Regular season Report card

[Alum2013]

The regular season is over, let’s hand out of some grades:

Non conference: C-
Conference play: B
Defense: B (at times it was A level, others it was C- or worse)
Offense: B+
Effort/Heart/toughness: C+ (last 5 min of games : A+,)

Overall: B-

3 losses separated this from being a decent season to an outstanding one.

I'm not saying I disagree with your grades. I think they're more or less fair. But given what you said at the start of conference play we did the best you thought we possibly could. So why don't your end grades reflect that? This is from your post in the conference prediction thread:

*****
"This season is a wash. I guess we could always hope for some conference tourney magic but their are 4 or 5 teams that I’d picked ahead of UC in that tourney.

Just gotta hope next year Is better. It’s all we can do.

I predicted 10-8 In the vote. But I’ll just do it game by game and see what I think hsppens:
UConn: win
@tulane: loss
Tulsa: win
@ucf: win
@memphis: loss
Ecu : win
@temple: loss
Smu: win
Houston: loss
@WSU : loss
@Uconn : loss
Memphis : loss
@ECU : win
UCF : win
WSU : loss
@Houston loss
@south Florida : loss
Temple : win

8-10

So when I do a game by game matchup I come up with 8-10 just because I think Ron hunter is going to give them hell at Tulane, and I don’t think I’ve seen enough from Brannen to say he is going to win a lot of road games.

We need win 13 games just to get to 20 wins. I just have a hard time finding 13 games we should win"
*****

Sounds like Brannen was pretty exceptionally considering what you thought...

 

[justinhub2003]

I'm not saying I disagree with your grades. I think they're more or less fair. But given what you said at the start of conference play we did the best you thought we possibly could. So why don't your end grades reflect that? This is from your post in the conference prediction thread:

*****
"This season is a wash. I guess we could always hope for some conference tourney magic but their are 4 or 5 teams that I’d picked ahead of UC in that tourney.

Just gotta hope next year Is better. It’s all we can do.

I predicted 10-8 In the vote. But I’ll just do it game by game and see what I think hsppens:
UConn: win
@tulane: loss
Tulsa: win
@ucf: win
@memphis: loss
Ecu : win
@temple: loss
Smu: win
Houston: loss
@WSU : loss
@Uconn : loss
Memphis : loss
@ECU : win
UCF : win
WSU : loss
@Houston loss
@south Florida : loss
Temple : win

8-10

So when I do a game by game matchup I come up with 8-10 just because I think Ron hunter is going to give them hell at Tulane, and I don’t think I’ve seen enough from Brannen to say he is going to win a lot of road games.

We need win 13 games just to get to 20 wins. I just have a hard time finding 13 games we should win"
*****

Sounds like Brannen was pretty exceptionally considering what you thought...

No. Brannen lowered my expectations the floor after that abysmal loss to Colgate. It killed my hopes for the year.

If he finishes with what I predicted, it’s an F or D+ at best.

But he didn’t, the team figured it out and played well for a month and got by for the last 6 weeks:


Which is why my grade of B or B- is absolutely fair. We exceeded my low mid season expectations. But still ultimately had a frustrating season where in my opinion we under achieved.

I know Jarron wasn’t a 100% healthy but that doesn’t get passes for Colgate, bowling green and UCF. Those games burn still and if we’re left out on Sunday, it’s those games that did it. Cincinnati should expect to beat that caliber of team, best player or not.

 

[Alum2013]

Sure boss. Spin it how you want

 

[cincyguy13]

Anyone who hasn’t. Check out the article that berg just put out. It’s free, so I don’t think I’m doing anything wrong. Had some interesting tidbits. One being, our best offensive game of the year was the USF one that Jarron didn’t play in. Many on here have said at times we look better without Jarron. Interesting that some stats back that up. I’m not at all suggesting to not play Jarron. I say play him as much as he can. Just gives hope to the future.

 

[cincyguy13]

No. Brannen lowered my expectations the floor after that abysmal loss to Colgate. It killed my hopes for the year.

If he finishes with what I predicted, it’s an F or D+ at best.

But he didn’t, the team figured it out and played well for a month and got by for the last 6 weeks:


Which is why my grade of B or B- is absolutely fair. We exceeded my low mid season expectations. But still ultimately had a frustrating season where in my opinion we under achieved.

I know Jarron wasn’t a 100% healthy but that doesn’t get passes for Colgate, bowling green and UCF. Those games burn still and if we’re left out on Sunday, it’s those games that did it. Cincinnati should expect to beat that caliber of team, best player or not.

If we make the tourney, will you shut up? That seems like a very important thing in your life. Just hearing that name. You don’t even care about winning since said it’s random.

 

[sedziobs]

our best offensive game of the year was the USF one that Jarron didn’t play in.

At least according to Torvik, the USF game was our 5th best offensive game by both raw and adjusted efficiency.

 

[cincrulz11]

At least according to Torvik, the USF game was our 5th best offensive game by both raw and adjusted efficiency.

only thing i could find it was the best at was eFG%

 

[sedziobs]

only thing i could find it was the best at was eFG%

So I guess it's fair to say it was our best shooting game.

 

[justinhub2003]

If we make the tourney, will you shut up? That seems like a very important thing in your life. Just hearing that name. You don’t even care about winning since said it’s random.

Why do you keep associating me with the Random thing?

I don't recall saying that.

 

[justinhub2003]

If we make the tourney, will you shut up? That seems like a very important thing in your life. Just hearing that name. You don’t even care about winning since said it’s random.

What do I need to shut up about?


This whole thing started again because I said unbalanced schedule helped us win a share of the title.

That is a fact. I made no comments. Just stated that helped but also took away a few tier 1/2 opportunities by not playing @tulsa and @SMU.



If we make the tourney in Jarron and Tre's Senior year, then I'll absolutely call this season a success.

Said that from the beginning of the year. That I wanted to make the tourney in year 1, and literally everyone agreed that was a reasonable expectation.


And don't give me the Jarron was hurt crap. because while he was, it was the losses to Colgate, UCF & BGU that did us in. UC should expect to beat those teams with out Jarron. Especially when 2 are at home.

People just hate that the critique is coming from me. Im not saying anything that is out of line. I gave them a good grades for the most part.

 

[sedziobs]

Why do you keep associating me with the Random thing?

I don't recall saying that.

He's probably thinking of me actually. I have said that results are more random than due to any narrative. But saying I don't care is very wrong. Do gamblers not care if they win? Do people not care if they die in a natural disaster? There are a ton of things in life that are unpredictable, but we still want them to go our way.

 

[sedziobs]

This whole thing started again because I said unbalanced schedule helped us win a share of the title.

That is a fact. I made no comments.

"I made no comments" LOL

You love to play victim and dwell on everyone else's opinions. First instance in this thread:

“The regular season never mattered” crowd suddenly loves the regular season.

You are looking for trouble. Others are too. That's fine in this thread. But make no mistake, you are playing the heel role whether you realize it or not.

 

[Just think 1]

A++

-1 seed in conference tournament
-Jarron hasn't been 100% all year
-Multiple players transferring out before the start of the season.
-Multiple players transferring in.
-New coaching staff
-New coach
-New coach dealing with the illness and death of his father.

Myself and three buddies stopped and got some beer and wings before the Temple game and we got to talking. Justin you have single handedly made this site unreadable.

I'll just leave this right here, https://csnbbs.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=404

Your pathetic all I see is excuses

 

[justinhub2003]

"I made no comments" LOL

You love to play victim and dwell on everyone else's opinions. First instance in this thread:


You are looking for trouble. Others are too. That's fine in this thread. But make no mistake, you are playing the heel role whether you realize it or not.

I’ve never minded taking and defending minority positions. Probably learned from being a liberal who married into a family staunch of conservatives.

But yes, if people are going throw down zingers at me. I’ll throw them back.

I mean. I’m wiling to keep it between the lines. And maybe people take this way more serious than I do. People Enjoy battling it out with me too though. I mean you get 1 life. Why wouldn’t you want to spend most of it battling it out on the message board. Life is too short, enjoy the internet battles. Our generation has no Great War, we have no Great Depression. This message board is our Great War, this is our Great Depression.

It’s all in good fun.


And I’m serious about the John Brannen butt tattoo. If we get to the sweet 16 this year, I’ll get a property of John Brannen tattoo

No shame in my game

 

[justinhub2003]

Your pathetic all I see is excuses

This seems like burner account of mine.

But it’s not. I promise

No relation

 

[cincyguy13]

Why do you keep associating me with the Random thing?

I don't recall saying that.

I thought you said that. If not, my bad

 

[cincyguy13]

What do I need to shut up about?


This whole thing started again because I said unbalanced schedule helped us win a share of the title.

That is a fact. I made no comments. Just stated that helped but also took away a few tier 1/2 opportunities by not playing @tulsa and @SMU.



If we make the tourney in Jarron and Tre's Senior year, then I'll absolutely call this season a success.

Said that from the beginning of the year. That I wanted to make the tourney in year 1, and literally everyone agreed that was a reasonable expectation.


And don't give me the Jarron was hurt crap. because while he was, it was the losses to Colgate, UCF & BGU that did us in. UC should expect to beat those teams with out Jarron. Especially when 2 are at home.

People just hate that the critique is coming from me. Im not saying anything that is out of line. I gave them a good grades for the most part.

To be honest, am not even sure what we are arguing anymore.

 

[justinhub2003]

To be honest, am not even sure what we are arguing anymore.

Me either

 

[Bcatfollower]

To be honest, am not even sure what we are arguing anymore.

But we can all agree that Justin is probably wrong at whatever it was.

 

[justinhub2003]

But we can all agree that Justin is probably wrong at whatever it was.

Preach