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Villanova at Providence

Who will win tonight?

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UConnSwag11 said:
It's most likely to come down to winning percentage
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All sites list PC first with the higher percentage. It just seemed odd that CBS repeated that nova was in first place.

PC - @ Butler, Xavier, Creighton, @ Nova'
Nova - Georgetown, @ UCONN, PC, @ Butler
UCONN - SHU, Xavier, Nova, @ Georgetown, @ Creighton, DePaul
Creighton - @ DePaul, Marquette, @ SJU, @ PC, UCONN, SHU
 
August_West said:
No offensive flow? There were 173 points scored in the game. I believe the vegas O/U line was 129.5 and it was smashed. That is a stange take.
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So there are 53 foul shots between the 2 teams and Providence shot 21% from 3. What I’m saying is that yes they scored points and a lot of them are layups, putbacks and foul shots on both sides. It was fight club with a ball. There were 43 fouls and they probably should have called another 10.
 
Friars1917 said:
Remember when you lost by double digits to this same team without Justin Moore, and minus Gillespie for the majority of 2H? I'm actually pleasantly surprised by the rest of this thread. 90% of posters here are calling a spade a spade saying it was a great game between two great teams.
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A UConn fan might comment on the relevance of one game by pointing out how UConn was slaughtered by Louisville in the 2014 AAC tournament and went on to win it's Fourth National Championship.
 
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bendm said:
it has to since they wont play the same number of games

if they both win out PC finishes 15-2 (.88) and Nova finishes 17-3 (.85)

PC still controls their own destiny
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PC does control its own destiny BUT since they play each other it's not possible for both to win out.
 
Kolumbo said:
All sites list PC first with the higher percentage. It just seemed odd that CBS repeated that nova was in first place.

PC - @ Butler, Xavier, Creighton, @ Nova'
Nova - Georgetown, @ UCONN, PC, @ Butler
UCONN - SHU, Xavier, Nova, @ Georgetown, @ Creighton, DePaul
Creighton - @ DePaul, Marquette, @ SJU, @ PC, UCONN, SHU
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No reason we can’t go 5-1 in that stretch. We control our own destiny too. Us getting third and nova winning the conference is great for us
 
Tenspro2002 said:
Yup, it's the Seattle Legion of Boom defense strategy, basically taunting/daring the refs "you can't call it every time".
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If they had any stones they'd call them fouls right off the bat and set the tone by putting his behind on the bench with two quick fouls in the opening minutes. There just is no excuse for that contact let alone the shoulder throwing which almost borders on a deliberate flagrant foul. This should be directed to the league office in private and if that doesn't work the hell with the fines and go to the press. It really looks bad for the whole league like the game/line is fixed. I don't think anyone wants this but that's what it really looks like and it is very biased in an otherwise great league. I don't ever remember ANYONE getting that many consistent passes by refs.
 
I know Hurley will talk to the refs before your game about this. All Big East coaches talk to them about it. The refs unfortunately never do anything about it. Arcidiacono, Brunson, and now Gillespie. They are very good at this and it's unfortunate it's not called on them while it is called on other teams. It's illegal to push a defender who has position a foot off of you with your forearm.
 
FriarJ said:
I know Hurley will talk to the refs before your game about this. All Big East coaches talk to them about it. The refs unfortunately never do anything about it. Arcidiacono, Brunson, and now Gillespie. They are very good at this and it's unfortunate it's not called on them while it is called on other teams. It's illegal to push a defender who has position a foot off of you with your forearm.
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Obvious offensive fouling.
 
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Friars1917 said:
Remember when you lost by double digits to this same team without Justin Moore, and minus Gillespie for the majority of 2H? I'm actually pleasantly surprised by the rest of this thread. 90% of posters here are calling a spade a spade saying it was a great game between two great teams.
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Coming to another UConn's message board to talk s*"t when your coach has won ONE NCAA Tournament game in 15 seasons is ballsy, especially when UConn has won 2 National Championships and been to another Final 4 in that same span. Even though UConn was down in recent years, they still have a total of 20 NCAA tournament wins since Cooley has been a Head Coach.

Providence and Cooley need to do more than win a bunch of regular season games to really impress anyone.
 
FriarJ said:
I know Hurley will talk to the refs before your game about this. All Big East coaches talk to them about it. The refs unfortunately never do anything about it. Arcidiacono, Brunson, and now Gillespie. They are very good at this and it's unfortunate it's not called on them while it is called on other teams. It's illegal to push a defender who has position a foot off of you with your forearm.
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That should be exhibit "A" to the league office.
 
As a Nova fan I feel no sympathy for any of your complaints about Gillespie. You’ve had your fair share of players get the benefit of the doubt from the refs. The biggest one being Shabazz who was constantly rewarded for flopping. Anytime someone breathed on him he’d whip his head back and get a cheap foul called.

Great players take advantage of what the refs give them. And like some of your smart fans have been saying, the refs won’t call it against Gillespie so you better get used to it
 
Flop said:
As a Nova fan I feel no sympathy for any of your complaints about Gillespie. You’ve had your fair share of players get the benefit of the doubt from the refs. The biggest one being Shabazz who was constantly rewarded for flopping. Anytime someone breathed on him he’d whip his head back and get a cheap foul called.

Great players take advantage of what the refs give them. And like some of your smart fans have been saying, the refs won’t call it against Gillespie so you better get used to it
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Post/handle
 
Flop said:
The biggest one being Shabazz who was constantly rewarded for flopping. Anytime someone breathed on him he’d whip his head back and get a cheap foul called.
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He learned that from Kemba. :)

Asking generally to the board, why is the arm bar never called a foul? In soccer they teach kids at a young age to do that and as long as you just keep your arm out in the same possession and not push by extending the arm further, it is not called a foul. Is it similar in basketball or is that a foul? Would seem to be a foul just as much as using any other part of your body to create space.
 
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Flop said:
As a Nova fan I feel no sympathy for any of your complaints about Gillespie. You’ve had your fair share of players get the benefit of the doubt from the refs. The biggest one being Shabazz who was constantly rewarded for flopping. Anytime someone breathed on him he’d whip his head back and get a cheap foul called.

Great players take advantage of what the refs give them. And like some of your smart fans have been saying, the refs won’t call it against Gillespie so you better get used to it
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Neat. Thanks.
 
Flop said:
As a Nova fan I feel no sympathy for any of your complaints about Gillespie. You’ve had your fair share of players get the benefit of the doubt from the refs. The biggest one being Shabazz who was constantly rewarded for flopping. Anytime someone breathed on him he’d whip his head back and get a cheap foul called.

Great players take advantage of what the refs give them. And like some of your smart fans have been saying, the refs won’t call it against Gillespie so you better get used to it
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Completely different from jabbing the defender with an elbow or extending a forearm.
 
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