How does UC finish this year?

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So an update to this question, how do we finish the season going forward? I look at the remaining games and the way this team has played lately and I am very worried about how we are going to finish this season out.

As it stands we are 19-5 with 7 games remaining (4 home and 3 road). That should be enough to make you feel great but not with this team, not in this conference, and not with our track record of fading down the stretch run.

Here's how I see it going down.............
St. Johns - We lose a tough one here on another sloppy scrappy game but SJU makes enough free throws this time to put us away
Louisville - We lose by double digits to a team that forces us into too many turnovers with their pressure and simply scores too many points for us to compete.
@Providence - Another tough loss to a scrappy team on their home court. Marshawn Brooks goes off and we don't have anyone to contend on the scoring end, his game turns out to be the difference
@Georgetown - Bearcats show up in this game and win by double digits. We end the 3 game skid by frustrating GTown with our defensive gameplan and we make a few shots in the process.
UConn - We lose by double digits, UConn just scores too many points and we can't score, simple as that.
@Marquete - We lose a close game on the road to a Marquette team playing it's way off the tournament bubble.
GTown - Bearcats lose an ugly one to close out the season, GTown makes the necessary adjustments after losing to us at their place in the last game.

So that puts us at 20-11 and we end the season on a 1-6 skid. Man, I hope I'm wrong.
I could see the SJU, Providence, and LVille games going the other way, then again we could drop both games to GTown and go 0-7. The next question is if we beat SJU, Providence, and Marquette and finish on a 3-4 note does 22-9 get us into the dance?

Thoughts, predictions, am I crazy??
 
UCBearcats said:
So an update to this question, how do we finish the season going forward? I look at the remaining games and the way this team has played lately and I am very worried about how we are going to finish this season out.

As it stands we are 19-5 with 7 games remaining (4 home and 3 road). That should be enough to make you feel great but not with this team, not in this conference, and not with our track record of fading down the stretch run.

Here's how I see it going down.............
St. Johns - We lose a tough one here on another sloppy scrappy game but SJU makes enough free throws this time to put us away
Louisville - We lose by double digits to a team that forces us into too many turnovers with their pressure and simply scores too many points for us to compete.
@Providence - Another tough loss to a scrappy team on their home court. Marshawn Brooks goes off and we don't have anyone to contend on the scoring end, his game turns out to be the difference
@Georgetown - Bearcats show up in this game and win by double digits. We end the 3 game skid by frustrating GTown with our defensive gameplan and we make a few shots in the process.
UConn - We lose by double digits, UConn just scores too many points and we can't score, simple as that.
@Marquete - We lose a close game on the road to a Marquette team playing it's way off the tournament bubble.
GTown - Bearcats lose an ugly one to close out the season, GTown makes the necessary adjustments after losing to us at their place in the last game.

So that puts us at 20-11 and we end the season on a 1-6 skid. Man, I hope I'm wrong.
I could see the SJU, Providence, and LVille games going the other way, then again we could drop both games to GTown and go 0-7. The next question is if we beat SJU, Providence, and Marquette and finish on a 3-4 note does 22-9 get us into the dance?

Thoughts, predictions, am I crazy??
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Yes, you are crazy :D. I'll take it the other way. I just don't see us losing 6 of our last 7 with 4 of those games being at home. Here is what I see happening

St Johns= W, we come out ready to play and sweep the Johnnies.
Louisville= W/L, my pick-em game. They come in still reeling from injuries and we always play them tough at home. I think we win by less than 3 points.
@ Prov= W, somehow I think we do enough to get a big time road win at providence.
@Gtown= L, a close game that we lose in the final minutes. However I could definitely see us winning this game. We always play Town close.
Uconn= W, my upset special! Uconn will be coming off a tough stretch of games that include vs Gtown, @ Lville, vs Marq, then @ UC. I think they will be exhausted by the time they come into town and we snatch a HUGE victory!
@Marq= L, a game we don't even show up for. I can see this one being ugly for whatever reason. They just seem to have our number as of late.
Gtown= W, I think we squeak out another huge win on the final day of the regular season.

Overall in final 7: 4-3 or 5-2
Overall 23-8 (10-8) or 24-7 (11-7) with a 6/7 seed in the tourney.

It may be a little crazy but thats how I see it playing out :D
 
I could see us pulling out a LVille win and it's certainly possible that we'll beat Providence. I agree with you on the Marquette game and I think most people do, not sure why but for some reason I feel like we never have a chance against Marquette (maybe it's their awesome uni's)

I couldn't disagree more with the UConn game. We always play them tough and kind of have their number recently but I just don't see a way that this UC team can match UConn on the scoring end. We'd better have an epic shooting night if we want to win that game.
 
UCBearcats said:
I could see us pulling out a LVille win and it's certainly possible that we'll beat Providence. I agree with you on the Marquette game and I think most people do, not sure why but for some reason I feel like we never have a chance against Marquette (maybe it's their awesome uni's)

I couldn't disagree more with the UConn game. We always play them tough and kind of have their number recently but I just don't see a way that this UC team can match UConn on the scoring end. We'd better have an epic shooting night if we want to win that game.
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Granted but you never can tell. We thought WVU would have all sorts of trouble scoring coming into 5th/3rd without Casey Mitchell and they put up 66 on the 'Cats. Ultimately I think that game was an aberration and UC will play very well at home down the stretch. I think they lose only one more game at home. Whether that be to St. John's, UofL, UCONN or Georgetown.
 
UCBearcats said:
I could see us pulling out a LVille win and it's certainly possible that we'll beat Providence. I agree with you on the Marquette game and I think most people do, not sure why but for some reason I feel like we never have a chance against Marquette (maybe it's their awesome uni's)

I couldn't disagree more with the UConn game. We always play them tough and kind of have their number recently but I just don't see a way that this UC team can match UConn on the scoring end. We'd better have an epic shooting night if we want to win that game.
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For a majority of the year UCONN has been a one man show. We have done a pretty good job this year of shutting down the opposing player's best player at home. Not so much on the road. Now UCONN has started getting some production besides Walker but I will take my chances with the other guys beating us if we can put the clamps on Walker.
 
10-8 makes us a lock.
9-9 makes it very probable.......and I would say we're in with 9-9 because 4 of those wins will come against good teams.

Providence is no slouch. We're predicted to lose as of now. We're predicted to beat SJU, Ville, Uconn and Gtown.

We need 4 games, starting with SJU on Sunday.
 
There's nobody I agree with more than BA1 and again I'm right with him on this.

Providence will be tough at home. SJU, Ville, Gtown and UConn will be tough at 5/3rd but I think homecourt gives us the edge. The last 4 all have crunch time go to guys that can carry a team. UC has to get back to team basketball on both sides of the court in this homestretch to close the deal.
 
bearcat jeff said:
There's nobody I agree with more than BA1 and again I'm right with him on this.

Providence will be tough at home. SJU, Ville, Gtown and UConn will be tough at 5/3rd but I think homecourt gives us the edge. The last 4 all have crunch time go to guys that can carry a team. UC has to get back to team basketball on both sides of the court in this homestretch to close the deal.
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I hate to be "That Guy" but I don't see the home court edge that everyone is talking about. UC is a better team then WVU, and lost on their home court. I don't see UC getting the edge in the Gtown/Uconn games because of the "home court." Just my opinion. I think it may give us a better chance, but I would by no means say it gives them an edge.
 
Lunardi said Wednesday UC's current chance at the tournament was 60-65%. He said they completely hold their own fate. They don't have to root for or against anybody. They just need to win 3-4 more games. He said Sunday's game is huge. That in spite of St. John's beefier wins, it'd be hard to keep UC out if they beat SJU twice. He also said they need to win 2 of the games against UConn, Ville, and Gtown.
 
wonder what paul daughtery thinks after leaving this team for dead after the st johns game?
 
I honestly thought Cronin had done as much as he could. While he still has much work to do on offense, the D hasn't played this well since Kenyon was roaming the lanes.
With a hustling Yancy, and Jackson being himself, the Cincy bigs are outshining their counterparts.
I'm surprised, but UC is finishing strong for the first time in awhile. I would like to see at least one more win out of the last three..
 

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