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UConn picked 4th in preseason BE poll

PC has been to the tournament 5 times since 2014 and still hasn't made a Sweet Sixteen since 1997.

They've had an extra 7 years in the Big East and still only have 2 BET titles.

They aren't even our little brother, they're our foster child.
 
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Willie is just a troll guys. Friar J and pc hoops will talk some hoops. This guy is a jerk.
 
FriarJ said:
How did that work out for you?
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Pretty well, actually...

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Willbball said:
First off, you haven’t been in the league in seven years… Secondly that was a lifetime ago and you have a different team and coach now and system which has fallen down some so don’t go there!
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Lol, I guess seven years is a lifetime ago, if you are 7 years old. Wait, that actually explains your worldview pretty well.
 
I didn’t realize PC fans were this insecure. By UConn standards (national championships), Providence has accomplished nothing in its entire program history.
 
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huskiesNhoos said:
How bout an analogy...that's like saying Kobe doesn't deserve respect and should start on the bench walking into a summer league because he's never played there before

I have no qualms with being picked 4 preseason, in fact I think that's very fair. There are few, if any, on here saying that we should be picked 1 or 2 this year...most are of the opinion that it won't be long before we're there. I'm merely taking issue with your comment that we haven't earned a thing. carry on
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So now your comparing UConn to Kobe Bryant what the ??? -You actually just made my point for me thanks - UConn fans are too high on themselves after being no better than, what, 5th place in the AAC over the last 5-6 years...Seriously can't make this crap up, but you carry on being delusional!
 
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BoukofJames said:
I didn’t realize PC fans were this insecure. By UConn standards (national championships), Providence has accomplished nothing in its entire program history.
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Again, we are discussing this new merge into BE, our rivalry being on again and the fact that UConn has been no better than 5th place in the weak AAC over the last 5 years...What happened the last time we scrimmaged you (2 years ago) or when you guys played our 8th place team Xavior last year...okay let go of your trophy from 7 years ago and live in the now, or is that reality to scary for you all?
 
donyell34 said:
Willie is just a troll guys. Friar J and pc hoops will talk some hoops. This guy is a jerk.
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Just because I disagree with you Dony doesn't make me a troll, I love the rivalry is back on, especially since PC is such a different program now, no longer UConn's little brother...
 
CL82 said:
Lol, I guess seven years is a lifetime ago, if you are 7 years old. Wait, that actually explains your worldview pretty well.
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Can't live in the past man, Calhoun is not walking through that door!!
 
navery12 said:
Got it, so UConn hasn't done anything since the last time they did something. Because even if we pretend KO inherited the championship and don't give him credit, that means Jim Calhoun gets credit and UConn still has 4
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Hell I respected Calhoun, great coach! Tell me your accomplishments in the AAC over the past 5 years, I'll wait...
 
WingU-Conn said:
Not one team has done a single thing in the 2020-21 Big East.
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So your implying UConn will just get better than 19-12 in the weak AAC when they join a much stronger power 5 conference, in your first year not really knowing the landscape, do explain...can't wait for this one...
 
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WingU-Conn said:
PC has been to the tournament 5 times since 2014 and still hasn't made a Sweet Sixteen since 1997.

They've had an extra 7 years in the Big East and still only have 2 BET titles.

They aren't even our little brother, they're our foster child.
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That's actually pretty funny, but the fact is over the past 6 years, with the teams you've had let's be serious...UConn would have been bottom 4 every year in the BE! You now have a very good coach, have done great recruiting some big boys and the future looks brighter, but not yet this season IMO... PC definitely needs to pick up recruiting for future talent...
 
WingU-Conn said:
I inexplicably have been inundated with Mickey Mouse ads on this site. I'm assuming it's because the topic has been Providence basketball.
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Correct, once we win the National Chip we're going to Disney!
 
Be honest, I'm at least making this boring site lively! I can't wait until our teams play, gonna be fun! I do go for all the BE teams in the Tourney unless they're up against PC of course...So at some point, assuming you'll make the dance, I will be pulling for UConn, just saying...
 
Willbball said:
Been there 4 times myself, You? Ahhhh, It's a magical place I must say....
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Very nice of you to visit Disney every time UConn won a championship, you really didn’t need to do that, but I guess you can’t wait forever if you really wanted to go.
 
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Willbball said:
That's actually pretty funny, but the fact is over the past 6 years, with the teams you've had let's be serious...UConn would have been bottom 4 every year in the BE! You now have a very good coach, have done great recruiting some big boys and the future looks brighter, but not yet this season IMO... PC definitely needs to pick up recruiting for future talent...
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If we're being honest, UConn's results the last 5 years have been awful for UConn. If PC had those same results, they'd be just another random 5 years for PC.
 
Willbball said:
Can't live in the past man, Calhoun is not walking through that door!!
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Lol, yeah six years since our last natty is a lifetime, ... to a six year old.
 
WingU-Conn said:
If we're being honest, UConn's results the last 5 years have been awful for UConn. If PC had those same results, they'd be just another random 5 years for PC.
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And to add to what you said, PC without the cache that Uconn has would have turned into ECU because no recruits would have ever considered playing for them and be in the AAC as well.
 
Willbball said:
So your implying UConn will just get better than 19-12 in the weak AAC when they join a much stronger power 5 conference, in your first year not really knowing the landscape, do explain...can't wait for this one...
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So you're implying that the players from the Big East and UConn last year are all coming back next year? And there are zero newcomers to any of the programs? Also, no coaching changes? So you're saying that baskets, fouls, assists, rebounds, wins and losses that were recorded last year are counted this year?

Do explain...can't wait for this one...
 
Imagine if there was some sort of moving pictures of past games that could be saved and shared so that our coaches could watch Big East teams to see how they play.

We could call them, "videos" and maybe refer to the process as "scouting". That way we could "know the landscape".

I really think there might be some value to this. Anyone (besides Chief) have an in with the coaching staff?
 
Willbball said:
Hell I respected Calhoun, great coach! Tell me your accomplishments in the AAC over the past 5 years, I'll wait...
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1 National Championship.

Coincidentally, that's 1 more than PC has. In PC's lifetime.
 
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If you want a "Blue Blood" other than UConn to compare our past 6 years to, look at North Carolina from 1998-2003. 5 times over that 6 year time frame they had double digit losses and missed the NCAA tournament a couple of times as well. This all happened because they made a bad hire (Doherty). UNC had 78 losses in those 6 seasons. Ironically, Kevin Ollie had 79 losses in his 6 seasons at UConn. It only took Roy Williams 2 seasons to completely turn that ship around and I don't expect it will take Hurley that much longer. One thing you PC fans may not realize is that we KNOW what good basketball looks like because we've watched a lot of our teams win championships or come close and fall short. We KNEW we sucked for the past 4-5 years and we needed a coaching change and we KNOW what we saw last year and what we have coming in this year. We also know the Big East because we carried that league (back when it was much tougher than it is now) for almost 25 years. PC should be thanking us for the promotion they got when we ended up in the crap AAC conference. You're now demoted back down to where you should be (even though you think you're somehow the class of the Big East now). If you want to take bets on who will have a better record in the Big East over the next 3 years please PM me and we can exchange information.
 
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The talk in the @BIGEASTMBB is that @NovaMBB & @BluejayMBB will be the class of the @BigEast but let me tell u @PCFriarsmbb have a strong nucleus returning . Coach Ed Cooley has always had his teams play with passion . Don’t sleep on the Friars.
 
Hurleyman216 said:
If you want a "Blue Blood" other than UConn to compare our past 6 years to, look at North Carolina from 1998-2003. 5 times over that 6 year time frame they had double digit losses and missed the NCAA tournament a couple of times as well. This all happened because they made a bad hire (Doherty). UNC had 78 losses in those 6 seasons. Ironically, Kevin Ollie had 79 losses in his 6 seasons at UConn. It only took Roy Williams 2 seasons to completely turn that ship around and I don't expect it will take Hurley that much longer. One thing you PC fans may not realize is that we KNOW what good basketball looks like because we've watched a lot of our teams win championships or come close and fall short. We KNEW we sucked for the past 4-5 years and we needed a coaching change and we KNOW what we saw last year and what we have coming in this year. We also know the Big East because we carried that league (back when it was much tougher than it is now) for almost 25 years. PC should be thanking us for the promotion they got when we ended up in the crap AAC conference. You're now demoted back down to where you should be (even though you think you're somehow the class of the Big East now). If you want to take bets on who will have a better record in the Big East over the next 3 years please PM me and we can exchange information.
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I said you guys are recruiting well right now for the future and we need to catch up some (although our transfers will be great) so why over the next three years, how about this upcoming season, I'll PM you tomorrow with it...
 
Hurleyman216 said:
Very nice of you to visit Disney every time UConn won a championship, you really didn’t need to do that, but I guess you can’t wait forever if you really wanted to go.
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That was really corny...You know like so f'in corny you laugh...
 
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