'13 NY PF Jermaine Lawrence (Commit)

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I go to 10-12 games a year now. If Mick lands Jermaine I buy season tickets the next day. That is without improving the facility.
 
Already got my tickets for Saturday, 4th game this year. Hope everyone else is doing their part as well, we NEED to get more people in that building for Lawrence. If we get another 6200 crowd he will laugh at us.
 
#BearcatNation said:
Already got my tickets for Saturday, 4th game this year. Hope everyone else is doing their part as well, we NEED to get more people in that building for Lawrence. If we get another 6200 crowd he will laugh at us.
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Wish I could be there. I went down to the Shootout...Er, Classic last night (despite the 3 and a half hour drive from Columbus; thanks for closing the fucking 71 bridge north of Kings Island you fucking construction workers!) and I also have tickets to the game on the 27th against New Mexico. Can't make it Saturday. I hope the crowd is at least 10,000 strong and they make that place as loud as it can get. I really think a good crowd for the game and we seal the deal with Lawrence. His trip to UNLV saw them lose to Oregon (and UC win the Tourney). I think UC is in good shape.
 
#BearcatNation said:
Already got my tickets for Saturday, 4th game this year. Hope everyone else is doing their part as well, we NEED to get more people in that building for Lawrence. If we get another 6200 crowd he will laugh at us.
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Students on Christmas break, Saturday before Christmas, bad weather, poor economy, opponent, and opponent won't travel well.

It all adds up to UC will be lucky to have 4500 butts in the stands. This is sad. Every game should be 13,176, but as another poster pointed out, the Reds should've drawn 12-15,000 more per game in Aug/Sept.


On the other hand, Jermaine is smart enough to know all of this and Mick and company will have him in an intimate setting on campus. I'd be surprised if he left campus without a verbal committment.
 
Red_N_Black_Attack said:
On the other hand, Jermaine is smart enough to know all of this and Mick and company will have him in an intimate setting on campus. I'd be surprised if he left campus without a verbal committment.
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Can you elaborate why you think he wouldn't leave campus without a verbal? I know he has had UC in his top schools but I figured it would coming from the new york, new jersey area that st johns and syracuse would be in the lead, hopefully the fans will show up and we look good against Wright State. He would be a huge addition, and would add stability to our bigs.
 
Red_N_Black_Attack said:
Students on Christmas break, Saturday before Christmas, bad weather, poor economy, opponent, and opponent won't travel well.

It all adds up to UC will be lucky to have 4500 butts in the stands. This is sad. Every game should be 13,176, but as another poster pointed out, the Reds should've drawn 12-15,000 more per game in Aug/Sept.


On the other hand, Jermaine is smart enough to know all of this and Mick and company will have him in an intimate setting on campus. I'd be surprised if he left campus without a verbal committment.
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I'd be surprised if he did commit. He is going to take all the visits he has planned and will make a decision in the spring. You won't see a verbal from him until sometime around March or April IMO.
 
Red_N_Black_Attack said:
Students on Christmas break, Saturday before Christmas, bad weather, poor economy, opponent, and opponent won't travel well.

It all adds up to UC will be lucky to have 4500 butts in the stands. This is sad. Every game should be 13,176, but as another poster pointed out, the Reds should've drawn 12-15,000 more per game in Aug/Sept.


On the other hand, Jermaine is smart enough to know all of this and Mick and company will have him in an intimate setting on campus. I'd be surprised if he left campus without a verbal committment.
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Sarcasm? He is supposed to choose in the spring; not Saturday.
 
Just in case anyone hasn't seen any footage of him yet, I found this bored at work today. He is a freak athletically. 6'9" and could play small forward no issue if he so desired.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT9A_neFu6c[/ame]
 
Crap that kid looks good. Seems like the exact kind of big that we haven't been able to get in the Cronin era (one who attacks the basket offensively and can score). I'm not sayign Mick's not trying. I'm just saying he's really not gotten a K-Mart, Fortson, Maxiell, Hicks yet. Love that he's trying though.

Man...why's he gotta come for Wright State? They should offer students free admission and a slice of pizza if they're in town. Fill that shit up.
 
He was close with Behanon, I wish he coulda kept that kid. He does and not only is this team an instant final four fav, but I bet the last 2 recruiting classes are better to begin with. That kid was a true difference maker for a program. The way SK is and Cash would have been had he not been hurt so much.
 
Hicks' Guns said:
Crap that kid looks good. Seems like the exact kind of big that we haven't been able to get in the Cronin era (one who attacks the basket offensively and can score). I'm not sayign Mick's not trying. I'm just saying he's really not gotten a K-Mart, Fortson, Maxiell, Hicks yet. Love that he's trying though.

Man...why's he gotta come for Wright State? They should offer students free admission and a slice of pizza if they're in town. Fill that shit up.
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students already get free admission.
 
Cincinnati is, in general, an average to below average sports town from an attendance perspective. None of the teams get the kind of support that they would in larger cities. The smaller cities, with rabid fan support, seldom have pro franchises competing for the sports dollars (Lexington, Columbus, Louisville). A comparable city, St. Louis, has much better baseball attendance, but the Billikens don't draw squat.
Pittsburgh, outside of their crosstown game with Duquesne, hasn't drawn 10,000 yet this year at home against crap teams.(most of their pre-conference schedule). Teams that share with pro franchises are screwed (Houston just drew 3000 for their most recent game)
 
handwaver said:
Cincinnati is, in general, an average to below average sports town from an attendance perspective. None of the teams get the kind of support that they would in larger cities.
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I am actually curious on how you come up with average to below average. I would love to see someone bring all the facts to the table sometime. Bengals and Reds are in the 64 largest city (city limits) in the USA and in the 30th largest metropoliton area. I would love to see apples to apples comparison on how well we do or don't do. How about comparing attendence as a percentage of population. How about a college comparison against other teams that are in pro towns but also based on a percentage of population.

I am not saying your assessment is wrong, I just would like to know based on all the facts.
 
ME80 said:
I am actually curious on how you come up with average to below average. I would love to see someone bring all the facts to the table sometime. Bengals and Reds are in the 64 largest city (city limits) in the USA and in the 30th largest metropoliton area. I would love to see apples to apples comparison on how well we do or don't do. How about comparing attendence as a percentage of population. How about a college comparison against other teams that are in pro towns but also based on a percentage of population.

I am not saying your assessment is wrong, I just would like to know based on all the facts.
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Plus, at this point, if you are blindly supporting the Bengals and have had season tickets for years, you are an asshole. The only time Mike Brown changes anything is when we don't sell that stadium out consistently. Otherwise, he'll just collect his millions and field a huge pile of dump.

The Reds and UC do deserve better attendance. I think it's becuase I was 11 when Huggins made the final four that I didn't realize what attendance was. Did we consistently sell out during the Huggins era?
 

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