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Watching a sportsgame knowing the winner in advanced takes out like 70% of the joy and thrill of watching it! It's like... ordering Indian or Thai food at spicy level 1. Sure it is easier to digest and doesn't do as much colon damage but it misses that special oomph that makes it worth eating.
 
BCM said:
Watching a sportsgame knowing the winner in advanced takes out like 70% of the joy and thrill of watching it! It's like... ordering Indian or Thai food at spicy level 1. Sure it is easier to digest and doesn't do as much colon damage but it misses that special oomph that makes it worth eating.
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Hahahahaha, nice! I completely agree. Its only for UC bball games. That's why I usually like to have some drinks while I watch them play bc I get so into it. It calms the nerve. I will go to the games, have it recorded at home and rewatch it the next day. I don't know why I do it, guess I'm just obsessed with UC bball. I don't do it with any other sporting event.
 
Hey Guys Pack fan here just extending a courtesy scouting of our team before tomorrow's game. Super excited My Dad was Born and raised in Cincy and is a Bearcat alum (F Xavier) Ironically the second best player from my hometown ended up going to that.. school (D. West) But enough of the Background lets get to the scouting.

Our Offense is Driven by our Guards

6'2" Anthony "Cat" Barber
6'3" Trevor Lacey
6'5" Ralston Turner

Cat is a Quick guard and a Good Man defender. He likes to drive into the lane but with his build he has trouble finishing sometimes. He's getting better at decision making and being a Pure point though

Trevor is without a doubt our best Player> He a Good defender, and a definite shot maker. If we need a bucket, the ball is going in his hand. He can play both guard spots and can create for himself and others

Ralston is our senior we got from LSU two years ago. He is a shooter who can do a few other things. Terrible defender. He's either gonna give you guys twenty or 2.

Our front court is a steady rotation of four bigs

6'8" Lennard Freeman
6'9 Beejay Anya
6'9 Abdul Malik Abu
6'10 Kyle Washington

Freeman is our youngest player (just turned 19) and our best rebounder at 8 a game.

Anya is our best post defender and shot blocker. 7'9" wingspan. Drop 60 pounds from last year (350 to 290) Averages around 4 blocks a game, and set the school record for blocks in a game at 10.

Washington is our best Post Scorer. likes the long 15-18 jumper. Also like the post hook. a decent shot blocker and rebounder. can be hot and cold.

Malik is our Only Freshman post player he has the potential to be the best big we have still growing (he was 6'8 at the beginning of the season and is now 6'9") he can do a bit of Everything PLUS he is super athletic

Coming off the bench we have

6'4" Desmond Lee... Doesn't get a lot of time but is our best free throw shooter

6'7 Caleb Martin First man off the bench usually Freshmen one half of twins we picked up (the other one Cody doesn't play as much due to depth) Can Shoot the three. take it to the rim and finish, can defend the best player on the court and never gives up on a play... has a bit of a mouth on him but he's always ready to contribute.


As a team we don't force turnovers a lot but we don't turn it over a lot either. we also rebound really well.


Side note: i'm sure a good chunk of our fan base would give you guys the win if you gave us Gary Clark Back.

that's pretty much the Gist of it.. hope that helps
 
Ours is quite shorter.
Either we make it rain and you guys have a super quiet gym the entire day, or, more likely, a time lapse photo of your basket will look like one of those fountain fireworks finales of basketballs clanging off the rim.
 
BCM said:
Ours is quite shorter.
Either we make it rain and you guys have a super quiet gym the entire day, or, more likely, a time lapse photo of your basket will look like one of those fountain fireworks finales of basketballs clanging off the rim.
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This, but hopefully the former.

You will see a lot of guys with above average athleticism who will defend like crazy because that is the Bearcat culture. Honestly though, we have yet to find a groove and are very very timid on the offensive side of the court. Like a previous poster said, we are usually a second late on making a decision where the ball needs to go. We don't have clear leader on the court because our best players are new/underclassmen. If we get to the 70 point mark NC State will not win this game. But, unfortunately, that is not very likely.
 
Going to be tough for an offensively challenged young team on the road with very little scoring from the wing positions. My heart is always with the Bearcats but I have to go NCST 65 UC 58. I hope I'm wrong.
 
How old is that Lacey kid. Isn't he from Bama? I remember him when we played him and Cash hit the game winner. That was like 3 years ago lol.
 
bearcat jeff said:
Going to be tough for an offensively challenged young team on the road with very little scoring from the wing positions. My heart is always with the Bearcats but I have to go NCST 65 UC 58. I hope I'm wrong.
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I completely agree. I think we struggle to get 50 IMO. I don't see us getting baskets around the rim and unless our j's are falling...well could be a long game.
 
UCalum08 said:
I completely agree. I think we struggle to get 50 IMO. I don't see us getting baskets around the rim and unless our j's are falling...well could be a long game.
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We suck at guard the three. Teams that shoot sub 45% (IE. WVU) Tend to become lights out against us.
 
newclasspack said:
We suck at guard the three. Teams that shoot sub 45% (IE. WVU) Tend to become lights out against us.
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That is surprising especially with your guy's length. Big problem for us, is our guards become really stagnant and don't move a lot. We struggle to pass the ball into the post, our bigs struggle getting position so there is no inside/out movement. At that point UC is very easy to defend. I'm sure NCST will pack the paint til we make some 3's. I def don't anticipate UC shooting anywhere near 45% for 3's.
 
UCalum08 said:
That is surprising especially with your guy's length. Big problem for us, is our guards become really stagnant and don't move a lot. We struggle to pass the ball into the post, our bigs struggle getting position so there is no inside/out movement. At that point UC is very easy to defend. I'm sure NCST will pack the paint til we make some 3's. I def don't anticipate UC shooting anywhere near 45% for 3's.
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That sounds a lot like us when Lacey isn't in the game. If it wasn't for him hitting impossible shots we'd be so regressive offensively. And even when we have a Size advantage we rarely try to force anything Inside do to the inconstancy of our Big men.
 
bearcat jeff said:
The passing is suspect, the offense starts too far out on the floor. There is no penetration and little effort to penetrate. Offensively they don't play as a team and they are always a split second slow making the pass that needs to be made. All symptoms of a young/inexperienced team with no leader on the floor. Guyn, Sanders and Thomas may have been good at leading the offseason, but this team has no leader on the floor right now.

I've been waiting to see a leader emerge and so far haven't. I thought TC was taking steps forward for about 3 games and he has disappeared. I think Cobb has the demeanor to be a leader but he either doesn't want to step up right now or simply feels he hasn't the time in the program to do it.

Ellis would be a good candidate. He performs and he has experience on the floor. But regardless there has to be someone step up and lead, guide, direct and encourage on the floor. I was hoping it would be TC and KJ. TC is fighting his personality and consistency and KJ simply isn't performing and it's hard to lead when you don't perform.

They are playing hard, Mick being gone really concerns me especially seeing the lack of adjustments versus VCU, and I'm no sure they can score enough to win. I do think this team is learning hard lessons and I see little things in each game with the toughness and effort but I think they still think too much and nobody wants to be the guy to step up. I think they lose this game. No production from the 2 or 3 and you simply have a very difficult time.

If someone can get hot from the wings and play consistently they have a shot to win.[/QUOTE]

I think this is our key to victory against almost any decent team. Clark and Ellis are pretty consistent for about 8 rebounds each and 10 points. We know Caupain is at least solid. Right now we go as the 2 and 3 goes...we need KJ and Cobb to play well in the worst way. That would at least help mask our problems at the 3. If we can get consistent play from 4 players it would go a long way.
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I really hope to see shaq and kevin attacking the rim hard from the start and remain confident throughout the game this will take a lot of pressure off troy opening up his game. also hope to larry davis sub better, I thought his substitutions the last two games were bad. I think we can steal this one on the road hopefully the same bearcats that played san diego st show up today
 
Clark is looking great on the floor, also more aerodynamic ;)
Johnson surprisingly moving well.

*Cocks an eyebrow at Larry Davis*
 

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