Providence Game
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Exactly. Time to take advantage of an opportunity for a change. Beat a respectable team on the road and upset a ranked team on Sunday. Do that & we are entitled to be hopeful. Less than that, please refrain from BS about "winning BE Tourney on our home court". Now or never week!
Completely agreed. This is a real opportunity for this team - a chance to get to 14-9 with 8 to play. They've set themselves up with their play the last 2 weeks, and can establish legitimacy with a win tonight. Then you have four days to get ready for a showdown with Creighton on a court where we are, for whatever reason, a different team.
Which is my primary concern tonight - our road inconsistency. Much better against Butler and Creighton, hopefully we can keep it going in that direction. This is a fork in the road game.
I do not like the comparisons to 10/11 because they were different teams with different expectations and had seasons which took different arcs, but this one kind of feels like that @Cincy game when we were, coincidentally, a similar 14-9. I remember that feeling like a game they had to have, a winnable game on the road against a direct competitor and similarly situated team. That win set them up to go after @Marquette and home Pitt in their next 2, and that's really where that season was completely changed.
flyerlax06
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Man you guys are a lot more confident than I expected. It should be noted that when we lost to Marquette (double digit score not really indicative of how close it actually was) we almost won the game after scoring 14 points in the first half. Marquette may not be as good as you think, especially on the road and on a quick turnaround. The Friars have also never won at Marquette so there may be some mental block with the Bradley Center.
This Providence team isn't going to blow people out. This game will be a grinding low 60's type contest. You can mark Cotton down for 20+ and Henton for 15+ but after that it's kind of a mystery. Harris and Batts played well against you guys in Queens but they have both been up and down.
This Providence team isn't going to blow people out. This game will be a grinding low 60's type contest. You can mark Cotton down for 20+ and Henton for 15+ but after that it's kind of a mystery. Harris and Batts played well against you guys in Queens but they have both been up and down.
Respect for SJU from Prov. Journal;
http://www.providencejournal.com/sp...time-itll-be-tougher-to-weather-the-storm.ece
http://www.providencejournal.com/sp...time-itll-be-tougher-to-weather-the-storm.ece
Not overly confident. Just going by the theory SJU is the much more desperate team. They put themselves in a corner, and tonight is a must. Getting swept by Providence puts all of SJU's at large dreams to pasture.
Your team can afford a slip up (but from your perspective I understand you look at SJU and see what should be a win).
beast of the east
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I see a 4 point spread in a game where they beat us at home as indication that this is a very close game.
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?S=425&F=1323&T=12654344
Your Fellow Friars are also very confident. I guess thats why we play the games. I def Respect Cooley and PC. You lost alot of talent but he managed to keep it together.But its time we go on a revenge tour. Down PC and then Dougie fresh on sunday.
Thanks for the Providence Journal piece Paultzman.
My favorite lines from DLo: "...Everything is moving in the right direction. Everybody just bought in...."
For a while there Obekpa, Rysheed, Pointer, seemed frustrated and disenchanted.
Everybody looks to be on board now regardless of when and how much they play.
Too bad it's come belatedly - but now that we're playing like team - who knows how far it can take us?
My favorite lines from DLo: "...Everything is moving in the right direction. Everybody just bought in...."
For a while there Obekpa, Rysheed, Pointer, seemed frustrated and disenchanted.
Everybody looks to be on board now regardless of when and how much they play.
Too bad it's come belatedly - but now that we're playing like team - who knows how far it can take us?
Moose
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Of late? Well yeah they beat us this year. We win last year but Harrison suspension blah blah blah. (wont go there because I know how people react).
Year before that we smoke them at home and Cooley went home crying.
Year before that was Lav's first year and we won up there on New Years Day.
TX Redman
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Recent history:
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[li]We lost at home on Jan 16th in double OT 84-83 when “the touch, the feel of Cotton” had 21 Pts, 9 Reb, 8 Ast, 2 Stl[/li]
[li]Last year we lost 62-59 up there. Cotton with lit us up with five 3’s. Finished with 24 Pts, 6 Reb, 2 Ast[/li]
[li]Our last win over the Friars was at home in 2011 when Moe went crazy: 32 points, 13 Reb, 4 Ast, 4 Stl, 2 Blk. Final 91-67 (first BE game that year). Cotton with 7pts, 6 assists. They went 4-14 in BE that yr.[/li]
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A win tonight would be a statement but I am not at all confident.
[ul]
[li]We lost at home on Jan 16th in double OT 84-83 when “the touch, the feel of Cotton” had 21 Pts, 9 Reb, 8 Ast, 2 Stl[/li]
[li]Last year we lost 62-59 up there. Cotton with lit us up with five 3’s. Finished with 24 Pts, 6 Reb, 2 Ast[/li]
[li]Our last win over the Friars was at home in 2011 when Moe went crazy: 32 points, 13 Reb, 4 Ast, 4 Stl, 2 Blk. Final 91-67 (first BE game that year). Cotton with 7pts, 6 assists. They went 4-14 in BE that yr.[/li]
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A win tonight would be a statement but I am not at all confident.
Nice piece in the Providence Journal on SJU.
PC vs. St. John's: This time, it’ll be tougher to weather the Storm
Starts off:
PROVIDENCE — Perhaps the best example in the country of the danger of burying a team before the calendar even approaches March is the current plight of the Red Storm of St. John’s.
Good read.
PC vs. St. John's: This time, it’ll be tougher to weather the Storm
Starts off:
PROVIDENCE — Perhaps the best example in the country of the danger of burying a team before the calendar even approaches March is the current plight of the Red Storm of St. John’s.
Good read.