USF: the battle for.... I have no idea. Hopefully something

[justinhub2003]

Tough physical team who’s season was derailed when yetna went down.

Keys to the game:
-limiting turnovers: USF is 17th in the country at generating turnovers.
-rebound: once again we face a team that is really good rebounding both sides of the ball. Battle of the 7fters will be key
-defense: USF is one of the worst shooting teams in the country. Critical to keep them that way. We’ve had a knack lately of making bad offenses look good. Let’s not do that today.
-Get Fouled: they don’t foul as much as they used to but if you protect the ball and drive hard to the rim, they will foul you.


Gonna take a full 40 min of focus to not have a bunch of turnovers. We’re gonna see what kinda stuff this team is made of after a big loss and a 1 day turn around.

Just win.

Preferably in blow out fashion.

 

[cincyalum2014]

Tough physical team who’s season was derailed when yetna went down.

Keys to the game:
-limiting turnovers: USF is 17th in the country at generating turnovers.
-rebound: once again we face a team that is really good rebounding both sides of the ball. Battle of the 7fters will be key
-defense: USF is one of the worst shooting teams in the country. Critical to keep them that way. We’ve had a knack lately of making bad offenses look good. Let’s not do that today.
-Get Fouled: they don’t foul as much as they used to but if you protect the ball and drive hard to the rim, they will foul you.


Gonna take a full 40 min of focus to not have a bunch of turnovers. We’re gonna see what kinda stuff this team is made of after a big loss and a 1 day turn around.

Just win.

Preferably in blow out fashion.

This is what it is like to play in the AAC, we have very few chances to get marquee wins, Memphis, Houston , Wichita, I guess UConn. Every other game is a land mine, this game at USF is a landmine game, must win game, I think we kind of blew it at Houston and I don't think the loss itself killed us, its how we played and what we showed the committee that killed us. unless we make some kind of run in the conference tourney I don't think we get picked as an at large. In the big east or acc or a power 5 conference you have multiple chances to get good quad 1 wins, in the American you have few and you have to take advantage of those few and we just have not done that. We are kind of limping to the finish line right now

 

[cincrulz11]

This is what it is like to play in the AAC, we have very few chances to get marquee wins, Memphis, Houston , Wichita, I guess UConn. Every other game is a land mine, this game at USF is a landmine game, must win game, I think we kind of blew it at Houston and I don't think the loss itself killed us, its how we played and what we showed the committee that killed us. unless we make some kind of run in the conference tourney I don't think we get picked as an at large. In the big east or acc or a power 5 conference you have multiple chances to get good quad 1 wins, in the American you have few and you have to take advantage of those few and we just have not done that. We are kind of limping to the finish line right now

and still somehow we are right there. pick up another quad 2 tonight, pray for Vermont to win out and things can be ok.

win tonight, win vs temple, get to semi-final could be enough. Win until the AAC championship game and I dont think we'd have to worry.

 

[justinhub2003]

and still somehow we are right there. pick up another quad 2 tonight, pray for Vermont to win out and things can be ok.

win tonight, win vs temple, get to semi-final could be enough. Win until the AAC championship game and I dont think we'd have to worry.

We're very fortunate to have such an awful bubble this year.

Most years, 2 Q1 wins and 4 Tier 3 losses is enough to kill you. And it still may kill us. But all we can do is win and hope for the best.

This game Should have been a tier 1 opportunity if USF had stayed healthy.

 

[cincyalum2014]

and still somehow we are right there. pick up another quad 2 tonight, pray for Vermont to win out and things can be ok.

win tonight, win vs temple, get to semi-final could be enough. Win until the AAC championship game and I dont think we'd have to worry.

I would agree we win these last two and some how win 2 conference tourney games and we are in, the way this team looked against Houston, that could be a tall task.

 

[cincrulz11]

I would agree we win these last two and some how win 2 conference tourney games and we are in, the way this team looked against Houston, that could be a tall task.

Everybody looks like that at Houston though. Beat Tulsa by 33, beat Wichita St by 23.

Houston is an elite team and they dominate teams at home.

 

[Lawrugby]

Everybody looks like that at Houston though. Beat Tulsa by 33, beat Wichita St by 23.

Houston is an elite team and they dominate teams at home.

We need to show some pluck and finally win a game comfortably, blowout may be too much to hope for but I holding it out anyway. We need breakout games for the freshman. Houston showed that a compromised Jarron alone just can not do it. Let’s go MAW.

 

[cincyguy13]

I would agree we win these last two and some how win 2 conference tourney games and we are in, the way this team looked against Houston, that could be a tall task.

I don’t necessarily think that’s true. I think we might need to make the conference championship. Lot of bubble teams winning. The bad losses aren’t going to help

 

[cincrulz11]

I don’t necessarily think that’s true. I think we might need to make the conference championship. Lot of bubble teams winning. The bad losses aren’t going to help

i definitely thought this as well, but then somehow we're still right there despite not really doing anything.


maybe bracket guys just don't know what to do with us. we have a very strange resume.

 

[justinhub2003]

i definitely thought this as well, but then somehow we're still right there despite not really doing anything.


maybe bracket guys just don't know what to do with us. we have a very strange resume.

I feel we need more Tier 1 wins to even out the bad losses. But if the bracketologist all say were in, then I guess were in.


I just know, even if we make it to the conference championship, Im going to be extremely nervous

I'd love if we could just win the conference tourney and take that pressure away.

 

[cincrulz11]

I feel we need more Tier 1 wins to even out the bad losses. But if the bracketologist all say were in, then I guess were in.


I just know, even if we make it to the conference championship, Im going to be extremely nervous

I'd love if we could just win the conference tourney and take that pressure away.

that has to be the goal. jarron channel kemba. ez game.

 

[sedziobs]

The bubble isn't weaker than other years. I posted this way back in January:

I think it's been so long since we've been a true bubble team that we've forgotten how bad those teams are. Here are the resumes for the First Four last year (Q1,Q2,bad losses):

Belmont (2-2,3-1,2)
Temple (2-6,6-2,1)
St Johns (5-7,5-3,2)
Arizona St (3-3,8-3,4)

St Johns is the only team that had more than three Q1 wins, but they also lost 12 games. Arizona St had more bad losses than Q1 wins! I think 13-5 in conference puts us right in with that group if we can get at least two Q1 wins. Our resume would look something like (2-5,6-3,2) going into the AAC tournament.

I think 12-6 (1-6,6-3,2) puts us around the first four out per bracketmatrix:

TCU (3-10,8-4,0)
NC St (3-9,5-1,2)
Indiana (6-9,3-6,1)
Clemson (1-10,6-3,1)

 

[Queens_NYC]

-4

Just need to win at all costs but I think we're capable of beating this team like we did UCF a few months ago. Could be a tall order since we're a much different team than we were back then.

 

[cincrulz11]

Jarron Cumberland appears to be OUT tonight. Sitting in street clothes on the bench while the team warms up with a boot on his foot.

 

[cincrulz11]

I think this formally ends the question of whether Cumberland was playing injured or not.

 

[justinhub2003]

I think this formally ends the question of whether Cumberland was playing injured or not.

I think it also shows that they don’t think this game means all that much. My guess he is resting for the conference tourney.

Will suck if he doesn’t play on senior day

 

[cincrulz11]

I think it also shows that they don’t think this game means all that much. My guess he is resting for the conference tourney.

Will suck if he doesn’t play on senior day

I don't think theres any way they think that. He probably just can't do 2 games in 3 days.

 

[TheLivingLegend]

Jarron out.

Yikes. We might lose

 

[cincyguy13]

I think this formally ends the question of whether Cumberland was playing injured or not.

Healthy scratch

 

[cincyguy13]

I don’t even want an apology. I’m going to be a bigger man and not even bring it up.