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I just love watching these guys compete. The transformation the past month with the young guys has been incredible. The defense today was outstanding. Brannen ball getting it done.
 
I said prior to this game that if we won then the season is a a great victory. We did it and Brannen and the team are victors. It would be amazing if we made the tournament but getting in the championship is satisfying enough. I would not count us out tomorrow no matter who we play. Love these Bearcats.
 
Tari made some dumb plays, but he was huge defending the rim and pulling down defensive rebounds. Davenport did a good job on the glass too. He can be an effective defensive 4 against guys his size.
 
I love that we clamped down and got the win, but we really struggled to score without Keith. The only other guys who can reliably get in the lane are Saunders and DeJulius. I still think we need to bring in a wing to replace that aspect of his game (and his rebounding ability).
 
sedziobs said:
Tari made some dumb plays, but he was huge defending the rim and pulling down defensive rebounds. Davenport did a good job on the glass too. He can be an effective defensive 4 against guys his size.
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Agree. Tari seemed more active/aggressive today
on both ends.
 
Why was Saunders on the bench the last 6-8
minutes ? Maybe MAW provided bit more
length defensively ?
Btw, MAW looked a bit hobbled today- I think
he got rocked in yesterday’s game.
 
cincrulz11 said:
I just love watching these guys compete. The transformation the past month with the young guys has been incredible. The defense today was outstanding. Brannen ball getting it done.
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Really nice seeing the young guys taking shit personally and sacking up! Hell yeah!!
 
I am starting to believe, I thought SMU just played poorly yesterday, but we brought it today. WSU couldn't find an open shot and Tari/Davenport beat them on the inside despite being undersized.

Still a lot to cleanup, especially from Tari. But Tari does more good than bad and I'll take him any time over Vogt.

Wonder how much energy these guys have left for tomorrow though. Hard to play that hard on defense 3 days in a row, especially with our limited depth. Considering Houston and Memphis both have the depth/size advantage I'm not expecting much tomorrow, but I wasn't even expecting us to still be playing at this point, so it's house money.

I do wonder if the refs calling very few fouls have helped us. They've let teams play in all the tournament games (sometimes too much) and considering we foul a lot and can't afford to get into foul trouble that favors us. But I'm a bit worried about facing a team like Houston when the refs are letting guys get away with a lot. With the way the refs have been calling things, Houston will probably commit 100 fouls and have 15 called.
 
Tari had 14 boards, 3 steals and 3 blocks, 1 assist on 4 turnovers. That’s a positive impact
 
sedziobs said:
I love that we clamped down and got the win, but we really struggled to score without Keith. The only other guys who can reliably get in the lane are Saunders and DeJulius. I still think we need to bring in a wing to replace that aspect of his game (and his rebounding ability).
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We need more players. That’s no secret. We need help in a couple areas. Bigs and a good wing. But we are getting there. Every win is something more brannen can sell to recruits or transfers
 
skyblade said:
I am starting to believe, I thought SMU just played poorly yesterday, but we brought it today. WSU couldn't find an open shot and Tari/Davenport beat them on the inside despite being undersized.

Still a lot to cleanup, especially from Tari. But Tari does more good than bad and I'll take him any time over Vogt.

Wonder how much energy these guys have left for tomorrow though. Hard to play that hard on defense 3 days in a row, especially with our limited depth. Considering Houston and Memphis both have the depth/size advantage I'm not expecting much tomorrow, but I wasn't even expecting us to still be playing at this point, so it's house money.

I do wonder if the refs calling very few fouls have helped us. They've let teams play in all the tournament games (sometimes too much) and considering we foul a lot and can't afford to get into foul trouble that favors us. But I'm a bit worried about facing a team like Houston when the refs are letting guys get away with a lot. With the way the refs have been calling things, Houston will probably commit 100 fouls and have 15 called.
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Jump on board. All is welcome.

Whoever we play, we are probably going to have to play zone and hope they miss. We can’t get in foul trouble and have to save our legs a bit.
 
Mad Dog changed the game. We couldn’t make a 3 with Tari and DD etc. Davenport couldn’t get open. Mason straight up threw daggers and we need two shooters in the game against Houston.

Mason high scores two games in three now. He’s lightning in a bottle!
 
waterhead said:
Mad Dog changed the game. We couldn’t make a 3 with Tari and DD etc. Davenport couldn’t get open. Mason straight up threw daggers and we need two shooters in the game against Houston.

Mason high scores two games in three now. He’s lightning in a bottle!
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Thank goodness we agreed to take on the lesser brother so we could get him! :)
 

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