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PC has made 23 of 29 FTs. Their ability to get to the line and then make their free throws is the story of the game. They have taken it right to the Huskies & it has paid off.

Hurley is once again out of control, cursing out everyone in sight. He should be T’d up by the end of the game. What an embarrassment to the league and to his school.

Locke just hit a dagger. UConn is toast.

UConn getting beat in every facet of the game.

UConn can’t even play Sanogo because he’s a liability when they’re losing.

Jasper67 wrote:PC has made 23 of 29 FTs. Their ability to get to the line and then make their free throws is the story of the game. They have taken it right to the Huskies & it has paid off.

Hurley is once again out of control, cursing out everyone in sight. He should be T’d up by the end of the game. What an embarrassment to the league and to his school.

Locke just hit a dagger. UConn is toast.

This is the second game in a row where UConn was down a bit later in the game, and they just started flailing, basically. Long term, I think they can improve from this, but half a season worth of blowouts doesn't seem to have made them ready to handle tight games.

XUFan09 wrote:Big East regular season title race is getting really interesting if Providence holds on.

It's setting up to be a 5 team race... unbelievable. Hopefully Nova can make it even more interesting by beating Xavier at home.

XUFan09 wrote:UConn vs. Providence intrigues me. UConn is coming off their first loss and theoretically should be looking to bounce back from that, but Providence has really ramped it up recently. I guess I'm just not used to Providence blowing out opponents, as they often play to their competition, so to see them do that recently has me thinking this could be a good game.

What I talked about before this game was essentially that Providence in Kenpom has hovered between 65 and 81 since returning from their exempt tournament, and they only popped above that for a couple games in the early season. Well, after the Butler blowout, they jumped from 65 to 49. Okay, it's just one game, but man that's a jump. Then they followed it up with another blowout and jumped to 42. I watched some of these games and they looked good too, not just playing weaker teams who were having bad games. So, I thought this UConn game would be interesting. Well, Kenpom projected a 6-point loss for them...they won by 12 just now! Generally big moves in Kenpom can be expected when a team deviates a lot from a game's expectations. We will see another big jump after an 18-point swing. This Providence team really seems to have woken up and it's cool to watch.

And one thing to emphasize is that Cooley teams seem to consistently outperform their Kenpom ranking! So, whatever ranking I see for them, I always make a little adjustment in my head. Well, even Kenpom makes this team look pretty good.

Edit: Providence now at #28 in Kenpom

kayako wrote:

XUFan09 wrote:Big East regular season title race is getting really interesting if Providence holds on.

It's setting up to be a 5 team race... unbelievable. Hopefully Nova can make it even more interesting by beating Xavier at home.

Booooo

Wow. I did not see this coming from Providence this season after having to replace basically the entire roster. Incredible start in league play for the Friars.

Way to go Friars!!!

Butler wins another one to stay in the hunt, but we still need to beat a team that isn't bad...