Instead of saying, "Here we are, we are big, physical, will pound you into the ground and dare you to stop us," the Bearcats say, "Here we are, we are big, physical, will either pound you into the ground or play whatever fashion of basketball this game turns into."
When Gates sits on the sidelines instead of creating a three-inch, 35-pound mismatch to the biggest player in the Golden Eagles rotation, it does more than render his 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks helpless. It gives away this team's soul. It is UC playing the strength of Marquette rather than to the strength of Cincinnati.
It is, once the lead slipped away in the second half, never returning to the lineup of Gates, Dixon, Rashad Bishop, Deonta Vaughn and Cashmere Wright, which rolled off a 21-2 run in the first half.
http://cnati.com/college/analysis-a-matter-of-identity-001319/
When Gates sits on the sidelines instead of creating a three-inch, 35-pound mismatch to the biggest player in the Golden Eagles rotation, it does more than render his 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks helpless. It gives away this team's soul. It is UC playing the strength of Marquette rather than to the strength of Cincinnati.
It is, once the lead slipped away in the second half, never returning to the lineup of Gates, Dixon, Rashad Bishop, Deonta Vaughn and Cashmere Wright, which rolled off a 21-2 run in the first half.
http://cnati.com/college/analysis-a-matter-of-identity-001319/
