Big East Conference Game Thread - January

[karstenkibbe]

We are not a great offensive team, so we are not superior to Providence. Do I think we are better, Yes

I never said we were a great offensive team, so please don’t misrepresent what I wrote. Superior means better. Stop with the semantics because you aren’t making a point with your post. All you’re doing is trying to discredit mine without any backup. And since you haven’t provided any evidence to back your counter-statement, I will, based on the numbers:

UConn: 79.7ppg Providence: 70.4ppg
Margin of victory: UConn 15.4 PC: 6.3
FG%: UConn: 44.3% PC: 44.6%
3pt%: UConn: 35.9%. PC: 33.5%
FT%: UConn: 74.5%. PC: 73.4%
RPG: UConn: 42.2. PC: 36.9
Reb marg: UConn: 8.0 PC: 3.5
Opp FG%: UConn: 38.6 PC: 40.2

 

[jeff99]

I never said we were a great offensive team, so please don’t misrepresent what I wrote. Superior means better. Stop with the semantics because you aren’t making a point with your post. All you’re doing is trying to discredit mine without any backup. And since you haven’t provided any evidence to back your counter-statement, I will, based on the numbers:

UConn: 79.7ppg Providence: 70.4ppg
Margin of victory: UConn 15.4 PC: 6.3
FG%: UConn: 44.3% PC: 44.6%
3pt%: UConn: 35.9%. PC: 33.5%
FT%: UConn: 74.5%. PC: 73.4%
RPG: UConn: 42.2. PC: 36.9
Reb marg: UConn: 8.0 PC: 3.5
Opp FG%: UConn: 38.6 PC: 40.2

You forgot the most important numbers:
PC: 16-2, UConn 13-5
Providence wins close games

 

[HooperScooper]

You forgot the most important numbers:
PC: 16-2, UConn 13-5
Providence wins close games

13-4. You giving us a loss against Georgetown already?

 

[karstenkibbe]

You forgot the most important numbers:
PC: 16-2, UConn 13-5
Providence wins close games

Lol. I’ll take you seriously when you can actually get our record right, Jeff.

 

[CTBasketball]

You guys don’t want that!!

 

[BGesus4]

Oh man, that’s cute. You guys think beating us without sanogo and Martins first game back in a month meant you guys are really good. Your guys start must have you drunk of nostalgia for that one tournament win dream season you had.

 

[Pudge]

Seems an irrelevant sniping. A fully veteran PC squad is better in December + January than a younger developing UCONN. I think we regularly make our mark in March.

 

[superjohn]

I knew Shaka would be the perfect fit for Marquette but didn't think he would have them playing this well right away in his first season.

 

[UconnU]

Beatable team over performing. They will come back down to earth at some point.

 

[CTBasketball]

Fair assessment! I’d love to see Sanogo v. Watson.

 

[Big East Fa]

Monday
St. John's at Seton Hall, (Welsh Gym) 9PM, FS1 -Dave Sims, Bill Raftery
Line: Seton Hall -7.5/152.5

 

[Blue Idiaco]

I find it a sad statement of affairs that Providence is even considered a rival. When the Big East was a legit conference Providence was a midweek game Uconn used to to prepare for a bigger game later that week. Outside of a couple seasons when did UConn ever even notice Providence was on the schedule?

 

[MU in MKE]

I find it a sad statement of affairs that Providence is even considered a rival. When the Big East was a legit conference Providence was a midweek game Uconn used to to prepare for a bigger game later that week. Outside of a couple seasons when did UConn ever even notice Providence was on the schedule?

Providence is doubtful a "rival" right now, but with all that other nonsense in the post, it's hard to tell!

 

[gtcam]

I find it a sad statement of affairs that Providence is even considered a rival. When the Big East was a legit conference Providence was a midweek game Uconn used to to prepare for a bigger game later that week. Outside of a couple seasons when did UConn ever even notice Providence was on the schedule?

UConn is 29-19 vs PC all-time in the NBE/OBE
which means UConn wins 6 out of 10
Certainly not doormat material
Being the states share a border and also a long-time New England rivalry, I would classify them to be a rival.
PeeCee was one of the games old timers like me always looked forward to.

 

[shizzle787]

Providence is a rival more for geographic reasons than anything else.

 

[imno1]

I get all the good natured Providence ribbing and I think ultimately we will be the better team this season but Cooley has done a great job so far this year and I think they deserve to be ranked higher currently. We should have been playing them regularly when in the ACC. I like it when both teams are good. I may not root for Providence but it's easy to cheer for Cooley.

 

[MU in MKE]

Or to oblivious to see what Cooley has done for the program.

 

[AntG168]

Blah blah blah.

Providence is a team that we don’t really care about beating as much as we care about losing too. It’s still embarrassing to most of the fan base when we lose to PC. I wouldn’t say it’s a rivalry. It is what it is.

 

[superjohn]

Ah, the fight that spilled over from Prime Time Cafe. Man do I have some stories about that place and the Foxy Lady next door.

Cooley has done a great job at Providence and he's a really likable guy.

 

[AntG168]

That was a VERY long time ago. Things do change. But UConn becoming dominant was more like a paradigm shift. Those don’t happen often.

 

[Get a Job]

So you're saying fellow students beat the crap out of basketball players for fun now?