Tulane

[cincyguy13]

Going to need dou against Memphis, Vogt really struggled with their athletes last year and Tari isn’t big enough. Should be fun though. Memphis isn’t good either but they got athletes

 

[skyblade]

Listened to the post-game. Sounds like Harvey and Eason have cleared the conference testing protocols, but haven't been cleared to play by UC medical staff (not sure what that entails). Guessing they will be good to go on Thursday.

Brannen was not particularly happy with the teams play, but said it's better to learn by winning. Though we played with a lot less energy and focus than we did against Temple.

I haven't watched much of Memphis this year, but I know they are going to have athletes (they always do).

 

[justinhub2003]

As long as we don’t finish in the bottom 3rd of the league I’m fine. These next stretch of games will be tough. But I do think should try to get a game in before the Houston game. No reason to rest 7 days

 

[cincyguy13]

As long as we don’t finish in the bottom 3rd of the league I’m fine. These next stretch of games will be tough. But I do think should try to get a game in before the Houston game. No reason to rest 7 days

Yeah, I’d like another game or two. Get as many reps as possible. Would rather a terrible team if possible. Get some guys some confidence but I’d take whatever we can get.

 

[Queens_NYC]

As long as we don’t finish in the bottom 3rd of the league I’m fine. These next stretch of games will be tough. But I do think should try to get a game in before the Houston game. No reason to rest 7 days

Would be ideal to get one of the postponed home games rescheduled since we currently have one more away game than home game with our current AAC schedule.

Seems like that may be a tough task with ECU/Wichita/Temple all having road heavy schedules around that time and midweek games already scheduled between the 14-21.

 

[TheLivingLegend]

Listened to the post-game. Sounds like Harvey and Eason have cleared the conference testing protocols, but haven't been cleared to play by UC medical staff (not sure what that entails). Guessing they will be good to go on Thursday.

Brannen was not particularly happy with the teams play, but said it's better to learn by winning. Though we played with a lot less energy and focus than we did against Temple.

I haven't watched much of Memphis this year, but I know they are going to have athletes (they always do).

Was wondering if it's the heart testing stuff they did alot regarding football. Regardless then on the bench is good news. Little extra precaution isn't a bad thing either.

Hope they are back Thursday

 

[waterhead]

Man Eason gets his hands clean on more basketballs than anyone I can remember. Even with 4 turnovers he really impacted the game in a big way on D and loose balls etc

 

[TheLivingLegend]

Man Eason gets his hands clean on more basketballs than anyone I can remember. Even with 4 turnovers he really impacted the game in a big way on D and loose balls etc

He just doesn't need to be trying to run a fast break.

 

[waterhead]

He just doesn't need to be trying to run a fast break.

He’s got skills but they aren’t ready to feature yet. But we don’t need him to focus on that now.

 

[TheRealMick]

I mean Martin and Banks both played better than scholarship player Mike Saunders. I believe back when Cronin coached he mentioned Martin getting PG minutes as a senior as a serious possibility. We have quality walk-ons.

That assist from Martin was nice. At minimum he needs be on court when we know teams need foul.

 

[Lefty]

If Justin jenifer can play at this level I think Saunders will be ok. Takes time. Jenifer was terrible for 3 years

I agree. Complained JJ wasn’t D1 for 2 years.
Year 3 showed some good (always great effort)
then had a fine last year and a half from what I
remember.
Do programs ever bring in previous stars from a players
Position to mentor them a bit ?

 

[cincyguy13]

I agree. Complained JJ wasn’t D1 for 2 years.
Year 3 showed some good (always great effort)
then had a fine last year and a half from what I
remember.
Do programs ever bring in previous stars from a players
Position to mentor them a bit ?

Yeah, some guys aren’t ready immediately. Takes years for some but they can still turn in to good players. I feel like some people on here think all these players should come right in and contribute.

 

[waterhead]

Not a lot we can take from the last couple of games being short handed and lack of practice other than we need to clean some things up in a hurry. Based on the subbing of walk ons I think the message should have been heard loud and clear. We need to limit ill advised passes.

We had two or our worst offensive performances along with two of our best defensive. So overall the effort seems to be there.

Getting Harvey back should help on offense and getting Dou back should help a little on D. I would rather keep playing Eason at the 5 for this year and move him over next year back to the 4. However with Vogt playing a bit better and getting Dou back it will be interesting to see how John plays the 5. I prefer keeping our best 5 on the court and Eason at the 5 is the best way to do that. Otherwise we will limit JD or Harvey or both.

 

[waterhead]

As long as we don’t finish in the bottom 3rd of the league I’m fine. These next stretch of games will be tough. But I do think should try to get a game in before the Houston game. No reason to rest 7 days

It's going to be difficult from a conditioning aspect for the next couple of games. We may have a full roster but not fully up to game shape. If we can get 20 minutes out of Harvey and keep him rested we might be alright.

I don't know the exact remaining schedule. Best I can tell is we have 8 games left. I would imagine we are significant dogs in a couple and significant favorites in a couple with the rest closer to coin flips. If we can do better than 50-50 in those coin flips I think that would be a good finish at 5-3 from here on out. Not sure if they will add any more games. 4-4 would be respectable I think given we will be slight dogs in some of the coin flip games.

That would be the difference between a winning and losing record in conference with no games added to the current GoBearcats schedule.

 

[Loser Mentality]

It's going to be difficult from a conditioning aspect for the next couple of games. We may have a full roster but not fully up to game shape. If we can get 20 minutes out of Harvey and keep him rested we might be alright.

I don't know the exact remaining schedule. Best I can tell is we have 8 games left. I would imagine we are significant dogs in a couple and significant favorites in a couple with the rest closer to coin flips. If we can do better than 50-50 in those coin flips I think that would be a good finish at 5-3 from here on out. Not sure if they will add any more games. 4-4 would be respectable I think given we will be slight dogs in some of the coin flip games.

That would be the difference between a winning and losing record in conference with no games added to the current GoBearcats schedule.

I think I heard the announcers yesterday say UC has 14 games to play in 20+ days...Don't Quote me.

 

[waterhead]

What I would like to see from here on out when possible. This will obviously fluctuate and will be situational based on matchups and who's playing well from game to game.


Keith and DD in the 32.5+ mpg range

Eason, JD, Harvey in 25 mpg range

Woods 20mpg

Vogt 15 mpg

Dou, Mason 10 mpg

Mikey 5 mpg

 

[waterhead]

I think I heard the announcers yesterday say UC has 14 games to play in 20+ days...Don't Quote me.

I think they did and I think they were wrong on that

 

[cincyguy13]

It's going to be difficult from a conditioning aspect for the next couple of games. We may have a full roster but not fully up to game shape. If we can get 20 minutes out of Harvey and keep him rested we might be alright.

I don't know the exact remaining schedule. Best I can tell is we have 8 games left. I would imagine we are significant dogs in a couple and significant favorites in a couple with the rest closer to coin flips. If we can do better than 50-50 in those coin flips I think that would be a good finish at 5-3 from here on out. Not sure if they will add any more games. 4-4 would be respectable I think given we will be slight dogs in some of the coin flip games.

That would be the difference between a winning and losing record in conference with no games added to the current GoBearcats schedule.

The more positives you can sell to the fans, players, recruits, and potential transfers, the better. There are going to be plenty of transfer available. There will also be plenty of minutes available at the 5. If we can get a decent 5, and everyone stays, I think we will be alright.

Maybe some of the guys we missed out on last summer change their mind. I know Indiana is considering a coaching change. We were in on a couple of those guys. Will be an interesting spring and summer