Providence survives Xavier in 3OT

[FriarJ]

Oh absolutely. Awesome environment. Plus that old dude in the student section (he's a doctor lol). The Dunk is a great basketball experience when it's sold out like that.

Just saying their fans are acting like they're blueblood and this is what they expect. They don't want to acknowledge that they've been lucky and gotten every bounce their way this year.

We are not acting that way, we are enjoying our team. I don’t mind you hating on us. I actually like being despised for winning for once. But don’t make crap up about the fan base that is not true. Every PC fan knows we are not a “blue blood”. That’s just ridiculous. We are beyond overjoyed. Let us at least have that while it lasts.

 

[gtcam]

I'll bet Ed Cooley and most PC fans would trade 2 of these regular season luck outs for at least 1 win in the NCAAs - But we all know what PC's track record is in the Big Dance - they will lose to some mid-major in 1st round

 

[Senor Blue]

We are not acting that way, we are enjoying our team. I don’t mind you hating on us. I actually like being despised for winning for once. But don’t make crap up about the fan base that is not true. Every PC fan knows we are not a “blue blood”. That’s just ridiculous. We are beyond overjoyed. Let us at least have that while it lasts.

I have a family of PC fans. A lot of this is just personal that I’m manifesting and lashing out on an anonymous message board. Hate you guys, but you’re having a good season.

Carry on lol.

 

[7774]

We are not acting that way, we are enjoying our team. I don’t mind you hating on us. I actually like being despised for winning for once. But don’t make crap up about the fan base that is not true. Every PC fan knows we are not a “blue blood”. That’s just ridiculous. We are beyond overjoyed. Let us at least have that while it lasts.

I read a post the other day on your board that said there were only room for 2 super powers in the Big East and Villanova isn't going anywhere so you need to make sure you're the other one. I also see posts all the time talking about how you need to make sure you stay in front of us as a program.

So you do kind of act like that.

 

[7774]

They looked like they were having fun to me, and without that” scrappy small-school programs ok, we’d still be playing in the AAC.

Every team in the Big East could have opposed our entry and Fox still would have made them take us.

 

[FriarJ]

I read a post the other day on your board that said there were only room for 2 super powers in the Big East and Villanova isn't going anywhere so you need to make sure you're the other one. I also see posts all the time talking about how you need to make sure you stay in front of us as a program.

So you do kind of act like that.

Lol, a single post on a message board? Man I’m loving the salt. Have fun with it. Have you read some of the stuff posted by single posters on here? Should we just assume ever post reflects the entire fan base?

 

[Pudge]

Unlike other sporting championships - like CFB - our National Championship March Madness (and for that matter, the Big East Championship at MSG) is won by ... winning games. One after another. It is a grind. Regardless of the noise years later, you can't knock a team that won 6 games in March and inevitably has to face a 1 or 2 seed or something through that. Providence College has had things fall right for them. I think they are a good team; but don't get too far out their Friar J or Ed Cooley. The next tests are gonna take them down. And I do not think they are getting very close to the Final Four.

 

[Chuck]

I've never hated Providence. It wasn't a program I really cared about considering I'm not a New England guy other than 4 years at UConn, and I'm not a Catholic school guy. But I have a neighbor that is a PC grad. We're somewhat friendly and our kids are friends, but his hatred of UConn is palpable and awkward.

It'll be interesting to see what happens to PC in the Tournament. They aren't lucky, in my opinion. You can have some breaks come your way with injuries, I guess. But you make your own luck over a season of close games. I think PC winning close games has given them a calm confidence when other teams tighten up.

They are clearly "not as good as their record" but that doesn't matter, especially in the tournament. So much of it is about match-ups and momentum. Would you bet against them in a close game? That said, the NCAA Tournament is a different animal, and we may see PC tighten up also. Especially considering their history of struggling in the tournament.

 

[7774]

Lol, a single post on a message board? Man I’m loving the salt. Have fun with it. Have you read some of the stuff posted by single posters on here? Should we just assume ever post reflects the entire fan base?

Yes, that's actually exactly what you do. Do you even read your board?

 

[FriarJ]

Yes, that's actually exactly what you do. Do you even read your board?

Whatever, enjoy your team man.

 

[Tenspro2002]

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

I want to win out for our NCAA Tournament seeding and let the BET seeding and matchups work themselves out.

 

[gtcam]

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.

I'm far from being a PC fan in any sense of the word but this is comical

The fans at PC are having the time of their life - how many PC games have you watched this season?
Up until the Nova game at the XL, the PC fans have been much more engaged at the Dunk than any crowds at either Gampel or XL

A win is a win no matter who you play - it's still 5 v 5 on the court
I'd rather be lucky and win rather than unlucky and lose

Loosen up pal and get your panties out of the ball that they are twisted in

 

[Tenspro2002]

PC is going to continue to luck their way through the BE schedule, earn a high NCAAT seed and carry the banner of our conference, then their luck will run out in a first-weekend loss and embarrass the conference.

 

[7774]

Whatever, enjoy your team man.

You too, you've had an amazing season.

 

[FriarJ]

PC is going to continue to luck their way through the BE schedule, earn a high NCAAT seed and carry the banner of our conference, then their luck will run out in a first-weekend loss and embarrass the conference.

There's another possibility on what embarrass the conference. Worry about your own squad.

 

[Get a Job]

There's another possibility on what embarrass the conference. Worry about your own squad.

I don't feel strongly about the whole topic, but you have to admit that PC has an objectively higher potential to embarrass the conference this season. They have an absolutely gaudy record in a supposedly top-tier conference. When Providence loses in the opening round to East West State, Joe Casual in Nebraska will say, "Look at that. The Big East sucks!"

If UConn loses in the first round, Mr. Casual will look at our record and seed and say, "Hmm. UConn still stinks. Maybe they'll be good again soon."

Granted, the latter situation will have us fans in despair, but it's a far cry from being an embarrassment to the Big East.

 

[UCfor3]

There's another possibility on what embarrass the conference. Worry about your own squad.

Says the guy on another teams message board. You are soooo not self aware. You are the king of double standards.

 

[krinklecut]

There's another possibility on what embarrass the conference. Worry about your own squad.

buddy do you know where you are right now?

 

[UconnU]

11-1 in games decided by 2 possessions or less. Cooley is the anti-Hurley.

 

[Northbound]

Congrats to them, but good god X put on a clinic on how not to do it at the end of regulation, and multiple times in the OT's. Got to give the Friars credit they exploited X and that goofy zone and they didn’t have Durham or Reeves in there at the end.

They've had a ton of close ones, that might bite them in the ass at some point, but they aren't shook by a close game so it may carry over because after you win a ton of them you expect to win those and that expectation matters.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Villanova not winning the Big East is a good thing. Good for PC if they can pull it off.

 

[FriarJ]

I don't feel strongly about the whole topic, but you have to admit that PC has an objectively higher potential to embarrass the conference this season. They have an absolutely gaudy record in a supposedly top-tier conference. When Providence loses in the opening round to East West State, Joe Casual in Nebraska will say, "Look at that. The Big East sucks!"

If UConn loses in the first round, Mr. Casual will look at our record and seed and say, "Hmm. UConn still stinks. Maybe they'll be good again soon."

Granted, the latter situation will have us fans in despair, but it's a far cry from being an embarrassment to the Big East.

I'm not talking about your players.

 

[FriarJ]

Congrats to them, but good god X put on a clinic on how not to do it at the end of regulation, and multiple times in the OT's. Got to give the Friars credit they exploited X and that goofy zone and they didn’t have Durham or Reeves in there at the end.

They've had a ton of close ones, that might bite them in the ass at some point, but they aren't shook by a close game so it may carry over because after you win a ton of them you expect to win those and that expectation matters.

It was bad but Travis Steele, who I really like btw, said he went to it to protect Scruggs who had 4. If Odom who hadn't fouled out he would not have. It obviously backfired.

 

[FriarJ]

buddy do you know where you are right now?

yes of course, I'm on a thread about PC. You have my apologies.

 

[CTBasketball]

You don’t get to foul our worst foul shooter 60 feet away from the action. They took away the intentional foul in CBB and changed it to flagrant. At the exact same time a player trying to get out of bounds to receive the ball from the inbounder was being tackled. There were multiple bonehead plays by Xavier on that play that could have been called.

The truth is that Xavier had 2 chances to win it in regulation and the 1st overtime and decided to go to Kunkel and Jones instead of Scruggs or Freemantle.

But it’s okay to completely wrap up Freemantle and Scruggs on the break to a basket? And no flagrant is called?

And then a possession before Horchler got tossed away under the basket?

The refs were bad for a lot of the game. It just so happens PC benefitted late.

 

[FriarJ]

But it’s okay to completely wrap up Freemantle and Scruggs on the break to a basket? And no flagrant is called?

And then a possession before Horchler got tossed away under the basket?

The refs were bad for a lot of the game. It just so happens PC benefitted late.

No of course not. I'm not defending that call. I specifically addressing what you said was a joke. You cannot do hack a Shaq in CBB and especially not that far away from the ball before it's inbounded. This shouldn't be a controversial take.

 

[xclamations]

Think we will end up facing them in the conf tourney

 

[Senor Blue]

I'm far from being a PC fan in any sense of the word but this is comical

The fans at PC are having the time of their life - how many PC games have you watched this season?
Up until the Nova game at the XL, the PC fans have been much more engaged at the Dunk than any crowds at either Gampel or XL

A win is a win no matter who you play - it's still 5 v 5 on the court
I'd rather be lucky and win rather than unlucky and lose

Loosen up pal and get your panties out of the ball that they are twisted in

Most of them. Been to a few. I'm from RI.

And I try not to wear panties for better airflow.

Family is mostly PC fans. Like I said, I'm speaking a lot from personal interactions and less from message board quotes because I don't waste my time reading their board.

Agreed, like I said they're winning the games in front of them. But every PC fan I talk to refuses to hear the "luck" argument. Their best wins have come against teams missing key pieces. They didn't have to play @ Creighton, face a healthy UConn, or play @ Seton Hall.

Yes, they're winning 1 possession games like crazy - but if you've been watching them, things like Butler missing a WIDE OPEN 3 to win the game or Marquette missing a layup at the buzzer seem to happen a large amount.

The same people that are talking about how good they are right now, are the same ones calling for Cooley's head after every first round exit because they say he can't coach.

Of course they're having fun - winning in college basketball is a drug like nothing else.

Maybe I'm having trouble articulating my point (public school guy, it happens) - just saying that I haven't heard anyone mention how lucky they've been, and just hear them dismiss the luck metric as meaningless.

 

[Beowulf]

No of course not. I'm not defending that call. I specifically addressing what you said was a joke. You cannot do hack a Shaq in CBB and especially not that far away from the ball before it's inbounded. This shouldn't be a controversial take.

you're saying that nunge fouled him intentionally??? he had four fouls. they had to have known any dead ball foul there was flagrant. i think it was just him being "physical" and they called a soft foul. not that we can even really see what happened because the only view is a fish eye lens from the opposite sideline. it was a weak/soft call - but i sympathize with the refs a little there. it's not their fault it's an all or nothing scenario.

but i refuse to believe that Nunge was fouling intentionally. or that fouling Watson was the design there (unless a player/coach has come out and said it was post game and i missed that). I think it was just sloppiness

 

[Northbound]

It was bad but Travis Steele, who I really like btw, said he went to it to protect Scruggs who had 4. If Odom who hadn't fouled out he would not have. It obviously backfired.

The purpose of protecting Scruggs was get him looks on the offensive end, I think he got one shot in the 3rd OT, that's a bad job by X if you're going go to an ineffective zone to protect a guy then at least get him in spots on the offensive end where he's got a chance to score and you're telling him get the ball and shoot it.

At some point you are who you are, the zone was a bad move, just live with the M2M.