Fire Mick

[jacobkdoyle]

Bruh In a 35 game sample, our defense was much better then Villanova. They were just amazing on the offensive end and contrary to popular belief, offense wins basketball.

Jay wright is the best coach in the country and I’m not sure it’s even close. Measuring anyone against him in the last 5 years and they will come up short.

I mean, cincinnati will never be elite. Never. Not in today’s conference alignment. If we do become elite, it won’t last long as the coach will leave for a bigger better job.

We’ve basically transformed into a football first school in a non power league.

Check the powerhouses in college basketball who aren’t in a power conference:
Gonzaga
Wichita state
Formerly Dayton
Formerly Xavier
VCU

If we add cincinnati to thst list; what would make us not the others ? Football. All the above schools #1 focus is basketball. Basketball is not the main focus at UC.

I think most people want conference titles and Sweet 16 (and beyond) appearances. Nothing is stopping us from doing those things.

 

[cincycpaw]

I think most people want conference titles and Sweet 16 (and beyond) appearances. Nothing is stopping us from doing those things.

Unfortunately something is....

 

[cincyguy13]

Bruh In a 35 game sample, our defense was much better then Villanova. They were just amazing on the offensive end and contrary to popular belief, offense wins basketball.

Jay wright is the best coach in the country and I’m not sure it’s even close. Measuring anyone against him in the last 5 years and they will come up short.

I mean, cincinnati will never be elite. Never. Not in today’s conference alignment. If we do become elite, it won’t last long as the coach will leave for a bigger better job.

We’ve basically transformed into a football first school in a non power league.

Check the powerhouses in college basketball who aren’t in a power conference:
Gonzaga
Wichita state
Formerly Dayton
Formerly Xavier
VCU

If we add cincinnati to thst list; what would make us not the others ? Football. All the above schools #1 focus is basketball. Basketball is not the main focus at UC.

Such an excuse. So you are saying there is no way for us to get better and be better? I’ll tell you want would help. Maybe making a run in the tournament and getting some recognition. But we can’t do that because our conference. So lame

 

[All we do is Guyn]

What exactly are any of you guys possibly opitimistic about after 12 years of the same charade? The jig is up for me!

- Tied for best record in school history
- Regular season champions
- Conference tournament champions
- Ranked top 10 for the majority of the season
- 8 straight NCAA tournament appearances
- Highest seed since forever
- Brand new arena
- A conference that's improving.
- 2 players with the potential to go to the NBA
- Recruiting good players that represent the school well

But good for you for seeing through the ruse! It's good to know that I was being fooled!

 

[Nayers]

- Tied for best record in school history
- Regular season champions
- Conference tournament champions
- Ranked top 10 for the majority of the season
- 8 straight NCAA tournament appearances
- Highest seed since forever
- Brand new arena
- A conference that's improving.
- 2 players with the potential to go to the NBA
- Recruiting good players that represent the school well

But good for you for seeing through the ruse! It's good to know that I was being fooled!

those are good points.
who is the 2nd player who could go to the nba?

highest seed since forever-still couldn't make it to the 2nd weekend.

brand new arena-and cant land a top 100 recruit(or even a targeted juco for that matter)

our conference will dip after this year- Houston wont be as good, Wichita st wont be nearly as good, uc wont be as good, UConn will be rebuilding in its first year with hurley

the rest I completely agree, they are great things to reflect on in this offseason

 

[jacobkdoyle]

- Tied for best record in school history
- Regular season champions
- Conference tournament champions
- Ranked top 10 for the majority of the season
- 8 straight NCAA tournament appearances
- Highest seed since forever
- Brand new arena
- A conference that's improving.
- 2 players with the potential to go to the NBA
- Recruiting good players that represent the school well

But good for you for seeing through the ruse! It's good to know that I was being fooled!

This post is a good reminder.

I for the life of me don't know how so many people snapped out of the Nevada loss funk so quickly. But yeah there are a lot of good things going on. Not perfect. And we need to change some things and improve on some things in all areas. Not sure if we can/will. But there are a lot of positives regardless.

 

[All we do is Guyn]

those are good points.
who is the 2nd player who could go to the nba?

I think Gary has a chance. Mick said the NBA scouts' interest was increasing towards the end of the regular season.

 

[Nayers]

I think Gary has a chance. Mick said the NBA scouts' interest was increasing towards the end of the regular season.

I sure hope so, I just don't see him guarding the 6'7" guys of the NBA on the perimeter. Gary may be my favorite bearcat ever.

 

[jacobkdoyle]

I sure hope so, I just don't see him guarding the 6'7" guys of the NBA on the perimeter. Gary may be my favorite bearcat ever.

Yeah he's way up there for me too. I want his number retired/recognized as soon as possible. Along with a few others.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Yeah he's way up there for me too. I want his number retired/recognized as soon as possible. Along with a few others.

If there is a #11 jersey retired it should be Larry Davis

 

[jacobkdoyle]

Bruh In a 35 game sample, our defense was much better then Villanova. They were just amazing on the offensive end and contrary to popular belief, offense wins basketball.

Jay wright is the best coach in the country and I’m not sure it’s even close. Measuring anyone against him in the last 5 years and they will come up short.

I mean, cincinnati will never be elite. Never. Not in today’s conference alignment. If we do become elite, it won’t last long as the coach will leave for a bigger better job.

We’ve basically transformed into a football first school in a non power league.

Check the powerhouses in college basketball who aren’t in a power conference:
Gonzaga
Wichita state
Formerly Dayton
Formerly Xavier
VCU

If we add cincinnati to thst list; what would make us not the others ? Football. All the above schools #1 focus is basketball. Basketball is not the main focus at UC.

Maybe popular belief on the westside of Cincinnati? Lol. The rest of the planet gets this.

 

[prancer]

Such an excuse. So you are saying there is no way for us to get better and be better? I’ll tell you want would help. Maybe making a run in the tournament and getting some recognition. But we can’t do that because our conference. So lame

Lol what? How did our conference keep us from making a tourney run this year? Our conference blew a 22 point lead?

 

[dbieon12]

As one of the biggest haters of the Nevada game, there's no reason to fire Mick. There's no reasonable replacement. Mick is starting to recruit. But it feels like 3 seasons of progress were just erased by 10 minutes.

Mick can rebuild the team.

 

[Zdiddy513]

We are a football school now? Is this how most of our fans think? We have the Bengals for that; why do we need another program that has no shot at winning a national championship to root for? Especially at the expense of our storied basketball program. I always thought (and still do) that we are a basketball school. We're one of the largest cities without an NBA team and used to treat our bball Bearcats like they were our pro team.

 

[Jon Rycek]

We are a football school now? Is this how most of our fans think? We have the Bengals for that; why do we need another program that has no shot at winning a national championship to root for? Especially at the expense of our storied basketball program. I always thought (and still do) that we are a basketball school. We're one of the largest cities without an NBA team and used to treat our bball Bearcats like they were our pro team.

And I think a lot of this has to do with the fans. If fans were still as passionate as they were when Huggins was here it would probably help with recruiting, a lot. If we packed every game, and went crazy like we used to, it would be nothing but positive. And it's changed a lot of course since Mick first started, but having grown up going to games, and seeing how they are even this or last year, it's just not the same. I really hope it gets even better with the new arena, UC needs that hype again.

 

[jacobkdoyle]

And I think a lot of this has to do with the fans. If fans were still as passionate as they were when Huggins was here it would probably help with recruiting, a lot. If we packed every game, and went crazy like we used to, it would be nothing but positive. And it's changed a lot of course since Mick first started, but having grown up going to games, and seeing how they are even this or last year, it's just not the same. I really hope it gets even better with the new arena, UC needs that hype again.

Give me a break. Back to making more excuses for the coach. Smh.

I've said it before and I'll say it again...if a coach needs every single thing in the entire world to go in their favor in order to be successful, how good of a coach are they really?

 

[jacobkdoyle]

We are not a football school. Fyi. I mean, this is one of the most popular places UC fans go to get info and share thoughts about UC sports. How many football posts do you see on here?

And can we please stop making excuses for our basketball program? PLEASE? It has reached a point where we are blaming paying customers instead of the CEO making millions. What other successful entity operates that way?

 

[cincyguy13]

Lol what? How did our conference keep us from making a tourney run this year? Our conference blew a 22 point lead?

Yeah, I was making fun of people that use the "conference" excuse. I probably could have worded it better

 

[cincyguy13]

And I think a lot of this has to do with the fans. If fans were still as passionate as they were when Huggins was here it would probably help with recruiting, a lot. If we packed every game, and went crazy like we used to, it would be nothing but positive. And it's changed a lot of course since Mick first started, but having grown up going to games, and seeing how they are even this or last year, it's just not the same. I really hope it gets even better with the new arena, UC needs that hype again.

Blaming the fans? is this a joke? has to be right?

 

[prancer]

Yeah, I was making fun of people that use the "conference" excuse. I probably could have worded it better

Ah ok that's good to know