Providence Post Game Thread

[RuffRuff]

 

[GoUconn7961]

Gampel seemed quiet and it looked like there were a lot of empty seats for what should be a massive game

We saw your post the first time and you couldn't be more wrong. There's a whole thread about it if you care to read it.
I watched it on TV and it was loud.

 

[cellocgg]

We saw your post the first time and you couldn't be more wrong. There's a whole thread about it if you care to read it.
I watched it on TV and it was loud.

I did and I will happily eat my words

 

[jostar1]

 

[ctchamps]

Don't know what NBC did differently but this was the first broadcast that I heard the noise from the fans. With a lot of the Fox broadcasts it seems they mute the background fan noise to minimize the impact on the announcers. Just an electric tv experience.

 

[Excalibur]

The 133 teams with better DRtg's than UConn's have somehow figured out how to guard the 3 and the 2 better than UConn does.

Well, the one thing we do well is limit 3 point attempts, and that seems to be the goal. I question whether it should be, but it's clearly how we're playing with the guys we have.

We allow one of the highest 3 point % in the country on the second fewest attempts. We're 15th in 2 point % against, but we foul so much that it doesn't matter. The fouls come from tons of penetration, and the penetration comes from selling out to limit 3 point attempts. The numbers match what we see on the floor. We can't stop the dribble, at all.

 

[cp176]

No doubt did I say anything to the contrary? He was awful in the first half and like it or not it’s the truth. He had a great 2nd half but was also a big part of the bad first half by all. He was as rattled as the rest of the team and it can’t happen at the point.

No I guess not really to answer your question. I would not say that Diarra played awful in the first half I guess. I will add through that as much as I appreciate and like the way that Reed played as well as Mahaney’s contributions, the most important player on this team right now is Diarra. He does what I guess no one else can do for us. Not only does he facilitate but he attacks his defender in a straight line to get the ball up the floor and initiate the offense. Obviously i don’t think that we are nearly as good as we are McNeeley is on the floor but without Diarra doing his point guard stuff we got a ship with a lot of big holes in it.

 

[AntG168]

Why do you keep posting their stuff?

 

[Palatine]

Well, the one thing we do well is limit 3 point attempts, and that seems to be the goal. I question whether it should be, but it's clearly how we're playing with the guys we have.

We allow one of the highest 3 point % in the country on the second fewest attempts. We're 15th in 2 point % against, but we foul so much that it doesn't matter. The fouls come from tons of penetration, and the penetration comes from selling out to limit 3 point attempts. The numbers match what we see on the floor. We can't stop the dribble, at all.

As of today, we make and give up 3-point shots at 37%. The difference is we take 9.7 and give up 6.3 attempts per game.

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[RuffRuff]

Why do you keep posting their stuff?

Why not?

 

[alphasigko]

You just keep beating your dead horses, my man…even if they are not true in the specific games you’re referring to.

I suggest that you count the # of total points that have been scored since the start of the season because he could not stop his man from driving to the hoop.

 

[AntG168]

Why not?

They publicly personally attacked one of our guys. F em.

 

[jostar1]

 

[gsmooth]

I watched the replay, the camera angle wasn't great but I thought the ball did bounce on the baseline before he grabbed it. But it was really close. They cut it just short in the highlight video above

It was the correct call, the ball did bounce on the baseline before Reed Jr grabbed. You can't see it on TV, but it was clear for myself and the other fans sitting on the other side of the court, opposite of the TV cameras, with the baseline in front of us.

 

[mauconnfan]

It was the correct call, the ball did bounce on the baseline before Reed Jr grabbed. You can't see it on TV, but it was clear for myself and the other fans sitting on the other side of the court, opposite of the TV cameras, with the baseline in front of us.

I have to tell you your angle wasn’t as good as TV because it never hit the baseline I will find it as I haven’t deleted it as of yet. Wrong call! Not a big deal but I watched 2 times in slow mo, nope lol

 

[RuffRuff]

Need pit bull to blend this into a mix

 

[bendm]

Diarra is improving as the season goes along, adjusting to his new role. What's our record for assists in a season?

in 03-04 Taliek had 253 assists. diarra is at 98 so he needs 155 more.

that's an average of 8.61/game over 18 remaining games (16 regular season plus at least 1 BET game plus at least 1 ncaa tourney game). he can do it if we make runs in both tourneys.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Providence sucks, but hate when kids have injury issues like this:

 

[RuffRuff]

Providence sucks, but hate when kids have injury issues like this:

Looks like Bryce is on his way to a medical redshirt. It makes sense to hold him out at this point as it’s a lost season for the most part.

This Mela kid English pulled is coming along - had 15 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals and 10 points last night and looked great against us. He’s only 6’6” but super headsy. He just started getting big minutes a few games ago but looks to be the real deal. Natick, Mass kid.

It could make them interesting next year. Along with Pierre, if they can develop or find a big they could be interesting next year.