Mick's All-Time Team

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L-T said:
I'm still working Waite. Just got done with about 20 straight years of college tuition which did a number on my early retirement plans. So, those morning games are out for me. Plus, to afford these damn basketball tickets, I may have to work till I die....or go up into the nosebleeds, and I'm not ready to go up there just yet.
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Boy do I feel your pain. My last one gets out this winter. Hopefully I can hang on a bit longer. We do play at Micks pace. LOL!!!
 
Madman81 said:
is that before or after you sip coffee at mcdonald's for 3 hours?
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Madman81 you would be surprised. I still compete and train people on occasion at 62. If it wasn't for a bad shoulder I still would be kicking 60 year old bodybuilders butts. The last show, I finished 3rd against the kids. I also happen to be a one of the few retired GI's who have never drank a cup of coffee in his life. In all fairness I do get beat on defense from time to time. Even on the short court. Yes I do cherry pick. LOL!!!!
 
Based on recruiting rankings I think it would be
G - Wright (#82 Rivals, #76 ESPN)
G - Stephenson (#11 Rivals, #12 ESPN)
F - Lawrence (#26 Rivals, #35 ESPN)
F - Gates (#22 Rivals, #30 ESPN)
C - Biggie (#56 Rivals)

Did I miss someone?
 
L-T said:
What a joke. Vaughn was 1st team All Big East as a sophomore. What does that say?
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And he followed that up with a third team and no mention. Guess what it says he had a great year with a so so career. Vaughn was a high volume shooter on teams that struggle to score. He was the first, second, and third option for his first three years.
 
Troy Caupain (JR)
Sean Kilpatrick (SR)
Lance Stephenson (FR)
Gary Clark (JR)
Yancy Gates (SR)

That's a national championship winning team right there. Caupain/Wright/Vaughn and Clark/Jackson/Williamson are close. Kilpatrick, Stephenson, and Gates are probably the 3 most talented players to play for Cronin... even if Gates never lived up to his potential.
 
Cumberland and Evans aren't on the All time team yet but I expect at least Evans to be.

He will be a star at UC. He already showed he is unafraid at this level. He keeps working and we have a guy who could end up with better numbers than kilpatrick (maybe not in total points because Evan's will have shooters around him)
 
justinhub2003 said:
Cumberland and Evans aren't on the All time team yet but I expect at least Evans to be.

He will be a star at UC. He already showed he is unafraid at this level. He keeps working and we have a guy who could end up with better numbers than kilpatrick (maybe not in total points because Evan's will have shooters around him)
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I have no idea about Cumberland, but I completely agree about Evans. He could very very special. And we need him to be!
 
If you look to build a team to win one game then my starting five would be

1Troy
2 SK
3 Evans
4 Lance
5 Clark

If you're looking for best team for era type HOF (for lack of a better word) then:

1Troy
2 SK
3 Vaughn
4 Bishop
5 Gates

Visibly missing is total lack of a true center in either line-up. With a little more (not sure if it's effort, coaching, discipline, you name it) and Ellis might have made the list, but he needed (and still needs) that something extra.
 
jacobkdoyle said:
Gates doesn't get enough credit. He was pretty damn good.
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100% agree Jakob.four year stater averaged double figures all four years. Been to a big east championship, sweet 16 bearcat fans take his career for granted. He was very good for us in his four years and when mick said ellis might be the best big he's coached not named kenyon I thought that was very insulting. On a side note yancy has been doing very well overseas
 
jacobkdoyle said:
Gates doesn't get enough credit. He was pretty damn good.
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Gates was great, Mick was never able to get the most out of him because of the style of basketball Mick played. He couldn't develop a big like Yancy to become the dominating post presence he should have been.
 
UCBearcats said:
Gates was great, Mick was never able to get the most out of him because of the style of basketball Mick played. He couldn't develop a big like Yancy to become the dominating post presence he should have been.
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Agreed. But when Yancy came back, the way he played from February til the end was a thing of beauty to watch. It's like the light went off for him. I'll never forget the way he dominated Georgetown in the BE tourney. It was bitter sweet bc I was like, where has that been. It just clicked for him a little too late.
 
UCalum08 said:
Agreed. But when Yancy came back, the way he played from February til the end was a thing of beauty to watch. It's like the light went off for him. I'll never forget the way he dominated Georgetown in the BE tourney. It was bitter sweet bc I was like, where has that been. It just clicked for him a little too late.
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Yancy was a motivational problem as far back as High School. Nice Kid but not a hard worker It wasn't Mick's offense that hindered him it was his work habits. His late night Pizza's were a issue. If anything Micks slow down offense was built for Yancy. Yancy never struck me as a player that enjoyed running up and down the floor.
 
UCalum08 said:
Agreed. But when Yancy came back, the way he played from February til the end was a thing of beauty to watch. It's like the light went off for him. I'll never forget the way he dominated Georgetown in the BE tourney. It was bitter sweet bc I was like, where has that been. It just clicked for him a little too late.
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That steal in the gtown game when he threw it to cash then right back for the lob dunk was one of my greatest memories. Also that reverse dunk he had on Texas I loved . It would be great to see that sweet 16 game against osu had yancy not picked up the 4th foul with like ten left, imo we would have pulled it out and been in the elite 8, but without yancy we had no stop for sullinger down the stretch
 
Bearcat Rob said:
That steal in the gtown game when he threw it to cash then right back for the lob dunk was one of my greatest memories. Also that reverse dunk he had on Texas I loved . It would be great to see that sweet 16 game against osu had yancy not picked up the 4th foul with like ten left, imo we would have pulled it out and been in the elite 8, but without yancy we had no stop for sullinger down the stretch
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Totally agree. Those are some of my favorite memories of him too!
 
WAITE HOYT 2 said:
Yancy was a motivational problem as far back as High School. Nice Kid but not a hard worker It wasn't Mick's offense that hindered him it was his work habits. His late night Pizza's were a issue. If anything Micks slow down offense was built for Yancy. Yancy never struck me as a player that enjoyed running up and down the floor.
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WRONG
 
Bill coch from go Bearcats is releasing his top ten players in cronin era. Released number ten today and it was john Williamson. Loved j-will. I'll continue to update as he releases them
 

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