@#19 Connecticut, Fri., Feb. 7, 8p, FOX

[Fizzy]

Scratch that we are -4 -110. Guess the money swinging...

 

[MugCostanza]

I was watching the Saint Mary's at San Francisco game that started at 9pm Eastern last night and Ayers was on the whistle for that one. Cross country flight this morning to be in CT for this game tonight.

 

[vegasman2000]

What was wrong with Villanova’s old Arena ? It wasn’t that old , I thought .

Maybe 25_-30 years old ? Gee , they must have $$$$ .

They needed to spend that national championship money

 

[lycidas]

Finneran Pavilion was refurbished. Not a new arena. (Still cost multiple millions).

 

[mattc]

Scratch that we are -4 -110. Guess the money swinging...

We are +4…

 

[Eric]

Who is pumped for this????? LETS GO!!!!!

 

[Queens_Ball]

Hopeful but a little nervous about this one…

UConn has been resting and scouting all week. Our guys have played 3 games in 6 days and there’s no way they don’t feel the defensive intensity of the Marquette game late in this one. Could be walking into a bit of a hornets nest. Crowd will be extremely loud, Hurley will be flipping out, they have McNeeley back…Can’t get off to one of our awful starts. If we start 2-15 from the field or something stupid again and they hit a few threes the crowd will get behind them and unlike some of the other teams we fell behind early UConn is capable of putting us in a hole we can’t climb back from.

That said I love the way this SJU team matches up with almost anyone they face and I fully trust that Pitino wants this one. He won’t let the guys come in soft like they’re playing with house money. Unlike past teams this one seems to respond well on the road. Getting this one on the road is a tough task but would be huge. Go beat UConn

 

[Eric]

Not sure if I want us to jump out to a nice lead and then the fans worry for every little run for UConn to comeback. Stay toe to toe with them and pull away. Or be down and then come back and steal one.

What I do know is this. We got the important Marquette win out of the way. If we lost that game then what serious pressure and angst for us fans (not the team) with this game.

We are dogs. So technically not expected to win. I do know we can win this. So let the chips fall as they may.

 

[SJUWillRockNYC]

Who is pumped for this????? LETS GO!!!!!

You know I am, Hurley I call clown boy.

F'ing Norman Bates.

 

[Section3]

You cannot compare Marquette and Uconn. Uconn is the much better team.

We are going to have to play alot better than we did tonight to beat Uconn.

Lets hope we rest up and bring our A game on Friday night.

We are better than UCONN.

 

[Redenbacher]

anyone here makin the trip tonight?

I'd like to think the friend of Pitino's who wears the red checkered blazer and trolled Hurley at last year's BE Tourney game will be there in the front row! But that's probably asking too much of him.

 

[NCJohnnie]

Hopeful but a little nervous about this one…

UConn has been resting and scouting all week. Our guys have played 3 games in 6 days and there’s no way they don’t feel the defensive intensity of the Marquette game late in this one. Could be walking into a bit of a hornets nest. Crowd will be extremely loud, Hurley will be flipping out, they have McNeeley back…Can’t get off to one of our awful starts. If we start 2-15 from the field or something stupid again and they hit a few threes the crowd will get behind them and unlike some of the other teams we fell behind early UConn is capable of putting us in a hole we can’t climb back from.

That said I love the way this SJU team matches up with almost anyone they face and I fully trust that Pitino wants this one. He won’t let the guys come in soft like they’re playing with house money. Unlike past teams this one seems to respond well on the road. Getting this one on the road is a tough task but would be huge. Go beat UConn

Agree - we won't come out flat. If we lose this one will be case of UCONN shooting well from three and/or unfavorable whistle throughout.

 

[nettles]

I would feel much better about this if we had some one or two off the bench who could score.

 

[panther2]

Finneran Pavilion was refurbished. Not a new arena. (Still cost multiple millions).

Once you get past the first level, there are no seats, only concrete slabs. Not impressed with Finneran at all.

 

[espken]

 

[SJUWillRockNYC]

I was watching the Saint Mary's at San Francisco game that started at 9pm Eastern last night and Ayers was on the whistle for that one. Cross country flight this morning to be in CT for this game tonight.

Didn't each conference have their own refs?

 

[Mullins Revenge]

My prediction:

St Johns - 77
Uconn - 70

Hurley gets ejected in the 2nd half.

 

[ohiofan]

What kind of beer, old English?

Schaefer, they've been saving for 40 years just for this game

 

[SJUWillRockNYC]

Hopeful but a little nervous about this one…

UConn has been resting and scouting all week. Our guys have played 3 games in 6 days and there’s no way they don’t feel the defensive intensity of the Marquette game late in this one. Could be walking into a bit of a hornets nest. Crowd will be extremely loud, Hurley will be flipping out, they have McNeeley back…Can’t get off to one of our awful starts. If we start 2-15 from the field or something stupid again and they hit a few threes the crowd will get behind them and unlike some of the other teams we fell behind early UConn is capable of putting us in a hole we can’t climb back from.

That said I love the way this SJU team matches up with almost anyone they face and I fully trust that Pitino wants this one. He won’t let the guys come in soft like they’re playing with house money. Unlike past teams this one seems to respond well on the road. Getting this one on the road is a tough task but would be huge. Go beat UConn

Queens_Ball: "Could be walking into a bit of a hornets nest. Crowd will be extremely loud, Hurley will be flipping out, they have McNeeley back…"

Does SJU players really care about all that stuff? Nah, we rolling up 12-13 deep, everyone has each others back, and we won't be backing down, believe that. Punch for punch, lets see who survives in the end.

Ricky has them ready, I'm not worried.

 

[SJUWillRockNYC]

Not sure if I want us to jump out to a nice lead and then the fans worry for every little run for UConn to comeback. Stay toe to toe with them and pull away. Or be down and then come back and steal one.

What I do know is this. We got the important Marquette win out of the way. If we lost that game then what serious pressure and angst for us fans (not the team) with this game.

We are dogs. So technically not expected to win. I do know we can win this. So let the chips fall as they may.

True, that's logic thinking, but for me the 2 most important games of the regular season is uconn, and it doesn't really have to do with UConn bball.

It's the guy on the sideline, I swear he boils my blood like no other, I can't freaking stand him.