Temple up 10 at the half.

thoughts?

Storm estimates seem to be increasing. Around 5,000 in the building may be a good crowd. It will definitely be die hards.

Be safe everyone.

nm

Quade had 20
Dada. 18/8/4

Whitey rigsby kid is a punk
Very dirty player who should of been ejected and suspended.

Leg whipped Quade on a 2 on 1 break

Kidney punch to DADA on a put back dunk

Took a swing at a NG player and was T up

To the first interest party that responds with an email address. I can forward an email with two PDFs attached including the bar code for Section 120 Row 9 Seats 1 and 2. For the sake of full disclosure my name is not on ticket/PDF. I obtained these two tickets through the Ticket Exchange. I do not see any problem with using the tickets.

Per John Rooke: Officials calling “soft” fouls on players are one thing, but calling them on the game’s best players? That needs to stop. And Big East supervisor of officials John Cahill told me as much this past week. The current crop of referees does need to have better awareness of why people come to games — and that would be to see the “stars” play. Not to see the refs blow the whistle.

How bad are the roads now in the Philly area if I were to drive from north central New Jersey for the game? Any driving insights would be helpful. Thank you.

a friend from Lehigh valley can't make game
I went on to his account but the tickets for
Providence aren't there to transfer

Any suggestions on getting his tickets

to Michigan State

NM

Deserves another thread even though there seems to be one after every game. Can't say enough about this kid. The confidence is on display along with his very unique skill set. I really am enjoying watching him and he was a very unsung hero tonight.

Anyone looking to sell 1 or 2 Butler tix please let me know. Thanks

Anyone evacuate?
Posted from Rivals Mobile

through this evening:
https://villanova.n.rivals.com/news/2015-16-big-east-tracker

The Marq @ St. John's game will take place tomorrow at 3:45 at Carnesecca.

12:00 PM Georgetown at Connecticut Hartford, Conn. (CBS) (UConn 71-65 74%)
2:00 PM SETON HALL at Xavier Cincinnati, Oh. (Fox Sports Net) (X 79-70 (80%)
7:30 PM BUTLER at Creighton Omaha, Ne. (FS1) (Creighton 83-7 (65%))

Moved to 3:45 Sunday:
Marquette at St. John's New York, NY (CBS Sports Network) (Marq 71-67 (65%)

Georgetown - fought back to 5-2 in league play with the big win at Xavier but stuck with an RPI of 72. Hoyas desperately need a win in this game to improve their OOC resume and prevent having a huge # of losses come the end of the season (projected to have 13 as is). A road win over #66 in RPI would be solid. This game could show if the Hoyas have truly turned the corner and/or are capable of playing consistently well. The best they have done this season is to string together 5 wins in a row - all at home - mostly against garbage teams.

SHU-X should be a fun game to watch - Xavier needs to bounce back from the loss to the Hoyas and is unlikely to lose consecutive home games (if they think they are going to challenge for a 1 or 2 seed especially). The Hall suffered the tough home loss to Villanova and wants to avoid slipping below .500 in conference play.

Perhaps the most desperate team in the BE right now is Butler - their starting PG, Lewis, did not make the trip for this game and a loss puts them 3 games below .500 in league play. A team that looked to be in great shape for a nice NCAA bid is slipping into bubble status and projected to complete the regular season at .500 in BE games. Creighton, with a W, moves into a tie for 2nd place in the conference.

Marq @ St. John's - these teams are toast.

Sorry if BB2N...but finally watched gamelast night. After Reynolds dunk at 12:54 mark, we had three more baskets. Bridges tap in, ochefu layup and arch layup.

SO...ANY CHANCE THE GAME WILL BE RESCHEDULED FROM SUNDAY...SINCE IM TOLD THE STATE OF EMERGENCY MAY STILL BE IN EFFECT.. BY GOV WOLFE ...AND THE ACCUMULATION IS GREATER THAN EXPECTED......JUST SAYIN......TWENTY INCHES IN THE COAL REGIONS IS A DUSTING.......WE GET THREE FEET....BUT YOU PEOPLE DOWN IN THE BIG CITY CANT HANDLE....A LITTLE SNOW.....

Was really psyched to actually have a day to do nothing and watch some games. Instead, our local CBS channel is on non-stop telling us that it is snowing heavily, showing us azzhats walking their sweater dressed dogs....and of course this lovely sight of a dude pushing a Honda.

opened in 1990 and did 21 million dollar renovation in 2014.

4 luxury boxes. Only seats 4100

http://www.islandfcuarena.com

I think we all pretty much agree that Phil has been struggling lately,shot off,lazy passes etc.......I for one really hope he can get back on track Sunday,last year his shot seemed to go in effortlessly and he attacked the basket with more success.
Not x/o guy so much. What's our plan to try to keep him under control?

Just hit Baylor with a 20 point run on the road, up by 20 with 6 minutes left. Not many teams win at Baylor. The way these guys shoot the 3 is ridiculous. They hang around and then hit you with a 15 point run in 3 minutes. Seems to happen most games. Along with UNC when they play their best game it will be very difficult for anyone to beat then on that day. Impressive.

In case you missed the link to today's VUSports front page article :
https://villanova.n.rivals.com/news/villanova-prospects-in-c-l-play

I think we all pretty much agree that Phil has been struggling lately,shot off,lazy passes etc.......I for one really hope he can get back on track Sunday,last year his shot seemed to go in effortlessly and he attacked the basket with more success.
Not x/o guy so much. What's our plan to try to keep him under control?

With Game moved to Sun , my niece is able to go. I can't seem to engage the transfer program for Prov. Perhaps they did Not change the transfer open period to Sun (can only transfer up to 3 or 4 hrs ahead of tip)?

Can anyone else use it?

Tks Tom

PROVIDENCE

Kenpom #46 (#133 Offense / #17 Defense)

16-3

Big Wins: #14 Arizona (Neutral), @ #34 Butler, @ #36 Creighton, #34 Butler

Losses: #16 Michigan State (Neutral), #112 Marquette, #43 Seton Hall


PROVIDENCE OFFENSE

Shot Distribution: 38% Rim /28 % Mid-Range / 33% 3pt



The Good

• Getting to the rim at a high rate and converting at a solid 63% clip
• Low turnover rate (#29)
• Solid offensive rebounding (#96)

The Bad

• Poor mid-range team, making only 31%
• Poor from 3pt range as well at 31% (#306)
• Not getting to the line as much as one would think (#209)

PROVIDENCE DEFENSE

Shot Distribution: 35% Rim / 31% Mid-Range / 33% 3pt


The Good

• Excellent defensive team (#18)
• Defending the arc well, holding opponents to 32% (#52) Opponents shoot a roughly average number of threes against Providence.
• Very low free throw rate (#30)
• Force opponents to get most of their points on 2pt shots.
• Solid defensive rebounding (#121)
• Force plenty of turnovers (#42), get blocks (#104), and steals (#82)

The Bad

• Not much, they have an average 2pt defense, opponents make 48% (#158) but if there is one place to be average this is it.

THE STARS

KRIS DUNN (6-4) Junior

Shot Distribution: 43% Rim / 32% Mid-Range / 24% 3pt
Shooting: 68% FT / 63% Rim / 35% Mid-Range / 37% 3pt

It takes a lot of bullet points to explain how good Kris Dunn is.

• 17th highest usage in the country
• #1 in assist rate
• #465 in blocks (excellent for a PG)
• #6 in steals
• Defensive rebounds very well for a guard (#429 among all players), which is only a little behind Josh Hart.
• Draws fouls and shooting fouls at a high rate
• Just deadly at the rim due to his high shooting percentage and ability to draw fouls.
• Shot chart is interesting, the vast majority of his shots come in the middle third of the court and he shoots dramatically better on the left side (61% eFG Left of the Key vs 29% eFG% Right). Funny thing is, this doesn’t appear to be a small sample size issue, he had the same tendencies but a little less dramatic last year.
• Heating up during conference play… shooting 45% from three in conference and on higher volume.

BEN BENTIL (6-9) Soph

Shot Distribution: 38% Rim / 28% Mid-Range / 33% 3pt
Shooting: 82% FT / 65% Rim / 33% Mid-Range / 25% 3pt

• Robin to Dunn’s Batman? Or maybe just another Batman.
• Gets to the bucket at a high rate, converts at the rim at a high rate, and if you foul him on his way to the hoop… well he is an excellent Foul Shooter (82%) as well.
• Getting to the free throw line at the 2nd highest rate in the Big East. He has taken at least 10 foul shots in three of the last four games.
• Struggling from the 3pt line, shooting only 26% but still taking the 2nd most on the team.
• Likes to shoot from the baseline.
• Good rebounder, especially on the offensive side (#278)
• Bentil is playing huge minutes (2nd most in the conference), he has played 82% of minutes so far this year.
• You want to make Bentil a jump shooter, he only converts 29% on everything away from the rim.

RODNEY BULLOCK (6-8) Soph



Shot Distribution: 47% Rim / 28% Mid-Range / 25% 3pt

• Remember this guy? Well if you do it’s probably for the wrong reasons. He sat out all of the 2013-2014 season amid a sexual assault investigation. No charges ended up being filed. He then missed 2014-2015 with a torn ACL.
• He is finally out on the court – a lot. Much like Bentil he is also playing huge minutes (80%).
• Anchoring things down low, good rebounder (Offensive #491 / Defensive #475)
• Great at the Rim (66%), but terrible Mid-Range (24%), and the big man is surprisingly solid from Three (33%). Need to caveat that his 3pt shooting is highly skewed by a 6-9 performance against Butler, he is 2-12 since.

Dunn, Bentil & Bullock are all playing huge minutes for Cooley for a reason. The remaining guards and wings are a bit of a step down, tend to play very inconsistent. Providence only gets 28% of total mintues from their bench, only 48 teams get fewer. Providence has dropped games to Marquette and Seton Hall because they don’t punish you for putting bringing help to guard Dunn & Bentil. In the Marquette game Dunn & Bentil put up 48 points… the rest of the team only 16.

JUNIOR LOMOMBA (6-5) Junior


Shot Distribution: 39% Rim / 37% Mid-Range / 24% 3pt

• Junior is a shooting guard that can’t shoot. He is shooting a career best 33% from three but on low volume. His 29% from Mid-Range is more indicative.
• But he can slash to hoop, and gets fouled at a high rate.

JALEN LINDSEY (6-7) Soph


Shot Distribution: 19% Rim / 9% Mid-Range / 72% 3pt

• All. Behind. The. Line.
• Which is a problem when you are taking the most 3pt attempts on the team and only hitting 26%.

KYRON CARTWRIGHT (6-0) Soph

Shot Distribution: 35% Rim / 45% Mid-Range / 18% 3pt

• Backs up Dunn at the PG and plays the majority of his minutes off ball with Dunn.
• Low usage player that can hit open shots. Boom or bust season so far, in conference he has had 3 games of 0-2 points and 3 games with 10-13 points.

AROUND COLLEGE BB

• I can’t help but wonder if Maryland is going to hit a wall in the 2nd half of the season. Trimble and Sulaimon are asked to not only play huge minutes but to take so much of the load offensively and defensively. In close games those two just can’t go out. Against Northwestern both looked gassed, and went a combined 1-8 from three.

• Ben Simmons is a very interesting player. Shooting only 30% in the Mid-Range, but an amazing 73% at the rim. He is sitting at #7 in the KPOY standings essentially on his dunking ability.

Stay safe out there Cats fans!