Would you be satisfied?

[Scheids21]

I'm sure this will turn into a thread where people ignore my question and just argue about the likelihood that it will happen, but I will give it a shot anyway.

Imagine UC finishes strong and ends up with a 6 seed in the NCAA tournament again. They beat the 11 seed, beat the 3 seed, and lose to the 2 seed in the Sweet 16 (basically finish like last year).

If that happened, I would be happy with the year. Of course the disasters of February would still be troubling and I would be a little disappointed about the regular season in general based on my expectations. But a Sweet 16 berth would keep the momentum of the program going and meet my expectations preseason.

Would you be satisfied?

 

[C I N C Y]

I'm sure this will turn into a thread where people ignore my question and just argue about the likelihood that it will happen, but I will give it a shot anyway.

Imagine UC finishes strong and ends up with a 6 seed in the NCAA tournament again. They beat the 11 seed, beat the 3 seed, and lose to the 2 seed in the Sweet 16 (basically finish like last year).

If that happened, I would be happy with the year. Of course the disasters of February would still be troubling and I would be a little disappointed about the regular season in general based on my expectations. But a Sweet 16 berth would keep the momentum of the program going and meet my expectations preseason.

Would you be satisfied?

A sweet 16 would be a serious shocker. The team is what it is. They are a NCAA team who could get knocked out right away. Just make the dance and I can live with that. The only way they make the sweet 16 is if they get really really hot from 3 point range and hit a great free throw percentage. Sweet 16 and I am on cloud 9. The team was overhyped coming into the season by us the fans and Mick. The inside big men are just brutual on offense and Cash's injury really hurt the team. With that being said the Defense is elite and a few free throws or layups here and there and we could be competiting for the regullar season BE title. We are due some good luck here as most of those games have went against us. The crazy thing is as bad as this team looks on offense ( hard to watch) they have only not had a chance to win one game Notre Dame. Every other game you can argue that late in the game we had control and the victory in site but it went the other way.

 

[mdchick]

before the cash injury I thought we could play with anyone in the country, now I'd be happy getting into the second round let alone the sweet 16.

 

[UCBearcats]

I'm sure this will turn into a thread where people ignore my question and just argue about the likelihood that it will happen, but I will give it a shot anyway.

Imagine UC finishes strong and ends up with a 6 seed in the NCAA tournament again. They beat the 11 seed, beat the 3 seed, and lose to the 2 seed in the Sweet 16 (basically finish like last year).

If that happened, I would be happy with the year. Of course the disasters of February would still be troubling and I would be a little disappointed about the regular season in general based on my expectations. But a Sweet 16 berth would keep the momentum of the program going and meet my expectations preseason.

Would you be satisfied?

No, I will never be completely satisfied with a Sweet 16. Give me a top 10 ranking, give me a 1, 2 or 3 seed and give me realistic expectation of a Final 4, and do it consistently. Then I'll be happy.

 

[Bearcat04]

I'm sure this will turn into a thread where people ignore my question and just argue about the likelihood that it will happen, but I will give it a shot anyway.

Imagine UC finishes strong and ends up with a 6 seed in the NCAA tournament again. They beat the 11 seed, beat the 3 seed, and lose to the 2 seed in the Sweet 16 (basically finish like last year).

If that happened, I would be happy with the year. Of course the disasters of February would still be troubling and I would be a little disappointed about the regular season in general based on my expectations. But a Sweet 16 berth would keep the momentum of the program going and meet my expectations preseason.

Would you be satisfied?

Hell yeah I'd be satisfied! This program hasn't made consecutive runs to the Sweet 16 in 20 years.

 

[cincycpaw]

I would be ecstatic if this team made it to the Sweet 16 and lost.

I think any year you make it to the Sweet 16 is a successful year for a program like UC.

 

[TheLongHaul]

Yep. I never thought this team was a top 15 team so a sweet 16 finish would be about where I expected them at the beginning of the season. And add in how they have played lately I'm just happy they make the tournament.

 

[westsidecat]

my personal goal for the club was the elite 8.

if uc makes it to the sweet 16 again i would be thrilled. after all the back to back second round diasters then falling out of the field 5 years how can one not be?

i really want an elite 8 trip though..

 

[Scheids21]

my personal goal for the club was the elite 8.

if uc makes it to the sweet 16 again i would be thrilled. after all the back to back second round diasters then falling out of the field 5 years how can one not be?

i really want an elite 8 trip though..

I agree. I was hoping for 24-7 and elite eight before the season. At the same time, I still would have been happy with sweet sixteen so i'll set that line now. I don't think it will happen, but if we can, I will be ok with this season despite february.

Despite their flaws, this is not a team a 1 or 2 seed wants to play in the 2nd round.

 

[UCalum08]

I'm sure this will turn into a thread where people ignore my question and just argue about the likelihood that it will happen, but I will give it a shot anyway.

Imagine UC finishes strong and ends up with a 6 seed in the NCAA tournament again. They beat the 11 seed, beat the 3 seed, and lose to the 2 seed in the Sweet 16 (basically finish like last year).

If that happened, I would be happy with the year. Of course the disasters of February would still be troubling and I would be a little disappointed about the regular season in general based on my expectations. But a Sweet 16 berth would keep the momentum of the program going and meet my expectations preseason.

Would you be satisfied?

That would be nothing short of a miracle and yes I would be satisfied. I will be happy if we make the tourney and win a game at this point.

 

[bearcat4life]

I'm sure this will turn into a thread where people ignore my question and just argue about the likelihood that it will happen, but I will give it a shot anyway.

Imagine UC finishes strong and ends up with a 6 seed in the NCAA tournament again. They beat the 11 seed, beat the 3 seed, and lose to the 2 seed in the Sweet 16 (basically finish like last year).

If that happened, I would be happy with the year. Of course the disasters of February would still be troubling and I would be a little disappointed about the regular season in general based on my expectations. But a Sweet 16 berth would keep the momentum of the program going and meet my expectations preseason.

Would you be satisfied?

this is stupid because the only way we get a 6 seed is to win out and even that might not be enough. this is such an irrelevant thread.

 

[CaptDale]

I'm sure this will turn into a thread where people ignore my question and just argue about the likelihood that it will happen, but I will give it a shot anyway.

Imagine UC finishes strong and ends up with a 6 seed in the NCAA tournament again. They beat the 11 seed, beat the 3 seed, and lose to the 2 seed in the Sweet 16 (basically finish like last year).

If that happened, I would be happy with the year. Of course the disasters of February would still be troubling and I would be a little disappointed about the regular season in general based on my expectations. But a Sweet 16 berth would keep the momentum of the program going and meet my expectations preseason.

Would you be satisfied?

Absolutely not! It still falls back on Cronin and staff. They knew what they had for personnel yet they failed to adopt a strategy to make up for their shortcomings. Now, that is the answer to you "satisfied" question. Unfortunately, the likelihood of your scenario coming to fruition is infinitesimally small. Reminds me of a Probability and Statistics class I took way back when. But Scheids, it's always nice to dream. You been hangin' with BearcatMick?

 

[bearcat jeff]

No, I will never be completely satisfied with a Sweet 16. Give me a top 10 ranking, give me a 1, 2 or 3 seed and give me realistic expectation of a Final 4, and do it consistently. Then I'll be happy.

So you're saying you haven't been happy with Bearcat basketball in the past 25 years?

 

[bearcat jeff]

Absolutely not! It still falls back on Cronin and staff. They knew what they had for personnel yet they failed to adopt a strategy to make up for their shortcomings. Now, that is the answer to you "satisfied" question. Unfortunately, the likelihood of your scenario coming to fruition is infinitesimally small. Reminds me of a Probability and Statistics class I took way back when. But Scheids, it's always nice to dream. You been hangin' with BearcatMick?

This is my whole bitch right now. I don't see anything by way of personnel changes to try and change things. Throw the same 5 out night after night and hope. Damn it man, put Thomas or Sanders in the line up and play 4 guards!!!! If you have no low post play to your strengths. Thomas can get to the basket and he isn't going to turn it over any more than Rubles. Sanders has been playing pretty well and does rebound and pass and can hit shots. It's tough to score when you get 2 shots a game. Last night UC's bench shot 5, count em 5 shots in 40 minutes. Four guards and press and run but the staff refuses to change a damn thing.

 

[mplebanon]

I don't see that happening.

Hell, I'd be happy to see them score 70 points in a game again.

 

[bearcat jeff]

I think UC beats USF and wins their first BEast tourny game in what I believe will be a tough low scoring game. They will get a low seed in the NCAA (10 or so) and likely lose their first round game to a decent opponent. That's what I think at this point.

 

[Bearcat22]

I would be thrilled with a sweet sixteen finish. I also think it will happen. Similar to USF last year, I think UC stumbles into the tournament and catches a few teams off guard. This goes beyond optimism and possibly into the realm stupidity, but why not? Some team is going to screw up a bunch brackets, maybe that can be the Cats.

 

[cincycpaw]

I think UC beats USF and wins their first BEast tourny game in what I believe will be a tough low scoring game. They will get a low seed in the NCAA (10 or so) and likely lose their first round game to a decent opponent. That's what I think at this point.

Unfortunately I tend to agree. Though I have some hope for a first round win as teams might struggle on offense in that first round due to nerves, arena, etc. so I think we actually have a chance.

 

[CaptDale]

I think UC beats USF and wins their first BEast tourny game in what I believe will be a tough low scoring game. They will get a low seed in the NCAA (10 or so) and likely lose their first round game to a decent opponent. That's what I think at this point.

Watch out for USF, they're on a winning streak - one in a row. They beat DePaul. Don't take the spread!

 

[ucswais]

In a word, yes.

At the beginning of the season, I might have held out for more. I might even want more next year or the year after. But knowing what we know right now about this year's team, I'll take it for sure.