Some UC fans are delusional because of their hate for Ohio State. You guys have a very good team, and while I'd like a series to bolster our OOC, if they don't want to play then thats fine. You cannot come onto a UC board and expect us to be drooling over OSU.
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Some UC fans are delusional because of their hate for Ohio State. You guys have a very good team, and while I'd like a series to bolster our OOC, if they don't want to play then thats fine. You cannot come onto a UC board and expect us to be drooling over OSU.
BearcatAlum1
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Ohio State fans are funny. More than 1/2 didn't even attend the damn school. That is all.
Really? Creating a username just to talk shit on a UC board? Osu class all the way. No doubt Ohio state had more talent this year; no denying it. I'm proud of our team for what they've done. Ignore the brawl, that's for outsiders to focus on. Hopefully osu can contain their extra benefits and buying out of games theyre scared of to one sport.
Can't wait for next year. Go cats.
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Dont like that arguement because I didnt go to UC. Cheering for a team goes a lot deeper than that IMO.
Man, I have no idea why people hate OSU fans.
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Craft is very good. He created a ton of turnovers. Cashmere still nearly scored 20 on him. I thought they played about even.
david aka the TYZ
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Craft is a very good on the ball defender, but I just can't help to think if he weren't white he would ride the bench in foul trouble. Some of his steals are legit, but he puts alot of body on the guy he's defending and doesn't get called on it. I know the defender has the right to his space, maybe his reputation gives him favorable calls or maybe he is just that good. It seems to me he just reads where a dribbler is going and cuts him off a split second before he gets there. He moves into the space where your arm is dribbling and since he doesn't reach in he doesn't get the foul and the dribbler just loses the ball. I saw several steals and one travel (early on Guyn) where he just threw his body into path of the dribbler.
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The one that stuck out to me was when Guyn ran down a long rebound and turned to dribble up court and Craft just bodied into him and caused Guyn to fall and they called it travelling. Alot of his steals in the second half were due to players dribbling into traffic. He has quick hands and good positioning so he would come up with the steal, but one-on-one some of those might not have been turnovers. I only watched part of one other game of theirs this year (Wisconsin) and thought the same thing of him. He's a pesky defender and no doubt skilled, but he benefits from using his body and not getting called for it. Reminds me of Louisville defenders. You can look at the number of fouls called in the game with them and tell if it was a win or loss. When the whistle is tight they really struggle, when the whistle is loose they can and will beat anyone.
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You jinxed the Cats Ralph!
When you foul someone every time they touch the ball the refs get tired of calling it, that is why Louisville's success is very dependent on how the refs call the game.
david aka the TYZ
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Couldn't agree more, and Pitino is smart enough to know he'll lose some games in December and January, but come March whistles get loose and his teams shine.
For that matter, I think Mick is starting to learn how to handle the refs. I don't remember him getting T'd up all year. (Sometimes I wish he would have.) His first few years you could see him mouthing "F... YOU!!" numerous times at he refs. His teams never got respect from the refs. Now he's somewhat of a veteran of the Big East, has shown restraint and we have had some games where we aren't whistled that much, although I'd never admit it while watching said game. Anyone else notice last night Sullinger's second foul was a quick whistle after he pushed off to get a rebound. Probably two possessions earlier he blantantly pushed Parker, I believe, for a rebound and it wasn't called and I'm sure Mick had something to say about it. "Coaching" the refs is sometimes almost as important at X's and O's and something Mick really lost out on early on.