NCAA Tournament

[Bearcatmatt]

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ament-bracket-projections-cincinnati-bearcats

Need insider to see this but it's Joe Lunardi's bracket projections. I think some will be surprised where he puts UC.

Insider is the worst.

 

[beeman7467]

Bearcats opened at 100-1 to win it all. Line hasn't changed. Wake and KState are at 300-1. Interestingly, UCLA opened at 80-1 and has dropped to 12-1. Clearly a popular pick based on where the money is going.

 

[Bearcatmatt]

Bearcats opened at 100-1 to win it all. Line hasn't changed. Wake and KState are at 300-1. Interestingly, UCLA opened at 80-1 and has dropped to 12-1. Clearly a popular pick based on where the money is going.

I could never bet a team that relies SOLELY on offense to win it all (or Defense). UCLA will not win it all - they're too one-sided. Also, Lonzo Ball's Father Lavar deserves to see his son's team lose for being...all Lavar Ball.

 

[GarradJ21]

If I could pick one team to play and beat it would be UCLA. Mostly due to Ball and his father. Now, if Kent State can pull off this victory, no complaints here. Not confident that will happen so it's going to fall in our hands if we can get passed K-State or Wake Forrest.

I hate this feeling where we have a chance to play a top well known team but keep falling short the game before. Just please UC, win the first game!

We had a chance to play Duke and we lost to R.I. Last year had a chance to play Oregon (who I truly thought we had a very good chance at beating) but lost to St Joes. Just please, win Friday so we can play Sunday.

I feel as if I'm optimistic and positive when it comes to Cincy, but if they let us down on Friday, I might need to throw in the towel of being a sports fan. I guess I just can't get over that fact that we didn't show up yesterday in a championship game. I'm really frustrated right now.

 

[BearcatDave]

I went into Sunday in such a good mood, and with much optimism. Then the game happened. Follow that up with the committee sticking it to us (again). We are stuck in a league that is only one step above the leagues that only send their conference tourney winners. I mean SMU went 17-1 with their only league loss to a top twenty ranked UC team. They then proceed to win their conference tourney and get a 6 seed. This means you have to be perfect every year just to avoid an 8-9 game. Happy to be in the tournament for the 7th straight time, but we must somehow get out of this league. Oh, and a little good fortune for once wouldn't hurt either.

 

[WAITE HOYT 2]

This is a very nice read. This is were we are heading.



http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...edbirds-coach-tweets-search-power-5-opponents

 

[BCM]

This is a very nice read. This is were we are heading.



http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...edbirds-coach-tweets-search-power-5-opponents

Something our coach said about seed line + $$$. Lol and people here told him to shut his yap... he struck a nerve with the committee

 

[WAITE HOYT 2]

Something our coach said about seed line + $$$. Lol and people here told him to shut his yap... he struck a nerve with the committee

Looks like some agree with him.

I wonder if it is lost on people that we are asking Mick to deliver good recruits to play in a league we don't even want our own team in.

 

[cincrulz11]

This is a very nice read. This is were we are heading.



http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...edbirds-coach-tweets-search-power-5-opponents

here's the thing, if any power 5 schools actually schedule any games with non power 5 schools that will be top 50 in rpi they are insane. it can only hurt power 5 schools. block everybody that isn't power 5 and the tournament will be filled with almost all power 5 at large bids.

from our perspective we want them to be stupid, but from their side, there is absolutely no reason at all to ever put us on their schedule.

 

[WAITE HOYT 2]

here's the thing, if any power 5 schools actually schedule any games with non power 5 schools that will be top 50 in rpi they are insane. it can only hurt power 5 schools. block everybody that isn't power 5 and the tournament will be filled with almost all power 5 at large bids.

from our perspective we want them to be stupid, but from their side, there is absolutely no reason at all to ever put us on their schedule.

agree

 

[jacobkdoyle]

Looks like some agree with him.

I wonder if it is lost on people that we are asking Mick to deliver good recruits to play in a league we don't even want our own team in.

Our league had a down year. Big freaking deal. We're in it though, so how does your attitude help anything? We're a multi-bid league every season, with 2 Top 25 seeded teams in a terrible year this year. There have been rumors of adding even more tournament regulars too. It's not nearly as bad as you make it sound. We aren't the MVC no matter how much for some weird reason you want us to be. Did we get the respect we wanted? No. But Wichita State got a 10 seed as the #8 team in KenPom and Illinois State got left out. The Mountain West has fallen off a cliff to the point where the media doesn't even mention their tournament, and the WCC got a 7 seed who is #13 KenPom and had 3 of their 4 losses to a 1 seed. We have it better than all of them by far, even in our worst year. I'm sorry, but it drives me nuts hearing you constantly whine about this stuff bc nothing can be done about it. We can either make the best out of th situation, and rack up 30 wins season with a recruiting philosophy which has worked very well over the last 4-5 years, or we can pout and whine and shut down the sports programs. It's obvious which one I choose, unfortunately your choice seems obvious as well. Smh.

 

[jacobkdoyle]

here's the thing, if any power 5 schools actually schedule any games with non power 5 schools that will be top 50 in rpi they are insane. it can only hurt power 5 schools. block everybody that isn't power 5 and the tournament will be filled with almost all power 5 at large bids.

from our perspective we want them to be stupid, but from their side, there is absolutely no reason at all to ever put us on their schedule.

So we should try to play VCU, Rhode Island, Davidson, Wichita, Illinois State, etc. Even NKU. And if it has to be home and home, so be it. There are other Top 50-100 opportunities out there. It's a numbers game. Coach Cronin has actually done alright in my mind. We should've had Michigan and if we could've won against non-P5 Rhode Island, we could played a lot of people's pick to win it all.

 

[jacobkdoyle]

This is tournament week. We're going to be favored to win. We've made the Sweet 16 as a 6 seed vs a P5 very recently. All of our first round wins under Cronin have been vs P5 teams as well. You Debbie downers are ruining it. Gripe about this sh*t when the season is over. We have a game to win on Friday night. Sheesh. You know it's bad when I'm the glass half full one around here lol.

 

[cincrulz11]

So we should try to play VCU, Rhode Island, Davidson, Wichita, Illinois State, etc. Even NKU. And if it has to be home and home, so be it. There are other Top 50-100 opportunities out there. It's a numbers game. Coach Cronin has actually done alright in my mind. We should've had Michigan and if we could've won against non-P5 Rhode Island, we could played a lot of people's pick to win it all.

We absolutely should try but I dont think its that easy. Our OOC was 34th this year so it wasn't bad at all. It still didn't matter at all, your OOC schedule matters up until they decide it doesn't. this year they clearly decided OOC wasn't worth a thing.

 

[CHEER CINCY]

The amount of false confidence and positivity on this board is remarkable. I just dont understand where it comes from. We are Good, not GREAT. Again, JUST WIN IN MARCH. This is not something we have done consistently in a LONG time.

You'd think this is tarheelnews.com.

 

[Cin City]

I think we will play Wake Forest and I think we will beat them 84-72. There.

 

[jacobkdoyle]

The amount of false confidence and positivity on this board is remarkable. I just dont understand where it comes from. We are Good, not GREAT. Again, JUST WIN IN MARCH. This is not something we have done consistently in a LONG time.

You'd think this is tarheelnews.com.

We will be favored in the tournament on Friday night. End of story. That's all that matters right now.

 

[cincrulz11]

This is tournament week. We're going to be favored to win. We've made the Sweet 16 as a 6 seed vs a P5 very recently. All of our first round wins under Cronin have been vs P5 teams as well. You Debbie downers are ruining it. Gripe about this sh*t when the season is over. We have a game to win on Friday night. Sheesh. You know it's bad when I'm the glass half full one around here lol.

you know there is a group of people always waiting to jump in here when things go bad or look like they could. its just the nature of the internet.

 

[GarradJ21]

Jake is right. We need to kill these negative vibes ASAP. March Madness is here. We all wait all year for this. We are a 6 seed and truly are more talented and can beat K-State or WF. Lets get pumped and ready to watch. I cant wait until Tuesday is over with so we will know who we are playing. We can beat UCLA!

 

[CHEER CINCY]

We will be favored in the tournament on Friday night. End of story. That's all that matters right now.

This is something I can get behind!