Providence

[ucawn]

I’m thankful I’m not a Providence fan.
4-3
Wins over:
Sacred Heart
NJIT
St. Peters
Merrimack

Losses to:
Northwestern
Penn
Long Beach St

 

[gtcam]

Too early to be smug
They've been to the dance a few times in last 4 years

 

[Doctor Hoop]

“Too early to be smug.”

“ Ma’am, I’m sorry, this is The Boneyard.”

 

[ucawn]

Too early to be smug
They've been to the dance a few times in last 4 years

Oops sorry I shouldn’t be talking. They’re ranked 50th in KenPom opposed to our 56th. Clearly they are better than us

 

[Deepster]

They’re a lower mid-tier program and always will be. The wins and losses this year are nothing new or surprising.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Too early to be smug
They've been to the dance a few times in last 4 years

They're really bad, and trying to compare past accomplishments is pretty funny.

 

[ClumsyLibrarian]

They’re calling for Cooley’s head over in Friar land. Absolutely wild. Just a few years ago they wanted to give him a lifetime contract. I don’t think these fans remember what Providence was before Cooley got there

 

[Edward Sargent]

They’re a lower mid-tier program and always will be. The wins and losses this year are nothing new or surprising.

Next year they will beat us like the dogs we are!

 

[HuskyBoi]

cant wait for next season where the uconn smackdown of PC restarts.

 

[8893]

Their ceiling is being a scrappy team that plays with pluck and grit...and still loses to any quality program.

 

[brihman]

Where did the dislike button go?

 

[8893]

Where did the dislike button go?

We broke it.

 

[Huskybass]

Cooley has won exactly one NCAA tourney game in his 13 year head coaching career. That's a bit underwhelming.

 

[Horatio]

Too early to be smug
They've been to the dance a few times in last 4 years

Yeah but they haven’t had any loss of scholarships or other NCAA / coaching foolishness and still have those bad loses. Totally different. ****{ This is my drunken holiday post but I still stand firm with it}****

 

[ucawn]

We barely beat Sacred Heart...

Yep 22 points. Really thought Sacred Heart could’ve finished out the win. Luckly we went on a 22-0 run in the last 15 seconds

 

[ucawn]

Too early to be smug
They've been to the dance a few times in last 4 years

And on the recruiting end. They managed to pull in 1 3 star ranked #220 something and it doesn’t look like they’ll pull in anyone else. Tough times for Friar fans

 

[zls44]

Cooley is a thoroughly mediocre coach. Always has been, always will be. His ceiling is a 6 seed-ish team.

 

[Horatio]

The moral of the story is our program has been dead for years and Providence hasn’t really distinguished themselves. They got recruits that we wanted and still have been slightly above garbage. If Boneyard participants want to take holiday shots at Providence, let it be. It’s Thanksgiving, bash all our enemies without family ridicule.

 

[Deepster]

I've had my tussles with PC fans over the years on this board and on their board. I really respect FriarJ and mean no disparaging comments to him specifically.

They would give a nut to be what we are/were the last 30 years.

When Calhoun retired and UConn won a title with Ollie, that was painful for them.

If Hurley, a guy who competed with them at URI, does well here it'll be tough to swallow.

Welsh was the guy. Then Cooley was the guy. And now Cooley clearly isn't the guy. And they're just this "also ran".....again? Tough for them to live with.

 

[BFieldHusky]

They have won one tournament game since 97. We have won four titles since then. Enough said.

 

[zls44]

Welsh was the guy. Then Cooley was the guy. And now Cooley clearly isn't the guy. And they're just this "also ran".....again? Tough for them to live with.

The job of being coach at Providence is the same as being the coach at Northwestern or Cal or Ole Miss. Just don’t be publicly embarrassing. Make the tournament every 4-6 years. Get a couple of nice home upsets. Keep the building semi full.

But that’s as high as the expectations get. If they get higher...the coach realizes the athletic department won’t match that expectation and they look for someplace that will. Like Michigan.

 

[MuchoDogYears]

I’ve been a UConn fan since I was a kid. But there was a period of time when PC was THE program in New England.

One of my favorite non-UConn teams of all time was the Marvin Barnes/Ernie D team that went to the Final 4. Dynamic players.

 

[mauconnfan]

I’ve been a UConn fan since I was a kid. But there was a period of time when PC was THE program in New England.

One of my favorite non-UConn teams of all time was the Marvin Barnes/Ernie D team that went to the Final 4. Dynamic players.

No doubt and right after that another good squad Joey Hassett with 2 of CTs own in Soup Campbell and Billy Eason.

 

[TRUCONN76]

I’ve been a UConn fan since I was a kid. But there was a period of time when PC was THE program in New England.

One of my favorite non-UConn teams of all time was the Marvin Barnes/Ernie D team that went to the Final 4. Dynamic players.

That was the high for Providence, Ernie D was fun to watch and the first team from New England to get to the final 4 in a long time. Unfortunately for them Marvin Barnes went after someone with a lug wrench which ended Providence’s rise and they haven’t been close to that success since.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

We broke it.

You use it you lose it?
For VIP Subscribers only?
An experiment that'll fade away?
I think we seen its peak; where else to go?