As I peered onto the court in the first five or so minutes of the game I was struck with a feeling of deja vu. Suddenly, I was overcome with visions of hoopball players in black jerseys clanging buckets off the rim while the opposing team in white pursued this same trend. The abyss was looking back into me; this was Providence v Creighton redux.
Both teams failed to gain any traction within the first few minutes of the game, seemingly unable to get the offenses cooking. Roosevelt Jones had issues with his typical drive-to-the-rim & take no prisoners approach, failing to cash in on his classic drives to the hoop.