We sure didn't have a true road test anything like Providence to that point. (A road test which got a lot more complicated when our PG hurt his knee. Dallin was only on his second game back, wasn't he?

Those things DO factor into how the game turns out. Not to take away from Providence's D scheme on Egor. They had a good plan for taking control of the flow of the game. But that same plan woulda worked just as well, probably, on our speed-challenged backcourt last season, too.