STJ11Redmen
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Took off work to go. Hopefully they give us a W.
BET Game 1- Providence -Thursday, 2:30pm Fox Sports 1
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Room, your right, we never do. Most likely part of the game the guys can control is D. They must be dedicated to playing the best D they have ever played. CO needs to play but might not be at his best. The others must pick him up. Contest the entry pass, and keep guys out of the lane. If they come out oh hum, gonna be the same old..
b.c.redman
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Tir Na Nog at 8th and 33rd
The 2:30pm tip kills me. First home game I'll miss all year. I have to find a way to make the salary without having to show up for work. Fortunately, I should be able to have the 2nd half on in my office.......door closed......hold all calls!
Not sure if they can do anything about this, but I am sure there are plenty of people ready to buy a ticket but have to work at that time. (maybe add a day?)
Not sure if they can do anything about this, but I am sure there are plenty of people ready to buy a ticket but have to work at that time. (maybe add a day?)
Last year I missed our game against providence in the bet. That's why we lost. So I'm going home this time
I'm not sure what you're talking about Avon (nor do I want to know) - Google chrome? - but extremely nice of you to share the suggestion for those who are apparently "FS1 Google chrome IE" savvy..
) .......as to sports and indeed life clichés, proverbs, theories well they run the gamut:xs and os are important
in game adjustments are the key
motivation and charisma are the best
Putting the right kids in the right place makes it
Letting the athletic kids have free reign...
Running a tight ship
Recruiting carefully
Taking chances w/ marginally qualified players
run and gun
playing under control
Left brain analysis
Right brain creativity
you can throw that out the window
dandy diaper Baby!!! ( as Dickie trickie V)
we older parents have changed enough diapers
"whatever"
Let's get serious
It's only a fn game
many a tear will fall but it's all in the game (the great NKC)
forgedaahbbouditt
Let's just get some Ws this week! Hey?
to me this game is more important for the purpose of overall team morale rather than how it affects our seeding. Nobody wants to back into the tourney 0-2, especially when you consider our lack of success in the BE tourney in recent years. The overall level of excitement around the program and fanbase if we are playing on Friday night will be at an all time high under Lav. Let's make that happen by teaching PC a lesson for the third time after they ruined our 2013-14 season!
Really excited for this week, my favorite on the sports calendar. Providence is a significant test as a good team we've already beaten twice and which ended our tournament hopes in this same game last year. Doesn't get any better than that in the quarters of the BET. Would love one more crack at Nova, in the Garden, with our full complement on Friday night.
As this team tries to make these next two weeks (and hopefully three!) a lot of fun, I hope our kids don't press and allow the game come to them as they have for the last 5 weeks and counting now.
In particular I hope PGIV stays within himself. He has turned himself into an absolutely lethal 3 point shooter, and is having the best year of his career in a landslide. But he seems to be the one guy who too often tries to stray from what he can do, likely the result of being asked to play out of position for a number of years combined with favorite player status from the coach. He tries to play-make off the bounce for his own shot, and it often results in a lot of east/west or even in-place dribbling, followed by a contested jumper with his feet on or just inside the three-point line.
It mattered not in the game, but he did this 4 times in the first half alone vs. Nova and what it amounts to is an empty possession or a turnover, whatever you want to call it. Arcidiacano, not exactly known for locking up 2 guards, even stone-walled him 17 feet from the basket and ripped it right out of his hands at one point.
I don't say this for the sake of being critical. I say this because the one thing we have in spades is play-makers. I don't know if there is another team in the conference that has four guys who can generate dribble pen the way Jordan, Harrison, Pointer, and Branch can. The one thing we don't have a lot of is knockdown jumpshooters. Phil proved himself to be the best marksmen in conference play this year. This is the time of year where any inefficiency, even to the tune of 4-5 possessions, can really be the difference between W/L. This is one area we could easily fine tune by doing what makes logical sense based upon skill sets.
As this team tries to make these next two weeks (and hopefully three!) a lot of fun, I hope our kids don't press and allow the game come to them as they have for the last 5 weeks and counting now.
In particular I hope PGIV stays within himself. He has turned himself into an absolutely lethal 3 point shooter, and is having the best year of his career in a landslide. But he seems to be the one guy who too often tries to stray from what he can do, likely the result of being asked to play out of position for a number of years combined with favorite player status from the coach. He tries to play-make off the bounce for his own shot, and it often results in a lot of east/west or even in-place dribbling, followed by a contested jumper with his feet on or just inside the three-point line.
It mattered not in the game, but he did this 4 times in the first half alone vs. Nova and what it amounts to is an empty possession or a turnover, whatever you want to call it. Arcidiacano, not exactly known for locking up 2 guards, even stone-walled him 17 feet from the basket and ripped it right out of his hands at one point.
I don't say this for the sake of being critical. I say this because the one thing we have in spades is play-makers. I don't know if there is another team in the conference that has four guys who can generate dribble pen the way Jordan, Harrison, Pointer, and Branch can. The one thing we don't have a lot of is knockdown jumpshooters. Phil proved himself to be the best marksmen in conference play this year. This is the time of year where any inefficiency, even to the tune of 4-5 possessions, can really be the difference between W/L. This is one area we could easily fine tune by doing what makes logical sense based upon skill sets.
TX Redman
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Tough challenges for Friars, Rams this week
KEVIN MCNAMARA
It’s time to scramble for those Amtrak tickets and New York City subway tokens. Championship Week in New York City is upon us.
Providence College and University of Rhode Island basketball fans will be flooding the city beginning on Thursday and hoping for a weekend-long stay. For the first time in forever, the Friars and Rams are both contenders to win their conference tournaments. They’re also contenders to be on their way home before the clock strikes midnight on Friday but, hey, optimism reigns.
The Friars will get things started on Thursday afternoon at Madison Square Garden when they face St. John’s. This is an awful matchup for Ed Cooley’s team. Steve Lavin’s crew of seasoned players has never tasted a Big East title or an NCAA Tournament spot and has played desperate for the last month. The Storm came to Providence and drilled 3-pointers from everywhere en route to a 83-70 win. The rematch at the Garden on Jan. 31 went to SJU as well, 75-66.
Don’t believe in the tired sports axiom that it’s really hard to beat a team three times in the same season. If you’re better, you would like to play someone 10 times. Thus far, the Red Storm’s D’Angelo Harrison, Sir’Dominic Pointer and friends have had their way with the Friars and probably can’t wait for the game to start. It’s up to the Friars to find a way to defend the explosive Storm much better than they have in the two regular-season losses.
PC’s Big East tourney path is a minefield. If the Friars survive the Storm, they are lined up to face top-seeded Villanova. The Cats rolled a St. John’s team down two starters with minor injuries, 105-68, on Saturday and look like they could cruise to the crown at MSG. We shall see.
If the Friars can play their way into Friday’s semifinals, it would set up a doozy of a Rhode Island hoop doubleheader. The truly crazed could watch the 7 p.m. game at the Garden, rush downstairs and catch a subway to Brooklyn for the Barclays Center and Atlantic 10 quarterfinals. The third-seeded Rhody Rams will play at 9 p.m., most likely against George Washington. The Colonials will face the winner of a Duquesne-Saint Louis first round game on Thursday for the right to tip off against Dan Hurley’s team.
Like Providence, URI does not have an easy road in Brooklyn. GW (20-11) has a slew of veterans and was expected to contend for the A-10 title after playing in the NCAA Tournament last year. The Colonials started 16-4 but finished 4-7. URI scratched out a 59-55 win over GW at the Ryan Center in the only meeting of the teams this season and a similar grind-it-out game should unfold if the Colonials make it to Friday night.
If the Rams move on to the semifinals, they could run into second-seeded Dayton. The Flyers gave the Rams their only stiff beating of the Atlantic 10 season just last week, 75-59. Can you say payback?
Read more:http://friartownhoops.proboards.com...-2015-bracket-discussion?page=3#ixzz3TuU2VKyJ
KEVIN MCNAMARA
It’s time to scramble for those Amtrak tickets and New York City subway tokens. Championship Week in New York City is upon us.
Providence College and University of Rhode Island basketball fans will be flooding the city beginning on Thursday and hoping for a weekend-long stay. For the first time in forever, the Friars and Rams are both contenders to win their conference tournaments. They’re also contenders to be on their way home before the clock strikes midnight on Friday but, hey, optimism reigns.
The Friars will get things started on Thursday afternoon at Madison Square Garden when they face St. John’s. This is an awful matchup for Ed Cooley’s team. Steve Lavin’s crew of seasoned players has never tasted a Big East title or an NCAA Tournament spot and has played desperate for the last month. The Storm came to Providence and drilled 3-pointers from everywhere en route to a 83-70 win. The rematch at the Garden on Jan. 31 went to SJU as well, 75-66.
Don’t believe in the tired sports axiom that it’s really hard to beat a team three times in the same season. If you’re better, you would like to play someone 10 times. Thus far, the Red Storm’s D’Angelo Harrison, Sir’Dominic Pointer and friends have had their way with the Friars and probably can’t wait for the game to start. It’s up to the Friars to find a way to defend the explosive Storm much better than they have in the two regular-season losses.
PC’s Big East tourney path is a minefield. If the Friars survive the Storm, they are lined up to face top-seeded Villanova. The Cats rolled a St. John’s team down two starters with minor injuries, 105-68, on Saturday and look like they could cruise to the crown at MSG. We shall see.
If the Friars can play their way into Friday’s semifinals, it would set up a doozy of a Rhode Island hoop doubleheader. The truly crazed could watch the 7 p.m. game at the Garden, rush downstairs and catch a subway to Brooklyn for the Barclays Center and Atlantic 10 quarterfinals. The third-seeded Rhody Rams will play at 9 p.m., most likely against George Washington. The Colonials will face the winner of a Duquesne-Saint Louis first round game on Thursday for the right to tip off against Dan Hurley’s team.
Like Providence, URI does not have an easy road in Brooklyn. GW (20-11) has a slew of veterans and was expected to contend for the A-10 title after playing in the NCAA Tournament last year. The Colonials started 16-4 but finished 4-7. URI scratched out a 59-55 win over GW at the Ryan Center in the only meeting of the teams this season and a similar grind-it-out game should unfold if the Colonials make it to Friday night.
If the Rams move on to the semifinals, they could run into second-seeded Dayton. The Flyers gave the Rams their only stiff beating of the Atlantic 10 season just last week, 75-59. Can you say payback?
Read more:http://friartownhoops.proboards.com...-2015-bracket-discussion?page=3#ixzz3TuU2VKyJ
JackofVirginia
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Didn't we play zone against them at the garden? Of course we have to keep a close eye on Henton's 3's. The zone should keep Dunn out of the lane. Don't remember what the Friars played last time but we had wide open threes.
ManhattAn1
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IF Seton Hall wins this is the same exact afternoon session as last year.
I will tell you one think it was completely embarassing in regards to the lack of St. John's fans at the game. I hope that changes this year with this team a lock for the NCAA.
I will tell you one think it was completely embarassing in regards to the lack of St. John's fans at the game. I hope that changes this year with this team a lock for the NCAA.
Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend. But one of my sons and his wife will be there; both Redmen fans. And my younger son will try to fly up from Dallas for the game. Another huge St. John's fan. They'll more than make up for my absence.
Let's Go Redmen!
At last year’s game, seemed like a pro-Providence crowd; the team did not give the SJU fans that were there much to cheer about either.