Re: (2) Tuesday Big East Games 1/10/17
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 11:02 am
billyjack wrote:Westbrook#36 wrote:I think we're beginning to see there's is a clear separation between the top half and bottom half of the BE. BTW, where are the posters who were serving up crow sandwiches a few weeks ago about where the Friars were predicted to finish during the preseason???
Yeah, i thought it was really bad karma a month ago when the "PC finishing 9th" debates were in high gear. Me, i specifically avoided those threads cuz the Friars were so young and young teams are inconsistent.
My points of defense for PC a couple of weeks ago were when someone on this site started making up numbers for Bullock, and dismissing solid wins vs UMass and whoever where i defended PC, and I also pointed to competitive losses at Ohio State and vs Virginia.
Tonight, in fairness to PC, Cartwright played great but had no lift due to his leg... plus he got chop blocked with about 8 minutes to go which banged his knee, made him basically immobile, and hurt his hand.
Lindsey didn't play at all with a bum wrist, which he had a cast on.
Drew Edwards (PG who made the inbounds to Bullock for winning shot vs USC in NCAA's) reinjured his knee in mid December and is supposedly out for the rest of the year.
So we had a 10 point lead the entire 2nd half. We stalled the ball once Cartwright's got dinged, to shorten the game, and DePaul made clutch plays. Our turnovers all game though were horrendous, just a ton of wasted possessions. Terrible unnecessary loss.
I know i'm making excuses, but those have been important factors recently.
Anyway, between this loss and the one at BC, these are 2 terrible demoralizing losses.
I feel your pain. Got in from a late Board meeting and switched on the game. Saw that PC was up by 11, relaxed, and fell asleep trying to watch the game. Woke up a couple of hours later to find the Friars had lost. Couldn't believe it. Thought a win was in the bag.
For all the reasons you mentioned, I thought this game would be a challenge for them, being on the road and not even knowing who would be able to play. I was surprised when I tuned into see that they were "comfortably" ahead. So, I'm not surprised that they lost but I am surprised that they blew a 9 point lead in the last 2 minutes and helped DePaul with all those fouls. Grrr! I