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Hey Adrien! said:
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Some key updates after last matchup:
  • Providence has lost six of its last seven, including recent 21 point losses to Georgetown and a 30 point loss to Marquette.
  • 5Y forward Jabri Abdur-Rahim is out for the year with a knee injury (7.2 ppg, 36 3P%)
  • Sophomore big Christ Essandoko has missed time intermittently through the last few weeks due to an ankle injury (10.6 mpg in Big East play)
  • Wesley Cardet missed six of last ten games with a knee injury
  • Still no Hopkins (3 games played this season)

Basically, Providence's best shot to win the game is to get hot from three as the Friars' perimeter offense has been solid in conference play. The backcourt duo of Joseph/Pierre is quite good and there are a bunch of supporting guys (I'm a fan of Mela and can see him be an impact starter as an upper-classman), but this team is a shell of itself.
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Mela is a good player, lots of IQ.
 
I'll be at the Dunk. Looking forward to seeing PC somehow shoot 50% from three against us like every team seems to. Think I'll wear my UConn Hockey jersey. Yes, @Deepster they always do play us tough in Providence. It's their Super Bowl.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I'll be at the Dunk. Looking forward to seeing PC somehow shoot 50% from three against us like every team seems to. Think I'll wear my UConn Hockey jersey. Yes, @Deepster they always do play us tough in Providence. It's their Super Bowl.
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Damn I am jealous. The last 2 years I have gone to the AMP for 3 games, 2 games against UConn and 1 against GTown when Cooley returned for the first time.

Unfortunately, I can't this time as I am on the other side of the planet.

Have fun and let's hope UConn doesn't shart over themselves in this game. Sorry about the tone, but I am still annoyed by the loss to Seton Hall. That happened 6 hours before my flight overseas so I was POed during the flight, even though I got to my destination safely with no issues which is far more important. It was quite a big contrast to last year when I had the same flight and UConn pasted Marquette at home by 28 6 hours before my flight-my mood was much better.
 
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aburks41 said:
This is Providence's Super Bowl. They'll be extra motivated for it
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logically it should not be a factor but historically Providence plays us tough. I describe them every year as being the Hemorrhoids of the Big East specially when they play us.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
I'll be at the Dunk. Looking forward to seeing PC somehow shoot 50% from three against us like every team seems to. Think I'll wear my UConn Hockey jersey. Yes, @Deepster they always do play us tough in Providence. It's their Super Bowl.
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I think their game plan will to muck up the game. Get us into foul trouble and live at the line.
 
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CTBasketball said:
I’ll be in attendance, I haven’t seen UConn win an away game in person in over 2 years.

Doomed basically.
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At least you haven’t been to the last three in Newark like this guy.

Game we should win but this team is so up and down you never know. Get the feeling it will be close. A win secures a bid and into two Gampel games to close out the season.
 
gsmooth said:
Damn I am jealous. The last 2 years I have gone to the AMP for 3 games, 2 games against UConn and 1 against GTown when Cooley returned for the first time.

Unfortunately, I can't this time as I am on the other side of the planet.

Have fun and let's hope UConn doesn't shart over themselves in this game. Sorry about the tone, but I am still annoyed by the loss to Seton Hall. That happened 6 hours before my flight overseas so I was POed during the flight, even though I got to my destination safely with no issues which is far more important. It was quite a big contrast to last year when I had the same flight and UConn pasted Marquette at home by 28 6 hours before my flight-my mood was much better.
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The AMP is about 25 minutes from my house, so I try to always make the UConn game. Unfortunately, it's their most expensive ticket and PC no longer sells individual tickets to this game. Package only.

Hoping the Huskies can pull off a rare win in Providence.
 
HuskyHawk said:
The AMP is about 25 minutes from my house, so I try to always make the UConn game. Unfortunately, it's their most expensive ticket and PC no longer sells individual tickets to this game. Package only.

Hoping the Huskies can pull off a rare win in Providence.
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UConn is 18-16, all-time at Providence, so, yes, a tough road venue, but the wins are not exactly "rare." I wonder how many teams have all-time winning records at Providence.
 
HooperScooper said:
Do we know if Hopkins is playing tomorrow? This makes it sound like there's a chance he'll play.

"Bryce had a catastrophic knee injury on Jan. 3 (of 2024) -- catastrophic," English said. "And when he's back we're not going to risk re-injury there. He's doing everything in his power to get back. He had a good day (Monday), about half the practice, and hopefully he'll do more (this week) to get ready for Connecticut on Sunday."

www.cbssports.com

Both teams look for improvement as Providence visits No. 11 UConn

Injuries are the main storyline for both Providence and No. 11 UConn entering a Big East matchup between those teams on Sunday in Storrs, Conn.
www.cbssports.com www.cbssports.com

Saw this in the Providence Journal article on the game:
Providence won't issue an update on Hopkins until pregame Sunday and Carter isn't walking through that door.
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Not sure why they would not redshirt him at this point
 
Sphinx said:
UConn is 18-16, all-time at Providence, so, yes, a tough road venue, but the wins are not exactly "rare." I wonder how many teams have all-time winning records at Providence.
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Helpful that’s almost as close as Hartford and we can get plenty of fans there as well. Was there two years ago for a loss, was at the Ollie coast to coaster way back in the day.
 
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RuffRuff said:
Helpful that’s almost as close as Hartford and we can get plenty of fans there as well. Was there two years ago for a loss, was at the Ollie coast to coaster way back in the day.
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The '94 Ollie game.... that was Donny's "sarcastic clapping" late technical game....
And it was Ollie's only FG of the game.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
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Some key updates after last matchup:
  • Providence has lost six of its last seven, including recent 21 point losses to Georgetown and a 30 point loss to Marquette.
  • 5Y forward Jabri Abdur-Rahim is out for the year with a knee injury (7.2 ppg, 36 3P%)
  • Sophomore big Christ Essandoko has missed time intermittently through the last few weeks due to an ankle injury (10.6 mpg in Big East play)
  • Wesley Cardet missed six of last ten games with a knee injury
  • Still no Hopkins (3 games played this season)

Basically, Providence's best shot to win the game is to get hot from three as the Friars' perimeter offense has been solid in conference play. The backcourt duo of Joseph/Pierre is quite good and there are a bunch of supporting guys (I'm a fan of Mela and can see him be an impact starter as an upper-classman), but this team is a shell of itself.
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Pierre and Joseph are 6'2" which is great for Diarra/Nowell/Mahaney/Ball for height (e.g., tough when opposing guards are 6'5" like Kadary).

I also like that AK and LN have and inch or 3 on their wings (which means LM, JS, JR are all 6'7" at the small forward position vs 6'5" Barron/Fernandez" and Johnson/Reed, Jr at 6'10" should handle Osi (frosh) and Bonke is barely a factor. Not sure they will play Essandoko with ankle injuries bugging him.

So we have the height at almost every position which will help our perimeter D vs their perimeter O (meaning they shooting 3s). Reed, Jr. should be continuing to play strong on the offensive glass and put backs and dunks. Liam's first step to drive will get his usual fouls called on the D and I like our position going in...just need to execute!
 
RuffRuff said:
At least you haven’t been to the last three in Newark like this guy.

Game we should win but this team is so up and down you never know. Get the feeling it will be close. A win secures a bid and into two Gampel games to close out the season.
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Oh I’ve been to the last 3 at the Pru. I consider it my yearly humbling ritual to travel to that dump and get my teeth kicked in.
 
CTBasketball said:
Oh I’ve been to the last 3 at the Pru. I consider it my yearly humbling ritual to travel to that dump and get my teeth kicked in.
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Same ... short PATH ride from Jersey City to the Pru in Newark and it's no such a great feeling when we lose there (which we have of late a lot).
 
gtcam said:
That will come in the chat 3 minutes into the game
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Okay.

In before the August West post where he tries to impress us with how much he knows about the crappy Providence offense.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
The AMP is about 25 minutes from my house, so I try to always make the UConn game. Unfortunately, it's their most expensive ticket and PC no longer sells individual tickets to this game. Package only.

Hoping the Huskies can pull off a rare win in Providence.
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I live in Boston so the AMP is less than 1 hours from me. Watching last year's game was fantastic especially hear the silence of the PC fans and then hearing the jangling of car keys and stampede to the exit of PC fans at the 10 min mark of the 2nd half.
 
Deepster said:
Can't wait for the first "they always play us tough, this should be a close game" post.....
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I mean, they suck, but this is their Super Bowl and always is.

Didn't they jump out to a 9-0 lead against us last year before we steamrolled?

Edit: actually, Providence led 15-2, 16:00. We then led 53-29, 17:00 2nd. That's a 51-14 run over 19 minutes.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
I mean, they suck, but this is their Super Bowl and always is.

Didn't they jump out to a 9-0 lead against us last year before we steamrolled?

Edit: actually, Providence led 15-2, 16:00. We then led 53-29, 17:00 2nd. That's a 51-14 run over 19 minutes.
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Considering the way this year has gone, the timing of this game and the injuries to PC, I don't see how we don't curbstomp them.
 
I started reading this post from the beginning thinking it was a new scouting report, with subsequent posts discussing playing without McNeeley. Was panicking and wondering why I hadn't heard about him being out again, then realized I was an idiot.
 
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Deepster said:
Considering the way this year has gone, the timing of this game and the injuries to PC, I don't see how we don't curbstomp them.
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Mmmm. I can easily see how UConn doesn't curb stomp PC. UConn has lost to two horse s.h. .I t teams in Colorado and Seton Hall.
 
Deepster said:
Okay.

In before the August West post where he tries to impress us with how much he knows about the crappy Providence offense.
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A-Dub is a PC fan masquerading as a UConn fan.
 
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This should be an easy one. Providence is a really bad team, has lost 6 of their last 7, with nothing to play for, and are banged up

But Colorado, Dayton, Butler twice, Providence the first time, and Seton Hall also should have been easy ones. We lost a few and played others way too close

So just win and I'll be happy..
 
gsmooth said:
Mmmm. I can easily see how UConn doesn't curb stomp PC. UConn has lost to two horse s.h. .I t teams in Colorado and Seton Hall.
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I don't. PC is decimated. They are down what? Their top 3 scorers? And they're getting pummeled limping to the finish line. No way they can put a full 40 minutes together, especially now with us at full health.
 
Game line on Fanduel just came out:

UConn - 5.5, O/U = 144.5, money is -255 UConn +205 Providence

Guessing they are looking at UConn 75, Providence 70
 
Deepster said:
Okay.

In before the August West post where he tries to impress us with how much he knows about the crappy Providence offense.
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He is the nelson of friartalk now.
 
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