(PRE-GAME) Providence, Tue., Feb. 1, 9p, FS-1

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PC difference this year seems steeped in adding two quality guards in Durham & Minaya giving them four solid ones when Reeves healthy & Bynam. The two transfers also really have helped defensively. Durham is very confident now and seems to like taking the big shots. Of course Watson is a load. Should be a tough game but can Johnnies with backs against the wall with anticipated fan support at CA pull this off? Of course, but certainly not an easy task.
 
Mug Costanza post=454062 said:
Andrew post=454059 said:
Providence opened as a 2 point favorite.
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Where'd you see that? I see it opened pickem and is now between SJU -1 to -2 depending on the book

Must have got it backwards.
 
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Kind of interesting that SH is 7 point fav at GT. I would have thought that the line on that game and our game would have been similar. 
 
Monte post=454090 said:
Kind of interesting that SH is 7 point fav at GT. I would have thought that the line on that game and our game would have been similar. 
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Opening lines are essentially determined by the analytic sites like KenPom. All of the analytic sites agree that this Providence team is undoubtedly the most overrated 18-2 team in recent history.

KenPom has Providence as the 47th best team in the country. That's 3 spots behind Seton Hall who is 44th. We're 84th and Georgetown is 168th. The sharps seem to agree with this assessment as our line keeps going up

 
 
Mug Costanza post=454094 said:
Monte post=454090 said:
Kind of interesting that SH is 7 point fav at GT. I would have thought that the line on that game and our game would have been similar. 
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Opening lines are essentially determined by the analytic sites like KenPom. All of the analytic sites agree that this Providence team is undoubtedly the most overrated 18-2 team in recent history.

KenPom has Providence as the 47th best team in the country. That's 3 spots behind Seton Hall who is 44th. We're 84th and Georgetown is 168th. The sharps seem to agree with this assessment as our line keeps going up

 
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Line now at SJU -3.5. Going on the premise that the visiting team automatically gets an extra 3 points, that would put us and PC at pretty much even on a neutral court. I don't see it, but the oddsmakers know what they're doing. Tempting to take the Johnnies. 
 
Monte wrote:

Line now at SJU -3.5. Going on the premise that the visiting team automatically gets an extra 3 points, that would put us and PC at pretty much even on a neutral court. I don't see it, but the oddsmakers know what they're doing. Tempting to take the Johnnies. 

It's almost like the oddsmakers just feel PC is due for a loss. They are one of only a handful of teams in the country with 2 or fewer losses and playing in a conference as tough top to bottom as Big East, it's hard to maintain long winning streaks. Hope they are right here. 
 
NCJohnnie post=454096 said:
Monte wrote:

Line now at SJU -3.5. Going on the premise that the visiting team automatically gets an extra 3 points, that would put us and PC at pretty much even on a neutral court. I don't see it, but the oddsmakers know what they're doing. Tempting to take the Johnnies. 

It's almost like the oddsmakers just feel PC is due for a loss. They are one of only a handful of teams in the country with 2 or fewer losses and playing in a conference as tough top to bottom as Big East, it's hard to maintain long winning streaks. Hope they are right here. 
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Unless someone is out tor PC. The oddmakers always seem to know info like that before the public. Regardless, hope they're right too. 
 
A strange line.  There is no reason to think St johns is almost 4 points better then the 15th ranked team in the nation.  Vegas expects us to play very well tonight.  Maybe they got wind of the pajama stuff.
 
still seeing a load of available seats in the 3rd tier on ticketmaster.... doubt people are shelling out 50$ for those seats on gameday... 

Maybe SJU saved some cardboard cutouts form last season lol....pump in crowd noise... pull out all the stops 
 
Over under on Horchler offensive rebounds = 3.5. Under we win. 
 
Brian3 post=454102 said:
still seeing a load of available seats in the 3rd tier on ticketmaster.... doubt people are shelling out 50$ for those seats on gameday... 

Maybe SJU saved some cardboard cutouts form last season lol....pump in crowd noise... pull out all the stops 
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Most tickets are selling directly from SJU box office.   I'm not sure if the $10 promotion is still in effect.
 
WFAN will play a couple of commercials promoting the game during the Tiki and Tierney Show starting at 10 am 


Would also expect Brandon Tierney to "talk up" the game as well

University pulling out all "stops' to sell out CA.

As an aside, Gio (Boomer and Gio) wearing a St. John's sweatshirt on his program this morning on CBS Sports Network 
 
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We know Tierney does the games and is obviously a supporter from way back, like Bruce Beck, even though not an alum.

Gio (of Boomer and Gio) not an alum either, but his mom is and she took him to games and he is a supporter, although he'd probably bring it up more if we gave him a bit more to talk about.

I wonder if Gio wore the SJU gear today because of the PC game?
 
E-Mail From Mike Cragg......... Our athletics department has purchased a couple of 30-second reads this morning to promote tonight’s Carnesecca After Dark on WFAN with Brandon Tierney & Tiki Barber. 

Let’s see how it sounds…should be good! Here is the live link … click on “live” top right corner. [URL][URL]https://www.audacy.com/wfan[/URL][/url] 

LIVE 30s with Brandon Tierney will be airing during his show today at approximately 10:42am and 12:41pm.

  Great job by Steve Dombroski to get this done … the whole promotions/marketing/ticketing/development/equipment team has been great! See you tonight! Pajama Party tips off at 9 pm!

Students in the doors at 8 pm for Chick fil a … and remember every ticket purchaser in the building is eligible for a $25,000 halfcourt shot prize!
 
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At the start of the Duke-Notre Dame game at ND, the announcers mentioned that it's the first time in either 3 or 4 years that ND has played in front of a packed house. Last year doesn't count, but that's still a long time for them to not sell out an on campus arena at a sports crazy school. Even if BB plays 2nd fiddle to FB.  Granted the arena seats 9K+ so it's a lot bigger then CA, but the reality is that when ND wasn't winning, fans were not showing up nearly as much. Sound familiar??? Another thing; the fans at most of these on campus arenas seem to be predominantly comprised of students and other younger fans(alums?). Why is it that at CA our students make up such a small percentage of the attendance? I mean, younger fans tend to be a lot more vocal and give the home team much more of a home court advantage. When I was a student there was no on-campus housing, so I understood there not being as many students at the games, but that's no excuse now. All I can say is that it seems to be that if the students made up anywhere near the same % of fans as at most other on campus arenas, then we'd have no problem selling out and we'd have a lot more of a home court advantage. IMO that's the demographic that the marketing campaign needs to focus on, not on us old, lazy ass, apathetic fans who've been jaded by the last 20+ years. I suspect that the school is aware of this, it seems like they are taking steps to address it, time will tell it they are successful, 

Mods if you think this subject warrants its own thread, just say so. 
 
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