Providence survives Xavier in 3OT

[Mike Honcho]

Well that's a bummer.

 

[bendm]

If they beat Creighton Saturday they clinch regular season chip. About time. Sick of nova winning it.

 

[huskyfan224]

Outside of our game, who else did they not reschedule ?

 

[UconnFanDC]

Good for them.

 

[auror]

Xavier had ball with the shot clock turned off in a tie game for both the end of regulation and 1st OT and scored no points (and shot so early in 1st OT that Prov had a shot to win it). Hit game tying shot in 2nd OT as time expired. And then went to a zone they had clearly never practiced in 3OT and Prov scored on almost every possession.

 

[NewEnglandCB]

Outside of our game, who else did they not reschedule ?

I believe their road games with Creighton and Seton Hall.

They already beat SH at home and will play Creighton this weekend. Of course they won at XL as well.

 

[navery12]

Outside of our game, who else did they not reschedule ?

@Creighton and @Seton Hall

 

[Peacefrog]

Do we want the 4th seed in the BET then? I'd rather go through Providence than Nova.

 

[M.S.G.]

I want a rematch with PC @ MSG more than I want breath in my lungs.

 

[CTBasketball]

Couple of very questionable flagrant fouls in this one. Officiating needs to be looked at in-depth.

But I don’t want to say luck but cmon…

 

[phillionaire]

I’d like to see ol’ Providence wriggle their way out of THIS jam!
Providence wriggles their way out of the jam easily
Ah! Well. Nevertheless,

 

[willie99]

Outside of our game, who else did they not reschedule ?

I believe Seton Hall and Creighton

 

[willie99]

Do we want the 4th seed in the BET then? I'd rather go through Providence than Nova.

Not me, I want to be playing 9:30 on Thursday and not 12 noon

It's about work

 

[CL82]

I believe their road games with Creighton and Seton Hall.

They already beat SH at home and will play Creighton this weekend. Of course they won at XL as well.

Yeah but they beat Seton hall when SH was severely undermanned.

 

[businesslawyer]

Would I rather be on Providence’s side of the bracket than Nova’s? Yes. But nothing to do but win out and then worry about the bracket. I’m certainly not willing to lose at Creighton to be on Providence’s side of the draw.

 

[navery12]

Likely will have to beat Villanova and PC to win the championship, doesn't matter to me what order we try to do it in

 

[tzznandrew]

Likely will have to beat Villanova and PC to win the championship, doesn't matter to me what order we try to do it in

I don't think PC makes the title game, and I'd like revenge.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

I felt a little bad for the Wyoming & CSU fans. I hate when the game before us goes long. Imagine not being on TV as much as us and having half or more of your game not be seen because the Dunk is Leaking and it went to triple OT. I would be Hurley level angry if that happened to me.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I'll be quite happy watching us play our game from here on out and letting the chips fall where they may.

If we haven't yet reached the point where we no longer need to worry about matchups we are close enough that we should no longer worry.

 

[Get a Job]

I'll be quite happy watching us play our game from here on out and letting the chips fall where they may.

If we haven't yet reached the point where we no longer need to worry about matchups we are close enough that we should no longer worry.

I'm with you from the standpoint of advancing in the postseason, achieving team goals, etc., but selfishly I'd like the tournaments to unfold in a maximally entertaining way. I'd almost rather lose to Villanova in an epic Big East championship game than beat Seton Hall in the final after they knocked out Providence.

At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what my dream scenario is because I have no effect on anything, so I just want UConn to win every game regardless of whom they play. No harm in thinking about my dream scenario though.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Providence doesn't only have a purple horseshoe up their rear end, they have the pink hearts, green clovers, orange stars, yellow moons, blue diamonds, and Lucky the Leprechaun himself.

 

[Inyatkin]

Providence is clearly good, but the computers aren't that wrong. At some point all these close games come back to bite you, and it is shaping up like it will happen at a bad time for them.

 

[Senor Blue]

PC has needed 5 OT's to beat Xavier, Butler, and DePaul.

The worst thing about their fanbase is they can't even have fun with the run they've been on. Luckiest team in the country by far.

Beating Wisconsin without Davis isn't beating Wisconsin. Beating UConn without Sanogo isn't beating UConn. Credit to them because they can only play the teams in front of them and they're winning - but their fans are so serious about it.

Trying to act like they've been there before when they literally have 1 NCAA win in the last 2 decades. URI has more.

Have fun with it. You're a scrappy small-school program having a dream season where the ball keeps bouncing your way. Embrace the luck. But my God they're insufferable and they can't even have fun.

 

[Rakkasan]

Have fun with it. You're a scrappy small-school program having a dream season where the ball keeps bouncing your way. Embrace the luck. But my God they're insufferable and they can't even have fun.

Call me crazy but it seems like quite a few folks at the Dunk are having fun. Even without umbrellas...