Three-ling victory.

[ATL MU Warrior]

Great game by the entire team.  Let's hope it carries forward for 6 weeks or so. 

[Pakuni]

The board is quiet tonight.  Much like the crowd.  Ergo, a whole bunch of posters must have been sitting on their hands at the game(?)

Recrimination Scoop is alive and well.

Thumping Providence? Fine.
Playing loose, aggressive and, dareisay, having fun for the first time in a long time? I'll drink to that.

[drbob]

Great to see the flow both offensively and defensively tonight. Now we need to play with confidence against Connecticut and St John's. Gold was a man tonite

[Biggie Clausen]

Wait a second...Shaka ran out and seemed to shout to Mela, leading to the Providence bench reacting towards Shaka. Yes, a PU player started it, but Shaka's behavior escalated it.

Anyway, I'm ok with it. Go Shaka. Go MU.

The only thing Shaka should've done differently during that whole brouhaha was order the walk-ons to try as hard as they could to score on the last possession of the game to really show Providence up.  But he has too much class for that, unfortunately.

[We R Final Four]

Congrats Tower on the pre-game thread, the post game thread, and the SOTG thread. The Trifecta!

[brewcity77]

Conference Title hopes still alive.

Seton Hall goes to Carnesecca on Saturday. It's over.

[Shooter McGavin]

Good win tonight.  Happy for the team.  Needed a game where they all shot confidently.

Especially like that Kam keeps firing with confidence and Gold has found his confidence as well.

Really happy Zaide, Parham, and Owens keep making plays.

Joplin needs to shoot, rebound and play defense.  If he does that and doesn't dribble he is extremely valuable.  The second he dribbles he needs to be taken out of the game. 

Agree with Tower on Caedin, if the game slows down for him, he looks intriguing.  He already looks more natural and quicker than Theo. 

Happy Tre hit a three but he is a huge liability if teams play us like Providence did tonight.  Cannot have him take more than 1 or 2 threes per game and preferably zero. 

Glad Stevie hit three threes and he needs to continue to take them and make a few like tonight or he will be an offensive liability.

Wish Chase could finish in traffic better. Zaide already more natural at it. 

Kam for stud of the game. 

[MU82]

Providence followed its scouting report. Here's hoping we can make other teams pay for crowding the lane and leaving our guys open from 3.

I was VERY happy to see Zaide stay in the game after that scary fall. (Dr. Raftery idiotically had said, "He hurt his foot and it could be serious.")

I initially thought that long alley-oop pass from Kam was gonna be too high ... and then D.O. soared. Literally brought me out of my seat!

Best game of Gold's career? Probably. That's two real good offensive games from him in the last 8 days. More please ... and against better opponents.

My son took my 5-year-old grandsons to the game. I thanked them for using their vibes to break MU's shooting slump.

[Shooter McGavin]

Love it 82!  A new Warrior fan in the making. 

[GoldenEagles03]

Providence followed its scouting report. Here's hoping we can make other teams pay for crowding the lane and leaving our guys open from 3.

I was VERY happy to see Zaide stay in the game after that scary fall. (Dr. Raftery idiotically had said, "He hurt his foot and it could be serious.")

I initially thought that long alley-oop pass from Kam was gonna be too high ... and then D.O. soared. Literally brought me out of my seat!

Best game of Gold's career? Probably. That's two real good offensive games from him in the last 8 days. More please ... and against better opponents.

My son took my 5-year-old grandsons to the game. I thanked them for using their vibes to break MU's shooting slump.

Gonna be an expensive few months! If they are gonna get 17 3s out of their vibes, I think your grandsons may need to be at every game!

[bradforster]

The board is quiet tonight.  Much like the crowd.  Ergo, a whole bunch of posters must have been sitting on their hands at the game(?)

Folks are still waiting for a win against a quality opponent.  This board will be brimming with activity if the team produces back to back victories against UConn and St. John's.

[MuggsyB]

Providence followed its scouting report. Here's hoping we can make other teams pay for crowding the lane and leaving our guys open from 3.

I was VERY happy to see Zaide stay in the game after that scary fall. (Dr. Raftery idiotically had said, "He hurt his foot and it could be serious.")

I initially thought that long alley-oop pass from Kam was gonna be too high ... and then D.O. soared. Literally brought me out of my seat!

Best game of Gold's career? Probably. That's two real good offensive games from him in the last 8 days. More please ... and against better opponents.

My son took my 5-year-old grandsons to the game. I thanked them for using their vibes to break MU's shooting slump.

Can your grandson ball yet?

[MuggsyB]

Yup.
Just said on the other thread that was the most confident he's been with the ball in what seemed like months.

Turned it over 4x but it didn't matter. He had swagger, played with joy, and all was right on the court

Good points by both of you. 

[AverageJoe]

It was a great game, and the first time I've witnessed when only four of their 30 shots in the first half are two pointers.

Have to disagree about Hamilton.  Seems like a great kid and works hard, but he makes Chris Grimm look DWade. He just doesn't have any quickness, flexibility, or hops.  Granted, Eric Dixon is a good player, but when Hamilton guarded him he blew past him like he wasn't there.  And tonight the ball was bouncing off his hands left and right.  Hopefully I'm wrong, but I don't see him being a productive player. 

[bradforster]

It was a great game, and the first time I've witnessed when only four of their 30 shots in the first half are two pointers.

Have to disagree about Hamilton.  Seems like a great kid and works hard, but he makes Chris Grimm look DWade. He just doesn't have any quickness, flexibility, or hops.  Granted, Eric Dixon is a good player, but when Hamilton guarded him he blew past him like he wasn't there.  And tonight the ball was bouncing off his hands left and right.  Hopefully I'm wrong, but I don't see him being a productive player. 

Hamilton doesn't have it, unfortunately. 

[TallTitan34]

The timeless tradition of writing off a guy in his freshman year.

[MuggsyB]

Hamilton doesn't have it, unfortunately. 

I would cool your jets a bit.  Give tge young mam some time. 

[JakeBarnes]

Willie is seething in his basement.

Not just Willie.

This still doesn't heal me from Kim English's free throws in the tournament

I'm ready to be hurt again. Reopen Schoolyard. Let's rage

[tower912]

I like that it is no longer a surprise that all ten scholarship players played 10 or more minutes.  I am grateful that the bench is playing well enough that the starters don't have to be rushed back in too soon.

[MUfan12]

Game is moving too fast for Caedin, but I can see why they like him.

Last night on one possession he had a rebound, long outlet, one handed crosscourt pass to the corner, and it ended with a pocket pass for a Kam and-1.

Physicality is there, as is the passing ability. Needs reps when he can get them.

[tower912]

Shaka said as much in his post-game presser.   Also said  a lot about Ben, all revolving around the idea that Ben needs to believe in himself like his coaches and teammates do.

[Billy Hoyle]

The board is quiet tonight.  Much like the crowd.  Ergo, a whole bunch of posters must have been sitting on their hands at the game(?)

How was the crowd? I saw upper level tickets selling for $2 on multiple resale sites yesterday

[Warrior of Law]

When Kam's shot is falling, everything is rolling. That's been the key all season. Now let's keep it rolling in DC, CT and Senior Day.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Seton Hall goes to Carnesecca on Saturday. It's over.

Game got moved to MSG.

[Mr. Nielsen]

7.  Students missed a heck of a game.

It was pretty strong for a weeknight game. Not sure why some felt the need to leave at halftime.