If we win out, you are saying we might not make the tournament? Is that what you’re saying? Wed probably be ranked. I know the polls don’t have anything to do with the tournament but I don’t know if anyone that has been ranked hasn’t made the tournamentIs this really that funny ?
We have some elite nationally respected bracketologist apart of this site, I’m sure they would agree that 7 tier 1 wins is better than 3
I didn’t say it would happen. I said if it did.
If we win out, I still don’t feel great because it only takes a few bid thief’s and the bubble shrinks again.
You can't just pick one stat and decide we are the clear outlier of all teams. You have to weigh the entire resume. Purdue is an outlier with 13 losses. Rhode Island is an outlier with only one Q1 win. Rutgers is an outlier with only one road win. Hell, Kentucky is an outlier with a Q4 loss.I mean, its strange to be so confident when we are the 100% clear outlier of all the teams currently in the field.
If we win out, you are saying we might not make the tournament? Is that what you’re saying? Wed probably be ranked. I know the polls don’t have anything to do with the tournament but I don’t know if anyone that has been ranked hasn’t made the tournament
SMU a couple years ago.
That said, if we win out, we have nothing to worry about.
Their non conference sos was in the 300s. The committee has never liked when teams don’t try to schedule hard teams. That one year GW went 26-1 and got an 8 seed.
Was just answering lol
Crazy season... But it's over. It's a wrap. It's done.
Sad state of affairs... I’m watching the UCLA @UTAH game and This same UCLA team that we whooped last year, lost its 3 best players and this season now looks like they’d beat the brakes off of Thr current version of UC basketball.
They are playing outstanding defense. Kenpom has this as a 2 point loss against a team that is literally identical in kempom to UCF and they are currently up nearly 20 on the road.
Add in that Utah’s offense is 40 spots better then ucf offense.
Defense matters.
You don’t have to be one sided. We can do both.
Your daily UCLA update. You hated talking about it when they weren’t doing well.Sad state of affairs... I’m watching the UCLA @UTAH game and This same UCLA team that we whooped last year, lost its 3 best players and this season now looks like they’d beat the brakes off of Thr current version of UC basketball.
They are playing outstanding defense. Kenpom has this as a 2 point loss against a team that is literally identical in kempom to UCF and they are currently up nearly 20 on the road.
Add in that Utah’s offense is 40 spots better then ucf offense.
Defense matters.
You don’t have to be one sided. We can do both.
Sad state of affairs... I’m watching the UCLA @UTAH game and This same UCLA team that we whooped last year, lost its 3 best players and this season now looks like they’d beat the brakes off of Thr current version of UC basketball.
They are playing outstanding defense. Kenpom has this as a 2 point loss against a team that is literally identical in kempom to UCF and they are currently up nearly 20 on the road.
Add in that Utah’s offense is 40 spots better then ucf offense.
Defense matters.
You don’t have to be one sided. We can do both.
Not sure why this is relevant
Your daily UCLA update. You hated talking about it when they weren’t doing well.
It’s an open thread.
And it’s absolutely relevant.
We are cincinnati.where defense is engrained in the culture.
This current version of UC is trash defensively and it just shows that you can have a lot of success in the country’s 4th best conference by just playing defense.
They are a half a game out of first place because they have an identity. They know why they win now.
But what’s frustrating about UC is that we seem to have no idea why we win. We don’t have an identity. Those are things I took pride in as a Bearcats fan. Being an elite defense. Being nearly impossible to beat at home. And feeling like you walked into a buzz saw every time you set up on offense.
I just want to get back to that. I want Brannen to do his offensive magic and yet, at the same time still be elite defensively
And now no one wants to talk about them after running their mouth after every loss.
Everyone talks about Brannen being this coaching guru. But at this late stage in the season, UCLA looks like it’s figured out how to win. And UC has figured out how to play aweful.
What gives? I thought his teams peaked in March and late Feb? Instead they are playing uninspired basketball for 4 straight games.
Why are they figuring it out and we aren’t ? We play in the 7th worst conference, they play in 4th. And yet we’re both in the same spot. Essentially.
You’ve said numerous times times you are supportive of brannen but every time there is a bump in the road, you bring up UCLA’s success or talking about why he isn’t a great coach.And now no one wants to talk about them after running their mouth after every loss.
Everyone talks about Brannen being this coaching guru. But at this late stage in the season, UCLA looks like it’s figured out how to win. And UC has figured out how to play aweful.
What gives? I thought his teams peaked in March and late Feb? Instead they are playing uninspired basketball for 4 straight games.
Why are they figuring it out and we aren’t ? We play in the 7th worst conference, they play in 4th. And yet we’re both in the same spot. Essentially.
Dude it's a process. Look at Anthony Grant at Dayton. Basically CJB mentor and runs a similar system.
Here is Dayton under his tenure:
Year 1: 14-17
Year 2: 21-12 NIT
Year 3: 24-2 (Projected 2 seed)
Yes we obviously have superior talent to Dayton, but it's still a freaking process. I for one supported Mick during the process. Micks 4th team with Lance, Yancy, Cash, and Deonta certainly should have made the tournament. But they didn't. Still supported them. You drive yourself crazy with your Mick obsession. It's CJB 1st year and your trying to define his entire tenure over 3/4 of his 1st season at UC. All that defense you described got us to one sweet 16 in his 13 years. So while in theory everyone wants the D to improve, that's a process. Calm down. Not everything is as declarative as you make it sound.
Yeah because he left our program. He wasn't fired, he left UC. I root against Brian Kelly, Butch Jones, and Mark Dantonio. That may make me a bitter guy, but they left us. I am a die hard UC fan.