah but I expect a better Marquette team.

 

[Viet Vet]

I do not care to watch Bill Murray, Dan Hurley, the UConn bench

Ok I just had my first chance to post since the game ended. Obviously some ugly stuff in the last 10 minutes after what looked like the best team in the country for the first 30. And I can pick out a few guys I am very disappointed in as they were way too sloppy and tight at the end.

But instead I will get to the main point I have and my biggest take from this game. Big East officials (I don't mean those with whistles) need to look at this whole 2nd half and try to explain WHY these striped POS find the need to allow a team that deserves nothing, to get back in a game. Saw it coming and said it on the chat. Honestly it was already bad as we took the 26 point lead but our guys were playing so well it didn't matter. But then what is expected to happen did. In other words the team who is WAY behind is becoming more aggressive trying to make plays on both ends but on defense trying to make steals, hold people as to not get open, bump, swat arms push to get rebounds and more. And ALL of that happened and it happened a lot. And while they are not all to blame, the honest to goodness truth is if they call that game fair or as the should, PC never gets closer than 12-14 points because we go to the line a helluva a lot more than 5 freakin times. The BE should be ashamed of how this crew called the 2nd half absolutely embarrassed to ignore so many obvious calls. There were times our guys were fouled 2-3 times on the same play many times over.

Ok having said that here's the good news. The whining cheerleader of a coach for peecee got what he wanted, every call possible. But while that worked out for him, when they needed to be sending us to the line they didn't have enough fouls to do so LOL. So screw him and that dreadful crew of striped morons out there today!

Next....

Always the excuse after a team blows a big lead.............................it was the refs.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

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.

It took me a second to realize this was actually a serious post until I realized who posted it (and who liked it).

Isn’t their margin of error pretty gigantic with a 26 point lead?

This whole “body language” is just armchair nonsense. PC cut it to 5 with a couple minutes to go. UConn ran offense and got buckets when they needed to and the margin never dipped below 5. I didn’t see a single player or coach who betrayed half the panic posters like you do in the chat when it’s a 4 point margin in the first half.

 

[husky429]

Thought this was funny. Can't tell from this whether he's serious or kidding.

“Yeah, I thought they were all too close,” Hurley, the Jersey City native and former Seton Hall guard, cracked in the post-game press conference in response to a question from NJ Advance Media. “[My dad] was trying to whisper stuff when the [Providence] run was going, trying to whisper some things. ‘Get this guy out, call timeout.’ I could hear him moaning and groaning.

“I just thought they were too close. They shouldn’t be there, they should be back. I hope they’re not in the same seats [Friday].”

Dan Hurley’s family is close for UConn’s run, but are they a little too close?​

He seemed serious in his post-game. He has a dry sense of humor, so I could be off base though.

 

[alphasigko]

Andre walked the end of the handshake line sayin …efff…efff,

And rightly so... He went brain dead during the PC run with several really bad passes, one in particular to no one in the middle of the court... There were a couple of other very careless ones too that I could not believe he made

 

[ctchamps]

There were some reasonable takes/criticisms. The vast majority were insane, so agreed that it wasn't out of the ordinary for the Boneyard

I sat in my recliner the entire second half with a cat laying across my legs asleep. Would have preferred a blowout but was happy team found its composure at the very end! Cat never woke up.

My wife is every bit as invested with this team as I am. She gets too tense so she won’t watch the game live. When it’s over I watch it with her on replay. I had to quietly chuckle at her getting upset with the way the game was called in the second half. She was so upset she gave me permission to let this forum know how she felt.

 

[navery12]

I sat in my recliner the entire second half with a cat laying across my legs asleep. Would have preferred a blowout but was happy team found its composure at the very end! Cat never woke up.

My wife is every bit as invested with this team as I am. She gets too tense so she won’t watch the game live. When it’s over I watch it with her on replay. I had to quietly chuckle at her getting upset with the way the game was called in the second half. She was so upset she gave me permission to let this forum know how she felt.

I was watching while at work so I probably would have been more aggravated if I had my full attention on the game.

I also found it funny that when I got home and put the replay on to watch, YouTube TV cut out at the originally scheduled end time, which happened to to be when we went up 58-32. So I'm choosing to believe the players are robots and were programmed to dominate until exactly 4:30 PM when the game should have ended

 

[Brochacho]

Good win. Bad at dealing with pressure. Was a fun time at MSG, just got home.

 

[gsmooth]

Good luck to your Friars the rest of the way. Except when if they play UConn

 

[MrP]

I accept full responsibility for PC’s run. Switched seats from the couch to the chair after halftime and sure enough they went on their run. Switched back and things stabilized. Won’t happen again.

 

[uconngb]

How on earth did this guy beat our guy for Freshman of the year?? He looks awful and our guy was consistent all year long. What a joke.

 

[gsmooth]

I accept full responsibility for PC’s run. Switched seats from the couch to the chair after halftime and sure enough they went on their run. Switched back and things stabilized. Won’t happen again.

I knew something like that must have happened