Two of your concerns here are bench time and pace. There is an obvious answer for both currently on the bench. I remember hearing coach say nobody could stay in front of Cane...not even our guys. But not even 10+ minutes without a basket was enough to give it an honest try. Smh
So he fouled a 3 point shooter. Fine. Take him out, scold him, send him back in.
Anything was better than playing 4 on 5 and whatever we were calling an offense.
I have no ide why Williams’ name is even being brought up. What has he done at any point in the season to deserve any playing time.
I have no ide why Williams’ name is even being brought up. What has he done at any point in the season to deserve any playing time.
We win with our depth. He's a sign that we're committed to what has won us games. Him not seeing the floor tells me we're tightening things up and holding on for dear life bc it's a rockfight.
There should never be a game where Keith Williams doesn't play.
We will look good Sunday. We are different animal at home. The problem is the tournament is not at NKU this year.
He hasn’t been a part of the rotation, no reason to do it now.
Plus you have Moore , you dont need another guy for that position.
I swear, UC fans after a big loss makes me want to quit the internet.
I'm more upset with the shitty hot takes than I am about losing to #23 in Kenpom Houston at home.
if Houston were in the Big East, they'd be in 4th place above Seton Hall, Providence and Butler and just one spot below Creighton. But because perception means so much to people, losing to houston was like losing to Mississippi valley state or something.
its insanity.
we can't have it both ways. We can't have a league that is improved and still run through like its the MEAC. If you want a respectable league then you want a league when you can lose on the road to multiple opponents.
We just punched Houston's ticket. And it sets up a great game for Temple to beat them and made get themselves in the field.
Well good lord...schedule tougher then???? This whole thing makes no sense.
It really is ridiculous, lost to eh third team in our conference, 23rd in kenpom, undefeated at home. We have 3 losses this year, most people predicted 5+. How are we gonna lose 5 games if we aren't even allowed to lose 3. 16 game winning streak and people were finally starting to give up on all he negativity, kiss that goodbye. Back to a season in turmoil, smh.
Anyone remember the specific play midway through the second half where Jenifer was dribbling the ball 25 feet away from the hoop and the announcer was dogging him saying his eyes are on the ball and not on his teammates downcourt? It was the perfect example of what Houston was doing. The defender was pushing him with one arm in the back and reaching in multiple times with his other arm. After about five seconds the refs finally blew the whistle. But realistically how could Jenifer had put his eyes off the ball when two hands are on him? You're not allowed putting hands on a ball handler, yet there he was with two hands on him for a long time before he got the whistle. Houston defenders didn't have their hands up on defense at all the entire game. It was straight old Big East ball. This team isn't tough enough to deal with that. I just hope we don't see anything remotely close to this type of defense come March being allowed. It's bush league bully ball.
I don't know how you can say that. Coach went to it down the stretch in a tough road conference game when Moore had very little previous run in the game. If he's comfortable enough to still do it there, I don't get how that doesn't tell you something.
Kelvin Sampson ain't no dummy.
Full court pg ball pressure to slow teams tempo down, you can’t have Evans full court ball pressure if he’s going to play 38 mins, that’s why having jj and cane split time normally is what makes our pg play above average, fresh legs on full court ball pressure
I completely agree with you.
But we do things differently in big games.
Agree I just don’t think it will be the norm from here on out, I don’t doubt the fact at all we see that line up again, I just don’t see it happening every game
2nd half of close games
This is classic