Larry Wright
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Pitino in the “I am Rick Pitino” stage of career.
Can play random guy for no good reason because he is Rick Pitino
Providence (MSG), Wed., Jan. 10, 6:30p, FS-1
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Can play random guy for no good reason because he is Rick Pitino
Truth. He is a God right now to me.
So right. Kansas loses to UCF tonight
In no way is he ready for the NBA.
guinness77
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Now that I’ve had a second to rein it in a bit, Jenkins clearly player of the game. I was at work so I couldn’t give the game my full attention at times but did Dingle play much in the 2nd half? Had a strong first half, looked confident and then…I don’t really recall seeing him much.
And, Zuby should have played some more. He was key during our mid-half run and then didn’t play the rest of the way. Putting Dunlop in toward the end was risky but give Luis a lot of credit. Our rebounding was crap in the 2nd half and he just wanted that more than Providence did.
We were very lackadaisical at times, and sometimes I think we completely take our foot off the pedal and think we can coast in with the W. I saw Pitino say in the presser he was mad at his guys. We go on this great run, play amazing defense for 5 minutes and then just go into relax mode. I give 22 a ton of credit, really their whole starting 5, that guy was possessed but no way this should have come down to one possession.
Anyway, 4-1 and 12-4. That’s all we could have asked for at this point.
And, Zuby should have played some more. He was key during our mid-half run and then didn’t play the rest of the way. Putting Dunlop in toward the end was risky but give Luis a lot of credit. Our rebounding was crap in the 2nd half and he just wanted that more than Providence did.
We were very lackadaisical at times, and sometimes I think we completely take our foot off the pedal and think we can coast in with the W. I saw Pitino say in the presser he was mad at his guys. We go on this great run, play amazing defense for 5 minutes and then just go into relax mode. I give 22 a ton of credit, really their whole starting 5, that guy was possessed but no way this should have come down to one possession.
Anyway, 4-1 and 12-4. That’s all we could have asked for at this point.
Resilient St. John’s holds off Providence to move into share of Big East lead
A 17-5 run followed, paving the way to a hard-fought 75-73 victory and 4-1 start in league play, St. John’s best since the 2000-01 season.
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MarkRedman
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NMYeah cause Florida is full of 70nyear old NYers.
On the LIRR heading home from the game and full day in the city with the wife celebrating her Birthday. All was great until the second half of the game. I think my blood pressure is finally going down back to normal.
I’ve said it before and this game bares it out again, we are not a smart team especially trying to close out a team.
A win is a win but we really dodged a bullet there which could have (probably should have) been a devastating loss.
I’ve said it before and this game bares it out again, we are not a smart team especially trying to close out a team.
A win is a win but we really dodged a bullet there which could have (probably should have) been a devastating loss.
Anthony Mattia
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It wasn't pretty, but I'll take the win. We lose this game the last couple of coaches. This team showed resilience and poise after Providence came all the way back and took the lead. There will be a lot the team can learn from this game when they look at the tape, just glad that for a change they will learn from a win.
As someone who has been friends with Lawman for 23-24 years if you ever use Bruh again I’m hacking the website and banishing you to the attendance thread
guinness77
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I was gonna answer your 3-on-3 question before but I got a little too busy to respond…
Can I play with both Luis and Jenkins and not choose between the 2? I would just park my ass on the block and rebound and look for the occasional dish off the drive (probably from Jenkins). At my age, that would be ideal conditioning-wise. Probably the only way I’m touching the ball too.
Larry Wright
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Jenkins played his best game, especially in 2nd half.I was gonna answer your 3-on-3 question before but I got a little too busy to respond…
Can I play with both Luis and Jenkins and not choose between the 2? I would just park my ass on the block and rebound and look for the occasional dish off the drive (probably from Jenkins). At my age, that would be ideal conditioning-wise. Probably the only way I’m touching the ball too.
Don’t expect him to hit 25 footers and hope he doesn’t take too many of them.
UCONN looking at #1 in the nation by default, come Monday.
guinness77
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They were much needed tonight. He’s played progressively better as the season has gone on. He was the calm head tonight.
Could we have done some things to finish that game off more easily? Absolutely. But we could have also folded on more than a few occasions and did not. Learning lessons in wins!
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I do not see it yet, but I also never saw it in Champagnie but did see it in Shamorie Ponds so what do I know. RJ to me plays like the game is too boring or slow for him. He gives off the appearance that he is only giving like 75% of effort. His way of play is mysterious to me. He will make an excellent play and then it can be followed up with a WTF are you thinking.
The only problem I had with him all night was shooting that trey off the inbounds…and I didn’t hate it.
I thought he was going to shoot himself into a 3-8 night when he started 3-4 but then he started feeding Soriano and letting him eat. It was a very mature approach. He played extremely calm.
This was definitely his best game of the year.
classof2010
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Sat in Section 117, I loved our performance. Last year we lose this game easy. Providence is gritty but we’re better! Let’s go get some steaks in Omaha!
No complaints from me. 4-1 I’ll take it!