March Madness

[JumpinJack5]

Who's that?

Who cares?
Go Home!
(Referring to student section during pre-game into)

 

[CaptDale]

a little perspective from Lances blog:




Email of the day
The Bob Huggins UC teams went to exactly one sweet 16 in his last NINE YEARS. And that was with a win over a 10 seed Kent State who pulled an upset in game one.
Consider the following:
1. Last year Mick Cronin went to the Sweet Sixteen after his sixth seed Bearcats defeated third seed Florida State. Coach Huggins never defeated a higher seed.
2. Mick started with absolutely nothing. He had to build a roster from scratch, and he started in the Big East, not CUSA. Cashmere Wright was part of his first real recruiting class and has not graduated yet.
3. Mick had nothing to do with the firing of Bob Huggins. Coach Huggins fired himself.
4. Our APR is stronger than ever before, we don't have to worry about how many guys will be arrested in the off-season. And we have another top 25 recruiting class lined up.
5. Attendance began to decline in the final three years of the Coach Huggins era, as fans got fed up with the types of people he brought in. **
Mick has us winning again and he cleaned up the mess he inherited. The man deserves a 10 year extension.
Joe Barker, UC 78

**I looked up the attendance that Joe pointed out. Attendance declined 1,501 per game from 12,805 in 2004, to 11,304 in 2005, Huggins' final season. Attendance dropped an average of nearly 2,000 per game over the final five season with Huggins:
2000: 13,176
2001: 12,906
2002: 12,508
2003: 12,182
2004: 12,805
2005: 11,304



Read more: http://www.espn1530.com/pages/lancesBlog.html#ixzz2NLhwwUqK

Once again, toss out the patsies, and we're slightly better than .500

 

[RedlegZdid]

Where's the NIT doomsday prophets on here now? Two weeks ago everyone was sure we wouldmiss the tourney lol.

 

[TheLongHaul]

Where's the NIT doomsday prophets on here now? Two weeks ago everyone was sure we wouldmiss the tourney lol.

I'm not a doomsday prophet but they were one shot (USF) away from playing in the NIT unless they advanced past the second round of the BET.

 

[CaptDale]

Where's the NIT doomsday prophets on here now? Two weeks ago everyone was sure we wouldmiss the tourney lol.

Not Doomsday prophets, just realists for where they were/are. They played great today vs a second tier team. Tomorrow tells the tale.

 

[mdchick]

alright so we had a bad game against georgetown, time to rest up for the REAL Tournament, right now looking at the bracket I would like to get the 10 seed in dayton.

 

[User Name:]

Interesting. I still think we are solidly in but our resume does leave much to be desired:

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-ba...tless-o?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

BAD DAY: Cincinnati

Outcome: Lost to Georgetown, 61-43, in the Big East Tournament quarterfinals. The Bearcats didn’t even hit double-digits until 4:37 was left in the first half but did manage to take a 33-31 lead with 16:20 left before Otto Porter took over and Georgetown pulled away.

Prognosis: The Bearcats should be safe after winning Tuesday night, but a win over Georgetown would’ve cemented an at-large bid. Instead, coach Mick Cronin will have to sweat it out. Cincinnati is just 1-4 vs. RPI top 25 and 4-9 vs. RPI top 50.

Can't really disagree. Who's our only top 25 RPI win? Pitt?

Last 21 games: 10-11. Ugh.

What seed are we most likely looking at? 10? 11? 12?

 

[Bearcat_NTS]

Interesting. I still think we are solidly in but our resume does leave much to be desired:

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-ba...tless-o?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter



Can't really disagree. Who's our only top 25 RPI win? Pitt?

Last 21 games: 10-11. Ugh.

What seed are we most likely looking at? 10? 11? 12?

Field is too weak for UC to get left out, but this team really isn't a tournament quality team right now...which is really crazy to think about considering how long they spent in the top 25 and how well they played in the OOC schedule. I thought the team we saw in late Nov/early Dec was pretty good (but probably not worthy of it's lofty ranking), never thought that was going to be the peak of the season. I will miss Cash and Parker but I don't think I'll be bummed when the season ends. Hopefully the new guys actually have a high skill level, not just the measurables.

 

[ralph1950]

2 years ago UC lost to ND by 40 in the Big East tourney and beat Missouri in the first round of the NCAA.

 

[User Name:]

2 years ago UC lost to ND by 40 in the Big East tourney and beat Missouri in the first round of the NCAA.

As a 6 seed. UC is probably looking at being a double digit seed this year

 

[Bearcat04]

Interesting. I still think we are solidly in but our resume does leave much to be desired:

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-ba...tless-o?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter



Can't really disagree. Who's our only top 25 RPI win? Pitt?

Last 21 games: 10-11. Ugh.

What seed are we most likely looking at? 10? 11? 12?

Compared to the teams squarely on the bubble our resume looks great.

 

[UCalum08]

How come UL's Adidas tourney jerseys look way more eye friendly than ours. I feel like the media just loves to downgrade or belittle us every chance.