Providence Post Game Thread.

[98Uconn]

Donny was awful to listen to today. Hey got my blood pressure up more than the game.

 

[navery12]

Anyone hear why Ball didn’t play at all?

He played

 

[Jaydumo20]

Why is it concerning, out of curiosity?

Concerning for him. I'm fine with it. He was playing a bunch of minutes beginning of year and now didn't see floor. Unless I missed an injury report

 

[Mister P]

I’m seriously not sure what my eyes saw in the 2nd half when Newton was out front on a 3 on 1 break. I think I saw him do about a 180• with a semi left handed over the back shot ? I was watching the guy on the wing and the trailer thinking he was going to drop it off then he did his Flying Wallenda act.
I would love to see that again if anyone can find the clip.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Living in Central time zone and not having to leave house tomorrow morning for work made this abomination much less stressful.

 

[Utah Top Dog]

He played 2 minutes

 

[superjohn]

Ed Cooley might be gone but this feels like the same team defensively. Grabbing, tons of contact, mucking everything up, and just daring the refs to call all the fouls. CFJ in particular had a handful of jersey through literally every screen. I don't know how PC fans can watch a full season of this.

It's why they always make the tournament and it's why they always get bounced right away.

 

[navery12]

In hindsight, Coach needed to find a few minutes for Singare and a few more for Stewart when it clearly was going to be a war of attrition.

Why? We were dominating the minutes when Oduro/Clingan were on the bench

 

[Kmart]

If Providence hits free throws, they win this game

 

[uconntoatl]

When the announcers of this game spent three minutes complementing the refs on a well officiated game so far, my right eye started twitching.

Refs and announcers should be forced to make a written apology after this game.

 

[aceboon]

I’m seriously not sure what my eyes saw in the 2nd half when Newton was out front on a 3 on 1 break. I think I saw him do about a 180• with a semi left handed over the back shot ? I was watching the guy on the wing and the trailer thinking he was going to drop it off then he did his Flying Wallenda act.
I would love to see that again if anyone can find the clip.

He's had a few of these this season where he doesn't give up on the break and instead just drives right into contact

 

[KingAG]

If Providence hits free throws, they win this game

IF my aunt had a beard she’d be my uncle

 

[3rdbass]

Well we won and ugly game. If people are surprised of how close the game you underestimate the rivalry. Providence could have bunch of rec guys, like that late sub, and still play us tight. LOL! Castle's coming out party for sure. After he made that and one he was looking to score and we were trying to get him the ball. Too bad he got into foul trouble. Clingan still has to learn to move his feet better on defense. We won and our 9-1 at he half-way point. Let's move on and beat good St. John's team in Huskies 2nd home.

 

[ScottCT]

Perfect outcome going into a tough road game this weekend. A lot to correct and a W. They can't all be 40 point blowouts. These are the games that people used to cry and complain about losing - now they cry and complain about winning them. Progress.

Saturday will not be a road game.

 

[UCfor3]

Carter is a good player but he dives more than a European soccer player. He drives, causes contact(or sometimes there is no contact at all), and then throws his body sideways like he was hip checked. Refs bite on it often.

 

[UCFan1513]

If Providence hits free throws, they win this game

We missed a lot of free throws in the first half too so you can play that game both ways

 

[Deleted at users request]

When the announcers of this game spent three minutes complementing the refs on a well officiated game so far, my right eye started twitching.

Refs and announcers should be forced to make a written apology after this game.

Wasn’t much the refs can do. There were just a lot of fouls this game. None really ticky tac.

 

[DaMuttzNutt]

Donny Marshall is a terrible announcer. Like this game was ugly and the announcers made it even worse.

Move on with the W

 

[Poe]

Seeing that Fonts guy on the court in a Big East game makes that 150 minute root canal worth it. I have a new favorite non-UConn player.

Nice of English to put the equipment manager in at crunch time.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Saturday will not be a road game.

Ah, we're gonna get started on this 40-point blowout again?

 

[uconnfan68]

Anyone hear why Ball didn’t play at all?

He played in the first half.

 

[uconntoatl]

Wasn’t much the refs can do. There were just a lot of fouls this game. None really ticky tac.

They called two on Clingan that were absurd. There were also a handful of calls made by a ref that had no clear angle to call a foul.

 

[JRDBWK]

Tonight showed one thing, it proved that even when everyone is shooting poorly, refs are calling a million fouls, missing free throws... They can still win the game!

 

[3rdbass]

Donny Marshall is a terrible announcer. Like this game was ugly and the announcers made it even worse.

Move on with the W

He is awful with his Anti-Uconn stuff. He even got the play by play announcer calling out fouls on Uconn. LOL!

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

And for the record, I have NO problem with that dunk at the end by Stewart.

To anybody who didn't like it, he's just a kid. Turns 19 this week.

 

[GameTime]

It was AWESOME. can't think of a better way to beat providence..... in the words of Mr. Sanogo "They thought they could win, but they could not"

 

[superjohn]

Donny was awful to listen to today. Hey got my blood pressure up more than the game.

Rickey Henderson used to stand naked in front of a full length mirror and repeat Rickey is the man. I wouldn't be at all surprised to hear Donny gives himself the same Donny pep talk.

 

[homunculus]

• Refs absolutely bailed us out on Oduro's third foul. Really favorable whistle in the first half, I'd be upset if I was a Providence fan
• Refs let us beat up Carter all night. He was exhausted at the end. Respect to him for fighting through it

Simply amazing.

 

[DCT]

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Glad this game wasn't played at XL

 

[Icehawk]

This went about how I expected, PC is always tough and after that demolition of Xavier there's always the chance of a let down game. Thankfully the team is just too damn good to lose even when the rim seems to be off limits.

Ton of fouls yes, but I think overall it was called fairly. Don't forget to add one from Hurley and one from PC's bench to the total

Castle was a an A+, his D was just as impressive as his O. Clingan probably had one of his poorest games, he seemed a bit off from the get-go. Picking up a 4th foul in the first 18s of the 2nd half? He's better than this and thankfully the team has played enough without him that we still win. I loved seeing Oduro bounce off him in the last minute of the game, made me chuckle.