Providence game thread

[muguru]

I can't take anymore of this the rest of the year...I need to step away the rest of the year and just hope for the best. I'm just so emotionally done at this point.

[NickelDimer]

Main issues for me....

Where was Duane in the 2nd?

Howard' has to have the ball on the last possession.

Add to that... why such limited use of the extended zone??

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Add to that... why such limited use of the extended zone??

Good point.

[B. McBannerson]

Add to that... why such limited use of the extended zone??

Extended zone doesn't work so well when your centers are in deep foul trouble.  Zones mean rebounding suffers, even worse when in foul trouble.

[jaygall31]

I can't take anymore of this the rest of the year...I need to step away the rest of the year and just hope for the best. I'm just so emotionally done at this point.

Agreed

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

What did JJJ do wrong?

He was horrible. Got stripped of the ball multiple times. Drove to the hoops with 20 seconds on the clock and took an ill advised shot or poor pass multiple times in the last 5 minutes. We needed him to step up, and he took a crap.

[NickelDimer]

Extended zone doesn't work so well when your centers are in deep foul trouble.  Zones mean rebounding suffers, even worse when in foul trouble.

Our big men got killed against man because we couldn't stop penetration

[Smokin' Jae]

Main issues for me....

Where was Duane in the 2nd?

Howard' has to have the ball on the last possession.

This is the issue for me, I said to a buddy of mine I was watching with that there is no way in hell the best shooter in all of college basketball does not touch the ball here, unnatural carnal knowledge

[jaygall31]

Someone tell me again how much we're going to miss the seniors. Biggest game of the year, and they didn't show up. Maybe they'll show up for the NIT.

We wont miss them.  Not even a little. SOFT!!!!

[mayfairskatingrink]

Trying to figure out how Wojo didn't make a shot for 8 min?

It would have been a risk, but I think Wojo needed to put Howard back in the game much earlier.  You could sense the offense stagnating and the players getting really nervous.

And Wojo has shown that once his team loses momentum near the end of a game, he is incapable of righting the ship.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

I disagree. I think our chances to dance are pipe dreams at this point,and we need a point guard
with some size and a coach that can teach Defense

This loss sucks, no doubt. But to say our chances to dance are a pipe dream proves you have no idea what you're talking about.

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

I dont think Wojo is the next Wooden but there is no way in heck this is on Wojo. 
Up 12 we had a ton of good looks, hauser misses a 4 footer unguarded, missses a layup n gets fouled, and has a 3 rattle out.  Rinehardt misses 2-3 less than 6 footers, howard has a 3 rattle in and out, jjj misses 2 12 footers n an uncontested layup. 
Then we have literally no true 4 on the squad and bith 5s are fouled out. 
Not gonna say the players choked bt if they hit a shot or two and they win.  And they were theowing bigs at the rim defended by our guards.  Its unfortunate and really really sucks but not sure what else Wojo could have done

[rocky_warrior]

I dont think Wojo is the next Wooden but there is no way in heck this is on Wojo. 
Up 12 we had a ton of good looks, hauser misses a 4 footer unguarded, missses a layup n gets fouled, and has a 3 rattle out.  Rinehardt misses 2-3 less than 6 footers, howard has a 3 rattle in and out, jjj misses 2 12 footers n an uncontested layup. 
Then we have literally no true 4 on the squad and bith 5s are fouled out. 
Not gonna say the players choked bt if they hit a shot or two and they win.  And they were theowing bigs at the rim defended by our guards.  Its unfortunate and really really sucks but not sure what else Wojo could have done

I agree with the MrSK that doesn't just hate on Luke.

[Smokin' Jae]

I dont think Wojo is the next Wooden but there is no way in heck this is on Wojo. 
Up 12 we had a ton of good looks, hauser misses a 4 footer unguarded, missses a layup n gets fouled, and has a 3 rattle out.  Rinehardt misses 2-3 less than 6 footers, howard has a 3 rattle in and out, jjj misses 2 12 footers n an uncontested layup. 
Then we have literally no true 4 on the squad and bith 5s are fouled out. 
Not gonna say the players choked bt if they hit a shot or two and they win.  And they were theowing bigs at the rim defended by our guards.  Its unfortunate and really really sucks but not sure what else Wojo could have done

The problem I see is that after every single one of these monumental collapses we say this isn't on wojo it's on the players pissing down their own legs. Well, at some point in time, a well coached team will start to make some winning plays down the stretch, that doesn't happen here. Just sayin'.

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

This game tho is a perfect illustration of how badly our seniors have let us down.  Seniors with mental and physical toughness will their teams to wins.  Our seniors, i believe without fail, have wilted in these situations time after time this year.  If one looks at all our heartbreaking losses this year, our seniors have either been the reason or been no where to be found.  Really unfortunate but they simply are not winners. 

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

This game tho is a perfect illustration of how badly our seniors have let us down.  Seniors with mental and physical toughness will their teams to wins.  Our seniors, i believe without fail, have wilted in these situations time after time this year.  If one looks at all our heartbreaking losses this year, our seniors have either been the reason or been no where to be found.  Really unfortunate but they simply are not winners.

Not a great game for them admittedly, but your obsession with them is really odd. Did they double team your missus or something?

[mayfairskatingrink]

The problem I see is that after every single one of these monumental collapses we say this isn't on wojo it's on the players pissing down their own legs. Well, at some point in time, a well coached team will start to make some winning plays down the stretch, that doesn't happen here. Just sayin'.

I agree.

And it wasn't like Providence went into a furious press and caused 3 straight turnovers and hit a bunch of 3's to close the game in a minute.  This was a slow collapse where the air was leaking out of the balloon slowly but surely over the last five minutes and either Wojo doesn't know what to do or the players are just not mentally tough and no matter what Wojo tells them, they can't execute due to nerves.

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

The problem I see is that after every single one of these monumental collapses we say this isn't on wojo it's on the players pissing down their own legs. Well, at some point in time, a well coached team will start to make some winning plays down the stretch, that doesn't happen here. Just sayin'.

Players gotta make plays, those games are often reffered to as "senior games".  Where ur seniors carry the team.  Ours disappear of screw up continuously.  They are mental marshmallows it suck but they disappear and then its freshamn and sophomores trying to do what our seniors cant

[NickelDimer]

Players gotta make plays, those games are often reffered to as "senior games".  Where ur seniors carry the team.  Ours disappear of screw up continuously.  They are mental marshmallows it suck but they disappear and then its freshamn and sophomores trying to do what our seniors cant

If you think wojo didn't fail as a coach today you're nuts. That's not to say the collapse is entirely on him, but he failed today

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

Not a great game for them admittedly, but your obsession with them is really odd. Did they double team your missus or something?

Not at all. But all the complaining and gnashing of teeth and blaming wojo and looking for blame when all one needs to do is look at our seniors.  A team is only as good as its seniors.  I keep bringing it up because people keep trying to figure out why we lose or find blame.  When its incredibly simple.

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

Anyone still think Fischer is better than Heldt?

[rocky_warrior]

If you think wojo didn't fail as a coach today you're nuts. That's not to say the collapse is entirely on him, but he failed today

To be fair, the whole team failed today.  A game that should have been won. 

[Vander Blue Man Group]

The problem I see is that after every single one of these monumental collapses we say this isn't on wojo it's on the players pissing down their own legs. Well, at some point in time, a well coached team will start to make some winning plays down the stretch, that doesn't happen here. Just sayin'.

It's on the players and the coach.

How about earlier in the game when we had a 9-10 point lead and Rowsey tries to inbound it off the defenders backside and Katin fires up an awful shot on the next trip down?  Those hurt too.

[1SE]

This brings the count of losses after double-digit, under 10 minutes leads to what - 4 now? Sickening.

[CTWarrior]

To be fair, the whole team failed today.  A game that should have been won.

This is the truest thing written in any of these threads.