(5) Saturday Big East Games 11/23/19

[xufan02]

Providence's offense was fine for the most part they just couldn't finish posessions, especially at the rim. They only had 11 turnovers, had 14 offense rebounds, and 70 shots. They just couldn't finish.

I thought there post defense was poor. They let Penn's bigs go anywhere they wanted. That led to easy finishes and kick out threes, which Penn made 11.

Providence need Nate Watson to be 100% and to play inside out. That is their best recipe to win

[FenwayFriar]

Providence's offense was fine for the most part they just couldn't finish posessions, especially at the rim. They only had 11 turnovers, had 14 offense rebounds, and 70 shots. They just couldn't finish.

I thought there post defense was poor. They let Penn's bigs go anywhere they wanted. That led to easy finishes and kick out threes, which Penn made 11.

Providence need Nate Watson to be 100% and to play inside out. That is their best recipe to win

Finishing in the paint has been an issue all season so far. I've never seen a team miss so many uncontested layups. Notably they've also missed two dunks in the past two games. It's honestly like there's been a bubble around the hoop anytime they get into the paint. Also 10-20 from the charity stripe isn't gonna get it done. That's been the most frustrating part of the season so far... it's been the fundamentals that have directly led to the losses. Finish a 1-2 more layups and hit a few more FT's and they win those games. Pressure is on rest of OOC. Still have @URI, Florida, Texas, and possibly Wake and Arizona still on the table. Hoping the season isn't over before conference play starts.

[SJUBBALL]

I love my johnnies, but it is clear, especially with DePaul's improvement, that we will be in the basement this season.

I gotta say, I am adopting DePaul this year as my second favorite team. Wow it would be something to see them make the NCAAs for the first time in a long time. I'd be so happy for their fans. Since the BE realignment and addition of Butler, CU, X, is DePaul the only team who do not have at least one NCAA bid? I think that is the case, so I am excited for them to maybe break through this year.

[milksteak]

I love my johnnies, but it is clear, especially with DePaul's improvement, that we will be in the basement this season.

Since the BE realignment and addition of Butler, CU, X, is DePaul the only team who do not have at least one NCAA bid? I think that is the case

Yup.

[billyjack]

Providence's offense was fine for the most part they just couldn't finish posessions, especially at the rim. They only had 11 turnovers, had 14 offense rebounds, and 70 shots. They just couldn't finish.

I thought there post defense was poor. They let Penn's bigs go anywhere they wanted. That led to easy finishes and kick out threes, which Penn made 11.

Providence need Nate Watson to be 100% and to play inside out. That is their best recipe to win

Finishing in the paint has been an issue all season so far. I've never seen a team miss so many uncontested layups. Notably they've also missed two dunks in the past two games. It's honestly like there's been a bubble around the hoop anytime they get into the paint. Also 10-20 from the charity stripe isn't gonna get it done. That's been the most frustrating part of the season so far... it's been the fundamentals that have directly led to the losses. Finish a 1-2 more layups and hit a few more FT's and they win those games. Pressure is on rest of OOC. Still have @URI, Florida, Texas, and possibly Wake and Arizona still on the table. Hoping the season isn't over before conference play starts.

Great summary by both of you. So hard to watch so many missed bunnies... missed layups, 6 footers, free throws. On the flip side, some klutzy dork on Penn (guy was shooting 28% coming into the game, including 1 for 7 four days ago vs Lafayette) kept drilling threes. With such frustrating plays happening, other things then also start freakin us out like horrible refereeing.

Gotta hope that our favorable numbers that xufan pointed out above end up translating into better results. At least it gives us hope.