Providence (MSG), Sat., Feb. 1, 12 NOON, CBSSN

[SJU2000alum15]

Kadary was dead tired at that point he had to try to get him a breather and maybe that little rest gave Kadary the legs to hit the Game winner.

 

[ras]

Now that Smith is back bring Wilcher off the bench…. Sparingly. Say what you want about the good aspects of Wilcher’s game but if we had a shooting guard who could actually shoot, we would have some leeway against mediocre teams like PC.
Thank God Smith is available again.

The problem is ,IMO, his shoulder injury is affecting his shooting, poor shooting numbers today. Maybe he should play more of a pg role and be very selective w his shots.

 

[SJUWillRockNYC]

Exactly. Some times guys just get hot. Take the W and move on.

That's why you stick them like glue.

Knock off their little fantasy of them thinking they're MJ in the Garden doing the TAKE OVER on the court.

 

[MugCostanza]

Dropped from 14th to 19th on KenPom

 

[mkras99]

It was halfway thru the second half, up 19, and I said well, we should put in Vinvet, Prey and Glover here.

Rick did just that (minus Prey) and that unit promptly gave back 10 points.

So he put the starters back in and I figured that would stop the bleeding but instead Providence just kept hitting shots.

All the moves were the right ones, it just blew up on us. As you say, weird. A "stuff happens" situation. Everything was according to plan until then.

Yes - thankfully we won. Just such an odd game.

 

[SJU61982]

Did they ask Rick about the bizarre Scott for Kadary sub with 2:40 to go?

I thought he took Kadary out with something like 4:10 left. He was trying to get him a blow around the media TO. Unfortunately, we couldn't get to the whistle.

As soon as the clock got under 4 minutes, he sent Kadary to the table, and he was stuck there for like a minute and a half. He came back in after the TO.

 

[sjc88]

That's why you stick them like glue.

Knock off their little fantasy of them thinking they're MJ in the Garden doing the TAKE OVER on the court.

I wasn’t quite thinking Jordan…Reggie Miller was coming to mind.

 

[Beasts of the East]

Don’t get your point Beast. At the time he was poor and out of shape and I’m sure the perception of him being lazy was due to his being out of shape. However, considering his NIL at the time, that was inexcusable and criticism was justified.

That being said, I’m sure we are all happy he has gotten himself in shape and what a difference it has made, but calling out posters for criticizing him back then is not justified.

My opinion then and now is a new team is an adjustment. This is the most talented team Kadary has been on, and when they play very fast is out of his element a bit.

So we noticed he sometimes wasn't chasing the break especially when he rebounds, or laid back on offense and was content for others to score.

I wouldn't call that lazy, and a bit of it was not taking the reigns as our best player.

But today was a prime example of how important Kadary is to our halfcourt game. We couldn't run effectively, couldn't control the boards, but Kadary and Luis our only reliable options.

That's all. Not out of shape. Not disinterested. And sure as hell not lazy.

 

[kranmars]

In almost any other year, SJU loses this game.

This is a good reminder to the team as Marquette comes in next to keep the foot on the pedal. Yes, PC hit some remarkable threes, but SJU was sloppy.

 

[Beasts of the East]

What do you think the outcome would be with 33 seconds to play and our ball with Anderson, Mullin, Lavin, or Roberts as coach?

Don't answer. I know already.

 

[firestorm]

It seems less relevant these days, but I'm curious if there were any recruits in the building. Nothing like the magic of MSG when SJU is rolling.

 

[SJUWillRockNYC]

In almost any other year, SJU loses this game.

This is a good reminder to the team as Marquette comes in next to keep the foot on the pedal. Yes, PC hit some remarkable threes, but SJU was sloppy.

Maybe SJU's the game was over and looking ahead, just a possibility.

That's a reminder not to get to happy until the game is a lock.

Say up 19 with 2minutes to go.

 

[bamafan]

It seems less relevant these days, but I'm curious if there were any recruits in the building. Nothing like the magic of MSG when SJU is rolling.

Probably not because they were busy playing their own games around the country

 

[firestorm]

Probably not because they were busy playing their own games around the country

Ha. I guess the underclassmen on the Providence roster count.

 

[espken]

My one peeve today was RJ and Deivon constantly chirping at the officials. It seemed for the entire game. Hopefully addressed and worry more about getting back on defense.

 

[NCJohnnie]

So glad we won when I was there since we lost the one game I went to last year at Barclays. Would have worried I was a jinx if
if we lost today!

 

[ChiTown Red]

The last seven or so minutes of that game defensively was an absolute abortion. Horrible job of getting out on their shooters, and they were flat lazy in their effort. Thank heavens for Luis and Richmond offensively down the stretch. You don't throw back wins, but this is not one that will be framed. Hope this helps focus the effort for the next four games - they will need to be significantly better to win any of those games. Pitino has a lot of coaching tape to use from today's game.

 

[paultzman]

 

[Ceewho]

Torvik had us at 14.7 pt favorites so I'm not surprised. We're at home and Providence isn't a good team. K-State has a higher Kenpom than them, as does Butler, Notre Dame, San Francisco, Georgetown, Nevada and St. Joe's -- just to name a half dozen.

 

[lawmanfan]

Did they ask Rick about the bizarre Scott for Kadary sub with 2:40 to go?

That was also the correct move that got affected by weirdness. Rick took him out at 4:10 thinking to put him back at first stoppage under 4. But that didn't come until 2 minutes and change left. Which worked out fine, Kadary was fresh enough to go win the game for us