Thank You. Helps Keep the Cuse's chance alive of getting the 4th bye. You also have helped your Ncaa Tourney chances too.

Thank you Cuseroc. Need to take care of UConn this weekend and that seals it.

As much as I will enjoy this win, I do hope Wright on Georgetown is OK. I hated seeing him on the bench, looking distraught.

22 wins! Great win!

Very impressive win for the Cats. Cuseroc, you won't mind if Louisville takes one of those last double byes will you?

Cincinnati has gone from looking like a longshot to a near lock in a week. Just win something, anything else, and UC is in. I think they are Big East #10 as long as you don't end with 4 straight L's. Keep up this intensity and it won't be an issue.

(02-23-2011 11:00 PM)cuseroc Wrote:  Thank You. Helps Keep the Cuse's chance alive of getting the 4th bye.

you'll have to wrest it from its current owner

(02-23-2011 11:00 PM)cuseroc Wrote:  Thank You. Helps Keep the Cuse's chance alive of getting the 4th bye. You also have helped your Ncaa Tourney chances too.

Georgetown was 17 of 71 from the floor?

17 / 71 ????????? As in "we made 17 shots and missed FIFTY FREAKING FOUR? At home?

I sure hope we can't POSSIBLY play any worse ...

(02-23-2011 11:16 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(02-23-2011 11:00 PM)cuseroc Wrote:  Thank You. Helps Keep the Cuse's chance alive of getting the 4th bye. You also have helped your Ncaa Tourney chances too.

Georgetown was 17 of 71 from the floor?

17 / 71 ????????? As in "we made 17 shots and missed FIFTY FREAKING FOUR? At home?

I sure hope we can't POSSIBLY play any worse ...

I'm hoping it continues for at least one more game.

bad shooting night for Gtown for sure.....some of it was just shots not going in....some of it was our defense is nasty....we don't lead the BE in defense for nothing.

that said....

woooooohooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(02-23-2011 11:24 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  bad shooting night for Gtown for sure.....some of it was just shots not going in....some of it was our defense is nasty....we don't lead the BE in defense for nothing.

that said....

woooooohooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations. Your defense surely did have something to do with it. Big win for the Bearcats and very costly home loss for Georgetown. I'd say our chances of finishing in the top 4 and getting those critical byes is now less than 50%.

Hopefully, we'll get some revenge next week in Cincy ...

For CollegeCard and flyingswoosh, it looks as though SU has the easiest road left with a game at Georgetown and Depaul, while Louisville and SJU have 3 games left. SU is solid for the bye right now, but can get the double bye if they win out.

Cincinnati is the best defensive team in the Big East. Not the best on offense though.

(02-23-2011 11:06 PM)BJUnklFkr Wrote:  I do hope Wright on Georgetown is OK. I hated seeing him on the bench, looking distraught.

Early reports are he broke his left hand tonight.

I think the Bearcats just punched their ticket...

That's too bad about Wright though. That's a big loss...

(02-23-2011 11:41 PM)CollegeCard Wrote:  

(02-23-2011 11:06 PM)BJUnklFkr Wrote:  I do hope Wright on Georgetown is OK. I hated seeing him on the bench, looking distraught.

Early reports are he broke his left hand tonight.

I hope he will be ok and ready to play on saturday. No excuses when the Hoya Destroya smacks them around this saturday afternoon down in DC. But I really hope he is ok, because he's a good kid.

(02-23-2011 11:29 PM)cuseroc Wrote:  For CollegeCard and flyingswoosh, it looks as though SU has the easiest road left with a game at Georgetown and Depaul, while Louisville and SJU have 3 games left. SU is solid for the bye right now, but can get the double bye if they win out.

Courtesy of a Louisville fan from our Scout board, here are the standings and remaining opponents.

Pitt 12-2, WVU, @ UofL, @ USF, Nova
Notre Dame 11-4, Seton Hall, Nova, @ UConn
Louisville 10-5, Pitt, Prov, @ WVU
St John's 10-5, @ Nova, @ Seton Hall, USF
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Georgetown 10-6, Cuse, @ Cincy
Syracuse 10-6, @ Georgetown, Depaul
Villanova 9-6, St. John's, @ Notre Dame, @Pitt
Cincinnati 9-6, UConn, @ Marquette, Georgetown
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UConn 8-6, Marquette, @Cincy, @ WVU, Notre Dame
West Virginia 8-6, @ Pitt, @ Rutgers, UConn, UofL
Marquette 7-7, @ UConn, Prov, Cincy, @ Seton Hall

Still too many games remaining to break down who will get a single bye.

As for the double bye, it will likely take 12 wins and I think the current top 6 are the only ones with a realistic shot. Of those, Pitt and ND are in great shape. The Cuse/GTown loser is out. So that leaves UofL, St John's, and the Cuse/GTown winner fighting for the final 2 double byes.

We'll know a lot more after this weekend, as the Red Storm may win out if they beat Nova, and your Orange are nearly 12-6 with a win in DC. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Cards, Orange, and Red Storm all tied at 12-6, which would leave St John's playing on Wednesday as the #5 seed.

Georgetown was probably the best defensive team UC has faced this year IMO. I'm very impressed with them. Offensively, UC dropped a zone on them most of the game after only running it one or two plays all year. Flummoxed the crap out of JTIII. Game - Cronin.

That was a butt whippin'. Score didn't do it justice. But I admit I am not super stoked about facing them again in just a week.

Cincinnati has progressed nicely this year. Not looking forward to playing them.

I really hope that Wright can get healthy before the NCAA tournament. He's a tough kid that has improved over the course of his career. I've really enjoyed watching him play. I just hope this isn't that last time that we'll see him...

Best of luck Hoyas.

Thankfully it was his non-shooting hand so it improves his chances of being ready for the NCAA.

(02-24-2011 12:20 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  Georgetown was probably the best defensive team UC has faced this year IMO. I'm very impressed with them. Offensively, UC dropped a zone on them most of the game after only running it one or two plays all year. Flummoxed the crap out of JTIII. Game - Cronin.

That was a butt whippin'. Score didn't do it justice. But I admit I am not super stoked about facing them again in just a week.

I've said all along this would be a split, regardless of how last night's game went. The only thing that changes that for me is Wright's status.