Postgame thread-- BU 90- PROV 78

[Big Mike]

WOW........if you didn't like that game....you don't like D1 basketball.......my only question....why didn't the Braves foul at the end of the game up 3 with 8.8 secs.....it wqas still a 1and 1 at that point? We hit our FT's......we out rebounded a larger team(JJ-17 rbs to go with 17 pts) aand gave me all the excitement I could take! Move on to round 2 of the NIT!

[amckillip]

Re: BU 90- PROV 78

WOW........if you didn't like that game....you don't like D1 basketball.......my only question....why didn't the Braves foul at the end of the game up 3 with 8.8 secs.....it wqas still a 1and 1 at that point? We hit our FT's......we out rebounded a larger team(JJ-17 rbs to go with 17 pts) aand gave me all the excitement I could take! Move on to round 2 of the NIT!

My friend and I said the exact same thing, I've never understood why a team wouldn't do that.

[Big Mike]

I know that coach Stowell would have the kid fouled before he hit half court!

[Big Mike]

Did anyone catch where the refs were from? I thought they called a pretty good game!

[flipper]

Did anyone catch where the refs were from? I thought they called a pretty good game!

they were from the sec. i agree. really let them play with very few ticky tack fouls.unlike the whistle happy mvc refs.

[amckillip]

Did anyone catch where the refs were from? I thought they called a pretty good game!

they were from the sec. i agree. really let them play with very few ticky tack fouls.unlike the whistle happy mvc refs.

I'm not sure they were good, just not as bad...

[Da Coach]

Great game! I thought the officiating was good, until they called several ridiculous touch-fouls in the last minute of the game that seemed intended to bring PC back into the game.

Box score--

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/boxscore?gid=200703140062

J.J. Tauai with a monster game- 17 points and 17 rebounds.
Zach with 8 rebounds in 19 minutes, 6-6 free throws, and a highligh jam that will be shown for years.
Will with 23 points to lead BU, and some clutch buckets late.
Crouch was 3-7 from 3-point.
Ruffin with 15 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals!
Salley with great defense in the post, and some greatr play and defense by Danny Adams, too.
Attendance was only 8,304- looked like more.

[Stryker]

Did anyone catch where the refs were from? I thought they called a pretty good game!

They did call a good game, but there were a few very questionable calls I thought, and the crowd knew it.

[mike radigan]

Where to start? I thought the first half was the worst half of basketball that Bradley has played all year. The second half was better, but only a little. We missed dunks and bunnies. We turned the ball over way too much. Our shooting was off. After all that, we still managed a win. We hung in there and Willed our way to victory in OT. JJ also had a monster game with 17 points and 17 boards. And our bigs made crucial freebies. Without them we lose.

Squirrel, I and my granddaughter talked to Sam Maniscalco and his father before the start. Can???‚¬?„?t wait to see Sam in Bradley garb.

What a great crowd. Hard to believe there were only 8300 in the house as it surely looked like more. And we were Loud. The White Out was a huge success, just a great atmosphere for our final home game of the season. Good luck to the Braves as they continue their NIT quest in Mississippi on Saturday.

[Da Coach]

Bradley had 20 turnovers, many of them unforced. But they forced Providence into 23 turnovers. Bradley also outrebounded the best rebounding team in the Big East, 47-37. Not bad for a 5-guard lineup!

[Stryker]

I thought we got a little pass happy, some of the passes were rediculous. Ruffin was going pretty good with passing, but the other players weren't grabbing them. I remember one inside to Salley, he just let if bounce off his leg. OK, I really don't have anything against Salley, he did play fairly well defensively.

[flipper]

43 total turnovers.didn't realize there were so many.i didn't think the game was that sloppy.

[Big Mike]

Bradley Story...........http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle....&ATCLID=827234

[Da Coach]

Some other articles--

From the Providence Journal- will require an email and password- click on the link in the upper right "Already a Member- sign in now"- use admin@bradleyfans.com and password-bradley--

http://www.projo.com/sharedcontent/membership/join.jsp?fw=http://www.projo.com/pc/content/sp_bkc_pc15_03-15-07_ET4RTRR.38d7f28.html

From the Pawtucket Times--

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18080908&BRD=1713&PAG=461&dept_id=24490&rfi=6

[Scouter]

Re: BU 90- PROV 78

WOW........if you didn't like that game....you don't like D1 basketball.......my only question....why didn't the Braves foul at the end of the game up 3 with 8.8 secs.....it wqas still a 1and 1 at that point?

JL from the postgame press conference on that question:

"There was too much time. I don't believe in fouling at 8.8. That's too much time. We had talked about it, but I thought there was too much time."