They said that in the postgame conference. Just completely unacceptable, that is the biggest concern I have with this team. How many lessons do you need before you stop that BS?

Syracuse wasn't the first team to expose Cincy with the press. Marquette did it too. And others. What was great about this game is no team has ever pressed Cincy like UL did. They did it for 40 minutes. And they even did it on missed UL shots. And after scoring only 14 in the first half...they scored 30 against it in the 2nd. With Parker missing two twice. And some real bonehead turnovers (see Jackson).

No team will do this to Cincy in the NCAAs. Most conferences don't even play much defense period. And yes Cincy had the toughest road. But I wouldn't change that for anything. What a run!! Law of averages says they were due for a loss against (another) top 15 RPI team. They have 5 wins against them on the season.
Wish we'd won. But I feel very good going forward.

Calipari had a relevant quote on his Kentucky team. Something about swagger and confidence being good but arrogance being bad.

I'm more proud that we beat Syracuse than lost tonight, but I thought we played very poorly and still had a tight game. I've been preaching Parker over Dixon for awhile now, and although thats finally come to fruition BOTH of them disappointed me with FT shooting tonight. They pressure us heavily on the three line and we made one single foul shot all game, by our center no less.

Upset cuz I think we were the better team and missed a golden opportunity to call ourselves BE champs and send Yancy out on that note. If we make sweet sixteen I will forget all about it.

Who watched the Missouri game. All the hype about Missouri, but Baylor's defense was absolutely horrid. And Missouri is a 2 seed. Cincy would pound them the same way this year as last.

Actually. The free throw shooting has been bad both ways all Tourney. Tired legs? UL didn't do so well either. Except for those 3 in a row by Kuric. Which you knew was going to happen.

As bad as Cincy looked offensively...we tend to look at it only one way. UL's offense looked just as bad. After they went up 16, Cincy completely shut them down the rest of the way. Their high powered offense only scored 50. Missed FTs and bonehead turnovers kept us from the win.

(03-11-2012 12:37 AM)payday Wrote:  As bad as Cincy looked offensively...we tend to look at it only one way. UL's offense looked just as bad. After they went up 16, Cincy completely shut them down the rest of the way. Their high powered offense only scored 50. Missed FTs and bonehead turnovers kept us from the win.

Most of us aren't gonna argue with you. Good defense and a lackluster offensive performance are the sum of the game. Not the end of the world.. we've seen we can do better. But tonight's loss was not a mystery.

March 10th, 2001 the Bearcats lost to Charlotte in the C-USA conference tournament finale. It lead to the Bearcats last Sweet 16. That season started with loses to Notre Dame, Xavier, and Toledo before the new year. The Bearcats finished strong to end the season but lost to a team in the conference tournament that had handled earlier in the season. They recieved a five seed and with a little bit of luck made it the second weekend.

I wouldn't be shocked to see that happen this year.

Yes. And they lost to the #1 overall seed Stanford (with their twin tower centers) in their own back yard. Satterfield had his best game as a Bearcat. And even with what I considered very biased officiating, with their home fans filling the arena, Cincy nearly played well enough to win.

They lost Satterfield, won the conference and conference tourney the next year, got the #1 seed, and lost in the 2nd round to UCLA in double OT.

Mick was criticized by some for his comments about the Big East tourney being tougher than the NCAA. In the case of UC he was absolutely right. They played and beat a likely #4 seed Georgetown in 2OT then had to come back the next day to play and defeat a #1 seed; and then played a likely #4 seed day three. The NCAA has two game sets with a day off; no team ever has to run that kind of guantlet. They've turned into an excellent team, made the city proud; simply ran out of gas last night. The will was there late but they were physically drained. We should be very proud of these 'Cats and expect a strong NCAA run.

While I agree a bit they were overconfident, I think both mentally and physically they were gassed. 2 very tough games and a lot of minutes for the starters. Great effort over the course of the tourney and a team that makes you proud. I also think Mick made a mistake by playing a zone against UL, they beat them the first time by playing man to man. Syracuse had our number with their zone and Friday's game is the first time UC has been effective against it.

If UC had just played and lost by 4 in their third game in the real tourney having beaten a 3 seed and 1 seed to do it eventually losing to a 4 seed there's no one on here that would be upset with that run.

And like someone said earlier legs and mental fatigue aren't as much of a problem in the NC2A because the games aren't back to back.

Cats will be just fine. The loss to UofL might have made them that much hungrier to make a run.

(03-11-2012 01:15 AM)payday Wrote:  Yes. And they lost to the #1 overall seed Stanford (with their twin tower centers) in their own back yard. Satterfield had his best game as a Bearcat. And even with what I considered very biased officiating, with their home fans filling the arena, Cincy nearly played well enough to win.

Call me nuts, but I think this team is better than the team that lost to Stanford in the sweet 16.

I think this team is playing it's best ball of the season RIGHT NOW.

I have said it many times but it is worth repeating... Louisville is damn near impossible to score on when the refs swallow their whistles and let them grab, bump and slap you the entire game. Combine that with UC not hitting outside shots and missing the few free throws they had and you get today's result. Hell had UC gone 5-8 from the line instead of 1-8 they may have won the game (I know scoreboard says they lose by 2, but that changes how we play in the last minute) and I think swings a few plays where we were deflated after misses.

I was incredibly proud of the defensive effort today. I think after the last two draining games the mental execution on offense was not quite their. And again, Louisville is the most dependent team in the country on how the refs choose to officiate the game. If they are allowed to get away with their grabbing, bumping and slapping they are a top 10 caliber team. I always hate losing to them, but great run for the Cats... lets get to New Orleans.

(03-10-2012 11:56 PM)JFlight21 Wrote:  Dion has been downright worthless lately. He refuses to pass it when he runs the point and he is the worst shooter on the team. He really needs to pick his play up.

Cannot wait until he is gone. Terrible senior. He does NOTHING with purpose.

Overall I am happy with the tournament, it was a huge step for Mick's program. It was frustrating because I think we are abetter team that UL. We made mistakes that we hadn't made the first two games.

Pitino's interview after the game summed up how I felt. He said something like "We're exactly the same type of team, we all do the same things." Unfortunately that is right, and this is the kind of game that results when it's combined with Big East officiating.

I am very excited about our NCAA games. I think it is safe to say that no one will be looking forward to playing the Bearcats.

(03-11-2012 10:23 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  I have said it many times but it is worth repeating... Louisville is damn near impossible to score on when the refs swallow their whistles and let them grab, bump and slap you the entire game. Combine that with UC not hitting outside shots and missing the few free throws they had and you get today's result. Hell had UC gone 5-8 from the line instead of 1-8 they may have won the game (I know scoreboard says they lose by 2, but that changes how we play in the last minute) and I think swings a few plays where we were deflated after misses.

I was incredibly proud of the defensive effort today. I think after the last two draining games the mental execution on offense was not quite their. And again, Louisville is the most dependent team in the country on how the refs choose to officiate the game. If they are allowed to get away with their grabbing, bumping and slapping they are a top 10 caliber team. I always hate losing to them, but great run for the Cats... lets get to New Orleans.

Exactly why I could see an early round loss for them.

(03-11-2012 10:23 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  I have said it many times but it is worth repeating... Louisville is damn near impossible to score on when the refs swallow their whistles and let them grab, bump and slap you the entire game. Combine that with UC not hitting outside shots and missing the few free throws they had and you get today's result. Hell had UC gone 5-8 from the line instead of 1-8 they may have won the game (I know scoreboard says they lose by 2, but that changes how we play in the last minute) and I think swings a few plays where we were deflated after misses.

I was incredibly proud of the defensive effort today. I think after the last two draining games the mental execution on offense was not quite their. And again, Louisville is the most dependent team in the country on how the refs choose to officiate the game. If they are allowed to get away with their grabbing, bumping and slapping they are a top 10 caliber team. I always hate losing to them, but great run for the Cats... lets get to New Orleans.

I agree about the refs. Louisville struggles when the game is called tight, but is very tough to beat when the refs allow them hack constantly, like last night. But we did not play well enough to overcome it. Still a great run.

I am in agreement that Dixon needs to step up his game; however some are being a little hard on his play. Granted, when he is not shooting well and turning the ball over, he is an offensive liability. On the other hand, he plays good defense and helps greatly on the boards. He just needs to adjust his game. He should live by these two rules. If Dion does not have an open look within 20 feet, he should under no circumstances shoot. If Dion has an opportunity to pass the ball to Cashmere in order to bring the ball up the court, he must pass the ball.