Providence Game 2
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Avon Barksdale
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we shot 51% from the floor and 59 % (10/17) on threes. it was also pre injury for Harrison - he had 20.
assuming Jordan doesnt play, or is injured and limited, and Harrison is still injured, this will be a very tough game for us.
I dont buy the short turnaround for them either - they will leave tonight after their game with DePaul and do the normal walk through tomorrow.
they also have what may be the conference's nicest non-league win, a 75-74 W over Notre Dame.
Tough spot for us, and it doesnt get easier next week going to Butler
assuming Jordan doesnt play, or is injured and limited, and Harrison is still injured, this will be a very tough game for us.
I dont buy the short turnaround for them either - they will leave tonight after their game with DePaul and do the normal walk through tomorrow.
they also have what may be the conference's nicest non-league win, a 75-74 W over Notre Dame.
Tough spot for us, and it doesnt get easier next week going to Butler
Maybe we should hope not. Remember in Norms last year it was the prevailing thought that we must root against the team because it was doomed unless Norm got fired. That was tough. The last game Norm coached was a top notch first round NIT loss to Memphis. No kidding, it was a great game and I could not root against those kids. Well Norm got the boot, and here we are.
REDfan55555
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OK seriously in retrospect this situation isn't completely done yet. We have two bad losses and one good win. If we can get some momentum we have a chance to get right back into conversation for the tourney.
I do understand how our situation is spirit killing, but we aren't a completely cashed team, and its not time to start thinking of the BE tourney as our only hope. Realistically no team has completely dominated us in BE play and we have really only been a few buckets away from winning half of our BE losses.
Don't forget that we started BE play last year 2-6 with a mediocre non conference schedule and we almost qualified by the end. Don't give up just yet. Though it is still likely to be a long 6 weeks.
Pray4change
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Well johnny fannies with the season on the brink of bustardoville and the providence friars coming to town to play in front of 3000 (quiet) fans at the Worlds most famous arena, we face a more talented and deeper team tomorrow that will be looking for revenge. With rasheed questionable and d angelo still not 100% the game outcome is predictable. For johnny fans looking for some hope and a tonic for depression the antidote doesn't come saturday against the friars of providence. Steve lavin who is quite the virtuous person has not been able to bring the program to the level hoped. Stay thirsty my friends stay thirsty.
beast of the east
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So, in your opinion, within just 7 days, the 12,000 "loyal" johnny fans, including at least 2,000 students, who showed up to outscream a large Duke contingent, will now stay home - either disinterested or pouting. As far as I can tell, Lavin, whose coaching abilities I am ambivalent of, is a lot more loyal to his players and this program, than our win-starved fans. Give me Creighton fans any day, who filled an arena with positive energy despite a 9 (NINE) game losing streak and a season already in the dumper.
Well said Beast. (Big thumbs up)
I'm not gonna give Lavin a pat on the back for being loyal. If we payed each fan millions of dollars they'd show up to every game. So it's not like Lavin deserves applause for sticking with the team he was hired to stick with.
beast of the east
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Jack, everyone gives credit well deserved to Harrison for turning it around. Harrison gives Harrison the blame for being the jerk who deserved to get booted. Coach K likely would have booted him. You know, loyalty has little to do with how much you are earning, and once you have a career you will understand that the best managers are loyal to the people below him who earn far less. Our fans get so damned hung up on Lavin's salary. Look if we don't win, if he was making NR money, he gets fired. And if we win, his salary is irrelevant. I wish we'd just judge him on performance - the salary is none of our business because very few fans are kicking in big time to pay it.
I still don't understand why he deserves credit. He was paid to do a service for our basketball team and he's in the midst of attempting to do a good job. I don't need to have a job to understand that if your are getting payed a lot of money, and probably won't get hired elsewhere, then you probably won't leave your current job. Only other job he would get is his espn or fox job and believe me he doesn't wanna show his face around espn again without making a tournament with his own players. All his credibility will be gone.
Lavin is a lot of things and he could talk his way out of anything but he hasn't really done anything that gives me the impression he's a loyal person.