Providence upsets UConn on the road, 57-53

Wow. I mean, just, wow. I’ll be honest, I needed to wait a good nineteen or so hours before I could even attempt to write this, but here we go. What a game, what an atmosphere, what a win. Ed Cooley and his squad did all the little things last night at the XL Center and it paid off greatly, resulting in a huge, ranked, road win for the Friars.

A.J. Reeves led the way for the visitors, logging a team-high sixteen points on 5-12 shooting, while going a healthy 4-8 from beyond the arc. As expected, the huskies collapsed into the paint on Nate Watson, which opened up some nice looks for Reeves. In the post-game presser, Dan Hurley commented on how if you are going to smother a big in the paint,…