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The value of rivalries. A year away from joining the BE and we’re already upping our smack talk game.

Personally I want Providence to do well. I don’t want them to become irrelevant like Syracuse, BCU, or Pitt. It makes beating them all the more fun. More importantly we need the BE to be strong for seeding because UConn Is back . My worse nightmare is that the AAC ends up a stronger bb conference than the BE.

Please Ed turn this season around. Dove needs you to remain so he can offer fashion statements. We need more Providence trolls to fry than FriarJ. We need to fill up MSG with fans from lots of schools to show BE strong and make it difficult for Xavier fans to find seats.
 
I actually grew up somewhat of a Providence fan. I'm somehow, in a trace amount, related to Donnie McGrath. He was the point guard of the team back with Gomes. Having gone to UConn it's quite ironic to me now knowing and learning the history between PC/UConn as well as the iconic Calhoun quote regarding Gomes.
 
FriarJ said:
Wow, I had no idea about this game or how UConn fans think about PC, thanks for tagging me Hans.
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I'm limited in my ability to play fetch with you, so I appreciate this opportunity to connect.
 
fleudslipcon said:
The value of rivalries. A year away from joining the BE and we’re already upping our smack talk game.

Personally I want Providence to do well. I don’t want them to become irrelevant like Syracuse, BCU, or Pitt. It makes beating them all the more fun. More importantly we need the BE to be strong for seeding because UConn Is back . My worse nightmare is that the AAC ends up a stronger bb conference than the BE.

Please Ed turn this season around. Dove needs you to remain so he can offer fashion statements. We need more Providence trolls to fry than FriarJ. We need to fill up MSG with fans from lots of schools to show BE strong and make it difficult for Xavier fans to find seats.
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Hey now!! I've been good. #hat
 
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Providence is where they are because of their poor backcourt depth.

David Duke is legit, but more of a two-guard. Maliek White is an OK player, but more of a support guy. They brought in LuWane Pipkins this year, but I don't like his game.

Although Pipkins has good energy, is a good ball defender and distributes well, his shot selection is egregious and that's especially bad considering he takes the second most shots on the team. Once he graduates and Jared Bynum takes over next year, the team will likely be a lot smarter on the offensive end.

When we get to play Providence next year, their team will look very different. Diallo/Young/Pipkins/White/Holt all graduate. They have an underwhelming '20 class, but Bynam and Horchler are solid transfer gets and we'll see a next step taken by Gantt and Reeves.

Here's what their team looks like in 2020-21:

Horchler
Reeves
Watson
Duke
Bynum

Backcourt bench: Breed
Wing bench: Gantt
Frontcourt bench: Monroe, Nichols

Good wings, underwhelming frontcourt and great starting guards but no depth. I'd be surprised if they don't get a high minutes grad transfer next year, but they should be a bottom-half at best or bottom-quarter at worst Big East team next year.
 
Honestly, the best thing to happen to PC is us rejoining the BE. Local rivalries are good for everyone. Ask BC, Syracuse, and Pitt, how it’s working playing in a North Carolina league.
 
FriarJ said:
Wow, I had no idea about this game or how UConn fans think about PC, thanks for tagging me Hans.
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The game yesterday was hard to watch. PC basically gifted it away with their inability to run some semblance of an offense during the last 3 minutes. They looked like a poorly coached team with a low bball IQ.
 
Fishy said:
I have no idea why he thought that was a good idea.

People need to stop being stupid here.
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Speaking of stupid, what’s “tagging”?
Nope, don’t want to know, I already have enough stupid things floating around my brain.
 
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fleudslipcon said:
The value of rivalries. A year away from joining the BE and we’re already upping our smack talk game.

Personally I want Providence to do well. I don’t want them to become irrelevant like Syracuse, BCU, or Pitt. It makes beating them all the more fun. More importantly we need the BE to be strong for seeding because UConn Is back . My worse nightmare is that the AAC ends up a stronger bb conference than the BE.

Please Ed turn this season around. Dove needs you to remain so he can offer fashion statements. We need more Providence trolls to fry than FriarJ. We need to fill up MSG with fans from lots of schools to show BE strong and make it difficult for Xavier fans to find seats.
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PC fan here since SHAM days love y'all board. I hate UConn but respect u guy's(Tony Robertson, Napier, Kemba, and Jeff Adrian fav UConn players) y'all talk alot of smack but I guess u guys earned it. Will def be at that first home game when we played ya'll. Can't wait til Watson beats up Carlton and David Duke and AJ go to work......also Bouk is nasty.....looks like Zach Levine.
 
FriarJ said:
Which is exactly what this team is
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What's the deal with AJ Reeves? I thought he was going to be a stud and it seems like he isn't doing much of anything.
 
MuchoDogYears said:
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.
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Funny how that "period of time" really wasn't all that long compared to UConn's. Also funny how that "period of time" coincides with the time when UConn and PC never played in the regular season. Once UConn and PC started playing regularly, PC regressed to the mean. They didn't quite capitalize enough on their UConn-free schedules lately.
 
arch said:
Speaking of stupid, what’s “tagging”?
Nope, don’t want to know, I already have enough stupid things floating around my brain.
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@arch you’ve just been tagged.
 
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Waquoit said:
Funny how that "period of time" really wasn't all that long compared to UConn's. Also funny how that "period of time" coincides with the time when UConn and PC never played in the regular season. Once UConn and PC started playing regularly, PC regressed to the mean. They didn't quite capitalize enough on their UConn-free schedules lately.
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You talk like you guys win every game when we play.
 
zls44 said:
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.
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If that was their only objective, Providence would not have made the investments in basketball facilities they did in recent years.

However, seeing that they've given up on Catholicism, maybe they had nothing else worthwhile on which to spend their money.
 
UConniki said:
Not even close, PC always gave UCONN a hard time even in the champion years and won more than their fair share.
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Well since it's "fair share" would be zero... yeah.
 
Deepster said:
They would give a nut to be what we are/were the last 30 years.
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But they would never admit it. Even in the confessional.

They forget how long it's been since the Marvin and Ernie show. Then again, most of them weren't alive then. But it's been a long time since Otis Thorpe, too.
 
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MuchoDogYears said:
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.
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That was 44 years (308 dog years!) ago. They may hang their hats on it, but most of them certainly can't remember it.
 
pj said:
If that was their only objective, Providence would not have made the investments in basketball facilities they did in recent years.

However, seeing that they've given up on Catholicism, maybe they had nothing else worthwhile on which to spend their money.
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When we had crappy facilities we had hard nose players. Now we have pampered soft ones. Burn the damn practice facility to the ground for all I care. Nap pods, hyperbaric chambers and a barber shop. Good grief.
 
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