You had to like the Providence College basketball team's odds at the end of Thursday night's game. The Friars were 3.5 seconds away from another stunning upset of Pittsburgh.
Then Ashton Gibbs gave PC the latest in a long series of gut punches, hitting a desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Pitt a 73-71 win.
It's not as if this demoralizing defeat had any postseason implications (the Friars' season was lost weeks ago), but you've got to feel for these kids.
Sure, this abyssmal season can be chalked up to youth and inexperience. But no matter the circumstances, the skid PC is on right now is a brutal one. The Friars have lost nine straight (11 of 12), and in all likelihood will close the season on a 10-game losing streak after NCAA tournament bubble resident Seton Hall wins in Providence on Saturday.
Forget the NCAA, Providence isn't even getting an invite to the Big East conference tournament. One wonders if coach Keno Davis had any idea things would go so wrong this season.
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