crimedogg27
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Remember when this offense was going to be good? Remember when we were told this would be an up-tempo team?
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Remember when this offense was going to be good? Remember when we were told this would be an up-tempo team?
TheLivingLegend
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Team is a failure. Mick failed this season.
UCalum08
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Huge failure in every sense. This team lost every single game of importance. Except for the road game at UConn which is holding not much weight anymore. With that being said, they don't deserve to dance. Too many chances, too many fails.
jacobkdoyle
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We failed to score 70 in all 9 AAC road games. And one of those games was OT, one was 2OT. Truly embarrassing.
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Our recruiting failures of 2011 and 2012 have been biting us in the ass the last 2 years. Jermaine Sanders and Shaq Thomas are the only players in those classes to play here for 4 years.
I understand the frustration (I feel it to)...but the season isn't over yet. I'm not very optimistic but stranger things have happened. Of course the only thing that can save this season is a significant NCAA tourney run
jacobkdoyle
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I hear you Waterhead. But we're going to walk the ball up the floor on every single possession of postseason basketball. Hard to make a run like that...UC fans would know
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See if this sounds familiar...It's the end of the year and we're scoring in the 50s. And we are undermanned with only 6 usuable players (that's if you include DeBerry and Johnson).
Why again is it better for us to leave scholarships on the table in EVERY class?
Why again is it better for us to leave scholarships on the table in EVERY class?
UCalum08
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Second this.
JackBauer151
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I think it should be based on players available and how good the players are on the current roster. However this group has proven that nobody should be safe. All could be recruited over. If they can get Bowman, do it. I have real concerns about Justin Jenifer ever being the starting point guard of a top level team. I feel the recruiting is getting better, 2011 and 2012 just killed us. Last two years our only 4 year seniors were Jermaine Sanders and Shaq Thomas. Two extremely average (at best) division one college basketball players. However Clark, Evans, Cumberland, and Washington all seem to be big time players. That trend has to continue and get better. The season isnt over. I think they win on Sunday and get in the dance. From there anything can happen. Season can still be salvaged. Not that I'd bet on it....
Bearcat_NTS
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I hear you Waterhead. But we're going to walk the ball up the floor on every single possession of postseason basketball. Hard to make a run like that...UC fans would know
So you want them to push the tempo when they have 3 guys playing 37+ minutes and only 6 guys that can give them anything?
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Let's be honest, it is more like 4 players that give us anything. But to answer your question, I don't even know. Cronin hasn't constructed very good rosters since the Sweet 16 team. I'd love to say just play everyone and press, but we clearly aren't built for that. Moore and DeBerry are 2 of the ONLY 3 bench players. And most of the rest of our guys are slow and out of shape.
Bearcat_NTS
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The truth is, we are a slow plodding team. It's just the personnel of the roster. I was never impressed with Jenifer's tape from the moment he committed. He's supposedly very quick. I haven't seen him be able to blow by the guy guarding him like all the Houston guards did last night.
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More work on feet, core, and cardio this offseason is desperately needed. I don't care how much a guy benches, tell me who squats the most.
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Jack I think we need to fill the roster. We end up with SRs like Guyn, Thomas, Sanders, Nyarsuk, DeBerry, and soon to be Johnson all the time (these guys are all post-1st NCAA appearance under Cronin...so post-rebuild). Then we're forced to rely on these guys for significant roles. Shouldn't be hard to find HS guards and JUCO big bodies to compete and give us more depth (couldn't we have signed KJ Walton?). I couldn't agree more on Bowman. Bring him in. A wing and a JUCO big too are needed imo. Let 13 guys battle it out to fill out the depth chart every year. Then only the strong survive...instead of having borderline D1 players in the regular rotation bc they are literally the last resort for scholarship players. And even if the back of the roster guys end up at the same level as the short bench we see today, at least we aren't always going to be sitting here at this point in the year undermanned if injuries should happen.
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If a guy like Quadri Moore wants to be scholarship #13, I'm fine with him staying. I don't want him around in any other scenario bc that would mean a waste on his scholarship and at least 1 open scholarship. Enough of that.
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Bearcat_NTS
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Even if they won last night the issues still remain. The recruiting has to improve. Mick you are on the clock for the 2017 class...
UCalum08
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110% agree.
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Yes, they still could have run more. Houston isn't that much deeper and they ran. Clark was 0-6 but played 38 minutes. Cronin could have easily given Deberry more minutes to keep them fresher. Ellis didn't deserve 27 minutes.
When you are down 12+ with less than 10 minutes to go, you simply don't walk the ball up the court.