Providence Post Game Thread

[slepers]

English was our MVP tonight.

That’s taking the accomplishment away from our guys

 

[Scrappy3]

Great game
Props to friars and especially our guys

 

[HCCForever]

Wow is right. Nice comeback. They couldn’t get over that 5/6 point margin until the end. All starters in double figures shooting 56.% from three vs Providence shooting 58%.

Very nice game by Silas. Ran the clock down before sealing the victory. Great pass by Stewart to Reed in OT. Mullins, Reed and AK all did their part. Great victory.

 

[noelle]

feels like a huge turning point. this is the silas game.

 

[JCisthegoat]

Missed the game. Was the D bad? They were 14/24 from 3. Thank goodness we kept pace

 

[JakeTheDog]

The type of win to pay dividends in March. Pretty much zero bench production outside of Jaylin but the boys did enough to get it done. Shout out to Braylon and also Silas.

 

[JCisthegoat]

feels like a huge turning point. this is the silas game.

Hey it took newton a little to breakout, why can’t the same be said for Silas

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Curious to hear comments on Ross after the game. I’m assuming minutes restriction? With our struggles on D, felt like he would have gotten more run if available, especially against Jones.

 

[FriarJ]

Congrats

 

[navery12]

I don't say this as an anti Solo Ball post, but he was -19 tonight. It took some guts for Dan Hurley to keep our best player this year on the bench for the last 8-9 minutes

 

[TheShot1990]

Braylon Mullins is the best 7th grader in the entire country

7th grade sniper

 

[huskiesNhoos]

The true MVP was me...realized during the 2nd half the game was on peacock so I turned it on when we cut it to ~5 then w just over 3min to go they went up 11 and I decided I was bad luck so I turned it off and went back to following the game cast. Cue the comeback

 

[Mr. French]

Oh. And Providence had just as good a chance as anyone to win tonight.

Chin with the new avatar, me likey!

 

[BGesus4]

has there been any word on what was the deal with solo not playing at the end of the game?

 

[Umami Zen]

Another wacky game in Providence. Credit to Friars for grinding it out. Demary playing like an All-American.. Braylon playing like a lotto pick. AK being clutch. Tarris steady. Great team win -Never gave up.

Championship DNA. Next

 

[KingAG]

If we get that Silas, we’re hanging #7

 

[3rdbass]

I don't say this as an anti Solo Ball post, but he was -19 tonight. It took some guts for Dan Hurley to keep our best player this year on the bench for the last 8-9 minutes

He had too. Ball plays no D. Stewart was great on D and we had other scorers. We didn't need Ball this game to score.

 

[navery12]

Missed the game. Was the D bad? They were 14/24 from 3. Thank goodness we kept pace

It was bad for stretches, but part of that was intentional. We were daring Mela and Jamier Jones to shoot and they made shots. And Duncan Powell made 3 3's all year and 3 tonight

 

[elmcityboy]

brb reading friar talk right now

 

[RuffRuff]

Something about those games where you think it's over and somehow you pull off the miracle comeback. It felt like PC gave us 10 chances in the last ten to try and make a comeback and it wasn't until under 2-3 minutes that we did.

Silas was unreal. We can thank him for that one.

A lot of question marks coming out of that one. You can see who Dan Hurley has confidence in when the game is on the line. The rotation really tightened up. Smith & Reibe were out there sparingly. Solo obviously earned his spot on the bench.

 

[slepers]

I think they were 14-1 before this game

 

[storrsroars]

I'm gonna give props to my wife. On last possession in reg she kept saying, "Don't call the timeout! Don't call the timeout!" And as soon as the game went to OT, she credited Hurley with being the best coach in CBB because there was no panic and UConn could just run its stuff in a do-or-die situation. And followed that with the myriad ways Capel and Pitt would've effed it up.

Amazing game. Championship DNA. And all you guys in the chat calling AK every name in the book can suck it.

 

[navery12]

He had too. Ball plays no D. Stewart was great on D.

I agree he needed to, but that's not an easy decision when he's our leading scorer and you're down 9 trying to come back

 

[Spaceman213J]

has there been any word on what was the deal with solo not playing at the end of the game?

I think his "D" was just that bad tonight. Hurley saw he needed scoring, but need stops more.

 

[Khal Drogo]

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Impressive game by this starters.

4 guys 20 pts. I don’t recall that happening before

 

[Jmark212]

Does anyone know the single game UConn assist record?? Can’t be much more than 15?

 

[Scottobot]

I went from pissed off and disgusted to elated in the span of a few minutes.

Hopefully this is a wakeup call that if you play mediocre ball and the other team is hot
from three you can lose, even if they are not at your level.

 

[superjohn]

Congrats

We got incredibly lucky to pull that out and it took an all-time performance from our point guard.

Big of you to come over here and say congrats because I know that stung for you.

Jones is an incredible player. You have some NBA guys on your team.

 

[REB1094]

There are 10,000 negative things that could be said about tonight but I don’t care. I’m riding a high that’s higher than a win vs. Providence should ever be but I don’t care. That was ELECTRIC

SILAS DEMARY. We needed a guy to take the ball and go get buckets and he stepped up. 23 points, 15 assists, 4 steals. Nailed the DAGGER

BRAYLON MULLINS. 6-10 on threes. 24 points, 8 of them in OT!

ALEX KARABAN. He found a way. 7 points in the last 3 minutes of regulation, 23 total

TARRIS REED. Was humbled in the first half and came out with a vengeance. Dominated the second half, 20 points total and the clutch rebound and putback to send it to OT

It was music to my ears hearing the chant in Providence. U-C-O-N-N UCONN UCONN UCONN

 

[Marat]

Im not even sure the '23 or the '24 squads would have come back in this situation to win like this team!