Wichita State

[cincrulz11]

Broome clearly shows up when we need it. Terry even said on the radio stop messing with him if he turns it over. Hell, Evans and Cumberland had like 7 combined. I was low on Broome this week, but it's clear he needs the starting job and the minutes. We are better when he's a threat. It's time to flip that switch as we get down the stretch. No more messing around.

dont doubt me man!


jk jk

 

[justinhub2003]

Why was it embarassing?

It’s at home.

Mvc team comes into conference and beats top team in their gym. It’s embarassing

 

[cincyguy13]

It’s at home.

Mvc team comes into conference and beats top team in their gym. It’s embarassing

You can’t lose that game at home. Gotta have more pride than that. Maybe they do and just aren’t good enough. Which is scarier

 

[TheLongHaul]

I just don't understand why?! Broome brought us back into the game by half, and Cronin starts jenifer 2nd half? Whyyyyyyyy?!?!?! That's the kind of thing that makes me switch from a Cronin advocate to adversary. How can a coach not see that? I think Cronin has been great for our program but this is ridiculous.

Yep...Cronin has maxed out just like Marvin. Kyle started off the game with a few baskets in a row and then Cronin took him out for no reason. Was up 3 then he subbed out all his starters minus Jennifer and WSU went on an 11-0 run. Defense was doing great and then he puts in Scott at the end and gives up the home run pass. Nobody gets in their own way as much as Cronin does.

 

[justinhub2003]

Yep...Cronin has maxed out just like Marvin. Kyle started off the game with a few baskets in a row and then Cronin took him out for no reason. Was up 3 then he subbed out all his starters minus Jennifer and WSU went on an 11-0 run. Defense was doing great and then he puts in Scott at the end and gives up the home run pass. Nobody gets in their own way as much as Cronin does.

Dude don’t yo realize tho he was damned if he did and damned if he didn’t.


Kyle was being abused in the paint. And mick was criticized just last game for not using his bench enough in the first half. This game he does and now he is critiqued for it .

You can think mick has hit its ceiling but you’ll also then need to acknowledge that the entire program has as well.

No young coach in America is coming to UC to stay long term. So if you think mick has peaked, then just give up on the program now.


A tiny small part of me, wants mick to take another job and then watch us struggle for years just so we can appreciate what we have. Obviously I’d rather he just stay

 

[Bcatfollower]

Dude don’t yo realize tho he was damned if he did and damned if he didn’t.


Kyle was being abused in the paint. And mick was criticized just last game for not using his bench enough in the first half. This game he does and now he is critiqued for it .

You can think mick has hit its ceiling but you’ll also then need to acknowledge that the entire program has as well.

No young coach in America is coming to UC to stay long term. So if you think mick has peaked, then just give up on the program now.


A tiny small part of me, wants mick to take another job and then watch us struggle for years just so we can appreciate what we have. Obviously I’d rather he just stay

We've seen the struggle for years already no big deal if it happens again... i mean 7 straight tourney appearances though! Wow

 

[cincyguy13]

Dude don’t yo realize tho he was damned if he did and damned if he didn’t.


Kyle was being abused in the paint. And mick was criticized just last game for not using his bench enough in the first half. This game he does and now he is critiqued for it .

You can think mick has hit its ceiling but you’ll also then need to acknowledge that the entire program has as well.

No young coach in America is coming to UC to stay long term. So if you think mick has peaked, then just give up on the program now.


A tiny small part of me, wants mick to take another job and then watch us struggle for years just so we can appreciate what we have. Obviously I’d rather he just stay

Why do you think mick is the only one that can coach here? Xavier has had a revolving door of coaches for 20 years and the program has gotten better. Yeah we all want mick to suceed because he is an alum but you also have to be honest about it. You have to win hardware sometimes. That’s the nature of the business. If it doesn’t work and you move on, you can get a good coach but you have to make the right hire. I don’t think it’s the end of the program

 

[TheLongHaul]

Dude don’t yo realize tho he was damned if he did and damned if he didn’t.


Kyle was being abused in the paint. And mick was criticized just last game for not using his bench enough in the first half. This game he does and now he is critiqued for it .

You can think mick has hit its ceiling but you’ll also then need to acknowledge that the entire program has as well.

No young coach in America is coming to UC to stay long term. So if you think mick has peaked, then just give up on the program now.


A tiny small part of me, wants mick to take another job and then watch us struggle for years just so we can appreciate what we have. Obviously I’d rather he just stay

I can't control what other people want. I was never calling for him to lengthen the bench. Washington was subbed out when he was on a roll, before his defense was exposed. He can't guard Shamut. If the defense puts him in a position to guard him one on one that is on he defense, not him.

Absolutely no reason why Jennifer should be starting over Broome. That is 100% on the coach. He hasn't developed Broome at all, only hindered him.

 

[cincyguy13]

Dude don’t yo realize tho he was damned if he did and damned if he didn’t.


Kyle was being abused in the paint. And mick was criticized just last game for not using his bench enough in the first half. This game he does and now he is critiqued for it .

You can think mick has hit its ceiling but you’ll also then need to acknowledge that the entire program has as well.

No young coach in America is coming to UC to stay long term. So if you think mick has peaked, then just give up on the program now.


A tiny small part of me, wants mick to take another job and then watch us struggle for years just so we can appreciate what we have. Obviously I’d rather he just stay

I agree with the bench thing. You can’t play the same guys the whole game. Especially big guys. If we don’t have the talent, we simply don’t have the talent but you have to play the bench some

 

[cincyguy13]

I do think we may have hit the ceiling. We either need more talented players to match really good teams or have the coaching advantage. We don’t seem to have either

 

[GarradJ21]

I don’t look so much of this game as being Cronins fault. Houston 100%. I just think it’s simple, We aren’t as good as we thought we were. We are extremly soft as well.

 

[Quadri's #1 fan]

It’s at home.

Mvc team comes into conference and beats top team in their gym. It’s embarassing

You're using a number as the barometer for how good we are. That's not the measurement the Tournament will use for us.

You know MVC Wichita State came in better than everyone else in the AAC. To act like Wichita State a perennial NCAA team with multiple draft prospects and a final four appearance in 2013 is much worse than everyone else in the conference is just being willfully ignorant.

Let's remember UC who has made 7 straight tournaments has made it to the sweet sixteen a single time. All the while Wichita State has made it twice out of six years, Final four in 2013, and a Sweet Sixteen in 2015.

If winning at home is the be all end all, we must have won the national championship last year.

 

[jacobkdoyle]

I don’t look so much of this game as being Cronins fault. Houston 100%. I just think it’s simple, We aren’t as good as we thought we were. We are extremly soft as well.

This is where I'd lean too.

 

[justinhub2003]

You're using a number as the barometer for how good we are. That's not the measurement the Tournament will use for us.

You know MVC Wichita State came in better than everyone else in the AAC. To act like Wichita State a perennial NCAA team with multiple draft prospects and a final four appearance in 2013 is much worse than everyone else in the conference is just being willfully ignorant.

Let's remember UC who has made 7 straight tournaments has made it to the sweet sixteen a single time. All the while Wichita State has made it twice out of six years, Final four in 2013, and a Sweet Sixteen in 2015.

If winning at home is the be all end all, we must have won the national championship last year.

Home court. Protect home court.


I’d be less embarrassed if we lost to them in their gym by 75 then losing at home by 4.

 

[juckerrules]

Home court. Protect home court.


I’d be less embarrassed if we lost to them in their gym by 75 then losing at home by 4.

You may have your chance, playing them there on senior night? It could get ugly

 

[juckerrules]

I had a feeling the game was destined to be a loss when they call that foul on Cumberland on his drive to the basket. It should’ve been an & one. At that point it seemed like they were doomed

 

[Quadri's #1 fan]

Home court. Protect home court.


I’d be less embarrassed if we lost to them in their gym by 75 then losing at home by 4.

North Carolina vs Wofford 79-75
Virgina vs Virginia Tech 61-60
Clemson vs Duke 66-57
Villanova vs St Johns 79-75

The list goes on and on. This isn't the NBA. These are student athletes... well at least they should be. God bless you if you expected perfection for the rest of forever. These are kids/young adults, and they won't be perfect and there is bound to be failures along the way. If your perception of the team magically changed over the last two extremely close games, then tell me what they can do better. This is the same team that was embarrassed at Xavier and against Florida. They're still a second weekend team in my opinion. Clark, Washington, and Evans need to show up in big games, and Broone should always play more than Jennifer, and at this point obviously start. The hole they're digging themselves at the beginning of big games has finally started to bite them in the rear end.

 

[Alum2013]

I don’t look so much of this game as being Cronins fault. Houston 100%. I just think it’s simple, We aren’t as good as we thought we were. We are extremly soft as well.

70 minutes of the past 2 games have been horribly managed by Cronin. He finally plays the best players for more then 2min and we get right back into the game. The Houston game was 100% on him and us being down 10 in the second half was 100% on him.

 

[Nayers]

I don’t look so much of this game as being Cronins fault. Houston 100%. I just think it’s simple, We aren’t as good as we thought we were. We are extremly soft as well.

I do. We got back into the game with Broome playing. We got pushed back to 9 right after half , and jenifer was liable for 5 of those first 7 second half points. That is coaching. Instead of riding the momentum of your backup pint guard, mick goes back with ineffective Jenifer. That alone cost us at worst 7 points. Put cane in, and guess who pulls us back into contention? Can't say that isn't on the coach.

 

[Nayers]

Anyone else think Gary was pretty blantantly fouled on that tip back at the end?