Providence Game Discussion

Even without Harrison, you should beat Providence.

Quote from: Dan on March 03, 2013, 09:08:37 AM

Even without Harrison, you should beat Providence.

To be fair providence isnt that bad this year and they have been playing pretty well of late and home games in the big east are big. Couple that with missing our best player I wasnt expecting a win but I thought we were going to keep it closer than vegas thought and have a chance to win.

About 10 minutes left it felt like Providence was going to go on a roll but our kids hung bought.

I'm dissapointed today but not angry or anything. Just feel bad for the kids because they could have had the game

We've seen our last win of the year and I'm totally furious with Lavin hanging out our dirty laundry at this time of the year and screwing the kids who worked so hard and the fans who paid to see better.  This was all about ego.  There would have been no harm in just cutting Dlo's minutes and letting the season play out the way it should have would have sufficed instead of building on our horse's ass reputation.  Watching him sitting his second best shooter all game only confirms that the UCLAns were right about this
guy.  He is a self promoting know nothing who doesn't care about anyone but himself.  That's about as far as you can get from the classic St. Johns Vincentian coach type. Can't wait till he finally swindles his way into the league so we can bring someone legit in.   

Everybody rips into the St. John's fanbase and it is perfectly undstandable, especially after seeing Providence (who is in a similar position) sell out their arena last night. But I'm still one who believes that if you put a competitive product out on the floor year in and year out that the fans will show up. The fact is that outside of 2 years ago, the program has been dormant for roughly 13 or 14 years. People have a hard time spending time and money on a product that they don't really believe in. I'm guilty of it too. When I was at the Georgetown and Pitt games, there was a part of me thinking "What the hell am I doing here? This team doesn't belong on the same floor as these guys." Moral victories only go so far and people are bored of saying "Well, the boys play hard but ... " Again, maybe m being a blind optimist on this subject, but I still think if SJU had a solid run of success and made a couple of tournament appearances in a row, you'd start to see the fanbase come out again.

I hope that the people criticizing Lavin for suspending DLo are not the same ones who have criticized Boeheim for sweeping his players' misdeeds under the rug.  I'm guessing no, because that would be hypocracy.

Look, I am a fan of DLo's.  I've defended him against the "bad body language" and "too many tattoos" charges.  But, at this time, I'm gonna give the coach the benefit of the doubt.  If he felt that the behavior warranted suspension, I'm gonna have to guess that it was pretty serious.  Until I hear otherwise, I will withhold knocking what Lavin did.

A bit harsh?  Bobre is still pissed that Lavin had the gall to take time off after Lavin's father passed, that Lavin dared bench Sean Evans, that Mark Jackson didn't get the job, that Xenu didn't save bobre  when he saved Riley Martin, etc., etc.

I think we lose anyway but did anyone notice the obvious 5 second no call on providence with 40 seconds left after Phil hit his 2 fts? 

Don't apologize for knocking the refs.  They stole the game from us.  (Kidding---a bit)

I've been disgusted with the officiating overall this year and think its been worse then ever. It's extremely inconsistent and quite frankly unacceptable. Every possible block/charge call is a charge no matter what. I don't know if these guys work too much or just need new trained guys but its making it difficult to watch some games.

See a lot of disappointment with Phil throughout this thread.  His shooting certainly leaves a lot to be desired.  Imagine a combined shooting over 3 games (Xcuse, Ville and Pitt) of 11-44.  What is he doing out there?  He is replacing D'angelo because it was D'angelo who shoot 11 for 44 in those games while Phil was 18 for 44.  Not saying he is a shooter but he is the only option we currently have for the 2 guard position so get over it.  He has given his best, albeit not a superstar.  As long as he stops those constant 3 pointers, I will not get on his case as it shows learning that that is not his shot.  While he was 4 of 15 last night, I would take that over someone's say 1 of 12 in the Pitt game.

I have no information but I don't get the feeling we have any shot with Severe. Are we even recruiting him hard? Has Lavin seen this kid play or spoke to him? I think it's wishful thinking that we just can get Severe.