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Ratso said:
home court feel @ MSG is anyone’s dream, but there’s business to be taken care of. i’m sure Andre is gonna let everyone know it
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There was a stretch when PC was coming back and the crowd was clearly pro-providence. Then the good guys in the stands wrangled control back. I haven't been to a game in a long time. It's great to lose your voice from screaming too much. And I've never seen my daughter yell like that. Proud dad.
 
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At the end of the game when Hopkins started playing well, it was more like a football or playground basketball game. I now we played poorly at the end but both teams are lucky no one got hurt. You could see it with Clingan today it was just to physical. Maybe some like that type of game. At the end under the basket the refs were not calling any fouls. It amazing Tristan did not lose and eye on that one offensive rebound. He was a unsung hero today. I someone post something about pg play. As far as I am concerned he made some big shots today and he had 7 assists so I am not sure why that comment was made.
 
ElGreco said:
7 point spread 7 point win. We are far more talented than PC but we let up and they grabbed the opportunity. Credit to them. Great win though.
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It’s difficult to maintain a 26 point lead. Your psyche goes to sleep. It has to. It’s genetics. The killer instinct disappears when the opponent is symbolically “dead,”. You see this phenomena again and again in sports.
 
Fishy said:
I would like a word with the chuckleheads who still think that we do not need a point guard.

Our plan to have Adamo Sanogo try to handle the ball to close out a win-or-go-home basketball game was a little shaky there.
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We have zero top level ball handlers. Zero. Been saying that since the preseason. Our #1 weakness.
 
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Jaydumo20 said:
I saw a few completely sincere "Hurley ain't the guy"'s in the chat when they cut it to 15.
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Bless their hearts.
UConnSwag11 said:
They were in the bonus with 10 left?
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IKR
prankster said:
Here is what I have learned.

The refs are collecting two paychecks.

One, paid by the conference, to objectively call a fair game.

The other, by Vegas to cook the score to manage the betting line.

Paycheck one is shoplifted. Paycheck two is well earned.

With that as background, the Big East has to bow to reality. Stop paying the refs, entirely. Let the folks in Vegas control the betting line and outcome, as they already do.

There is no objective reason the conference should pay to try to create some venier of legitimacy with regard to these outcomes.
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Strong words, and yet the most troublesome part of this post is your misspelling of "veneer."
Husky92 said:
AJ also threw the ball away A LOT!
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He threw away a relatively easy triple double.
HooperScooper said:
Worse. It was 58-32 with 12:31 left. Things quickly unraveled from there.

Survive and advance.
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That was the point at which I texted my sister that we had enough points to win and needed only to not play stupidly.
HooperScooper said:
It was strange he didn't take a TO right before the Calcaterra turnover when he wasn't looking and the pass just went off him. I think Calcaterra wasn't paying attention because he thought it was such a good time to take a TO that Hurley actually was taking one.
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Underrated comment.
NJHusky said:
Keep the game close so Providence resume looks respectable on selection Sunday??
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Been holding up the conference all season. Why not now?
 
Drame said:
We have zero top level ball handlers. Zero. Been saying that since the preseason. Our #1 weakness.
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Hopefully Castle is going to plug that hole next year!!!
 
gars44 said:
It’s difficult to maintain a 26 point lead. Your psyche goes to sleep. It has to. It’s genetics. The killer instinct disappears when the opponent is symbolically “dead,”. You see this phenomena again and again in sports.
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Somebody didn't watch the Pitt v Duke game today.
 
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A win is a win. Looked like the gs warriors at x. Just keep the pedal down and stay away from hero ball.
 
Devland said:
The rare game where both teams fans are happy. We're happy we won. PC fans are happy that we let them back in the game and they only lost by 7. Boy I am happy that losing by 7 doesn't make me happy.
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this is pretty funny. leaving MSG a lot of the PC fans seemed pretty chipper. had one guy walk down the stationary escalators (queue Mitch Headburg joke) with us tell us how great it is we're back in the Big East.
 
Random note again - credit to Providence in the same way I credited DePaul after our game against them. Easy to lay down and just wait for the clock to run out and get out of there when you go down that big. Providence toughened up and came back with haymakers (and some help from friendly whistles).

Hopkins came alive. By my count 13 of his 16 points were in the second half, although he did miss some timely free throws. My heart stopped when CFJ got the steal and layup and I saw PC's bench flexing. They were having fun, on a roll, within 5. Most teams in the country do not make that comeback plain and simple

But also credit to the good guys. For all the collapsing, they put the game away. PC never got closer than 5, not because we clamped up but because we finally executed on offense - Hawkins and AK threes as well as the beautiful dish from Newton to Sanogo for the layup put it away for us
 
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Happy that we can play at a very high level for an entire half.
Unhappy that when faced with persistent opposition and horrific officiating in the second half, we seemed to lose a little pace and focus leading to unforced turnovers. It's the difference between winning and losing against better competition and needs to be cleaned up if we hope to win this Tournament or sniff an Elite 8.
 
Husky92 said:
AJ also threw the ball away A LOT!
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I really like Andre and have been vocal supporter these last few weeks. But he must learn different parts of the game demand different care when handling the ball. Up by 20 and you want to try to squeeze pass into Sanogo where perhaps it’s 50/50 If he gets it and dunks, that’s fine. But when the game tightens up, ADJUST please.
 
One issue, I had is I felt like we passed up some good shots in the second half. There were times when we would have a wide open look in the second half and we made a decision to run clock rather than take good shots. Need to keep the foot on the gas better
 
HooperScooper said:
It was strange he didn't take a TO right before the Calcaterra turnover when he wasn't looking and the pass just went off him. I think Calcaterra wasn't paying attention because he thought it was such a good time to take a TO that Hurley actually was taking one.
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That’s what I was yelling, and even worse after the blocking foul.
 
gars44 said:
It’s difficult to maintain a 26 point lead. Your psyche goes to sleep. It has to. It’s genetics. The killer instinct disappears when the opponent is symbolically “dead,”. You see this phenomena again and again in sports.
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You have to game manage though, and we did the opposite. Learning opportunity and we won. Hurley and Co will stress it and iron it out, passing will be much crisper, bet on it.
 
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