Friars beat Notre Dame

[Chalmers0]

Watched the last five minutes of the game.

Very impressed with how PC stayed focused and closed out the Domers.

I'm guardedly optimistic that the conference will have much less trouble getting 4 into the Dance - Villanova, Georgetown and Xavier - with Providence and Butler, in particular, sealing the deal for 4 and possibly 5.

Hell, early returns on the Hall and Creighton also show promise.

If the Big East holds serve with this season - at least 4 teams in again (hopefully at least Nova with a strong seed) - imagine where we go from here with the recruiting classes that are on board or coming into the conference from here.

Providence helped us to take one nice step along the way to a strong season.

Nova, we really need for you to keep an already poorly performing A10 in its place tonight.

Just laugh at your putting Butler in there. After what they were last year and the fact they haven't done anything this year special- way too early to put them in the same realm whatsoever as PC. If you want to put them in the same boat as the Hall and Creighton- yeah can maybe see that.

The thing isn't necessarily the getting 4 teams in. The problem last year wasn't getting 4 in but the fact that 2 of them were 11/12(pig) seeds.

Also don't get the Butler hype. They have beaten the 348, 286 and 288 ranked teams on KenPom. Yes they did it in impressive fashion, but still proves largely nothing.

Win 2 in Atlantis and then I will maybe consider them having a chance to make the tourney.

[jayball]

Pretty sure, I have a man crush on Ed Cooley. The dude can coach and his teams play hard.

Good win Friars.

[billyjack]

The Providence victory over Notre Dame yesterday is the kind of big out of conference win that the league needs to boost its RPI. Anyone who saw the game saw an incredible contest between 2 teams with no quit in them. Not only did this validate PC's 5-0 start but it showed us that ND has a good team this year as well.

Kris Dunn showed no signs of his past shoulder problems. What he did show is tremendous speed and the ability to break down an offense so he can get the ball to teammates where they can do the most damage. As long as he is healthy, PC is set at the point. Even more so because PC has decided to start unheralded freshman, Kyron Cartwright, in the backcourt with Dunn, giving them 2 ballhandlers. Cartwright looked good alongside Dunn.

PC'sother freshmen have also been looking good. Jalen Lindsey who has been lights out from 3 wound up on the sidelines injured. Hopefully it's nothing serious. Ben Bentil showed a high motor and will help the inside game off the bench as will Paschal Chukwu, giving them a 2nd big man behind Carson Desrosiers.

Saving the best for last, Ladonte Henton put on a show! Career high 38 points accounted for more than half the team's points. Put the team on his back and carried them to the victory, scoring 9 of the last 11 points. Became Cool Hand Luke, making clutch shot after clutch shot without showing the slightest sign of stress. A truly. Unbelievable performance. Tyler Harris backed him up with 13 (?) points showing that the Friars have a true 1-2 scoring punch.

This could be a very different Big East season if teams. Continue to step up like this.

Great post Bill...!
Yeah, the Friars had a good weekend in Uncasville...!
Fun team to watch.
Looking forward to seeing them progress game to game.
Keep the momentum going everyone...!

[Jet915]

Pretty sure, I have a man crush on Ed Cooley. The dude can coach and his teams play hard.

Good win Friars.

Plus, he seems like a genuine person unlike Buzz...

[gosports1]

The ND game is a great example of a game that in the past PC would have lost. its nice to see they turned a corner. lets hope it continues