Hopefully we drop to a 10 or 11 seed. There isn't a team that scares me from 5-11, but avoiding the #1 or #2 seed in the second round is huge. Much rather be an 11 seed than anything.

(03-14-2015 12:27 PM)digibrink Wrote:  Hopefully we drop to a 10 or 11 seed. There isn't a team that scares me from 5-11, but avoiding the #1 or #2 seed in the second round is huge. Much rather be an 11 seed than anything.

I agree. Hoping our loss means an 11.

11-6, then 11-3 =Sweet 16

There are 3's we could beat.

You guys need to quit worrying about our seed and who we'd play in the round of 32. This team overachieved making the tourney. Winning one game would be fantastic. This was never a team that was going to make a run.

(03-14-2015 12:27 PM)digibrink Wrote:  Hopefully we drop to a 10 or 11 seed. There isn't a team that scares me from 5-11, but avoiding the #1 or #2 seed in the second round is huge. Much rather be an 11 seed than anything.

Maybe this is the silver lining in the loss? But I worry about other teams watching this film and thinking "We just have to shoot from the perimeter and we'll be fine - UConn did it with 11 3's!"

(03-14-2015 10:29 AM)BeerCat Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 09:20 AM)mac6115cd Wrote:  UConn is one of those teams that elevate their play come tournament time. No matter how bad the regular season, they seem to get it together come March.

UC is stil in - and that's something we weren't sure of in November. This team is young and lacks senior leadership. This team's exceeded expectations this year. The good news is that we'll have a much more experienced team next year, and that's when expectations will be a lot higher.

At this point, we're playing with house money. I'm hoping for a first round win then see where it goes from there.

I really think the UConn in March phenomenon is due to some very talented players who play the regular season like an AAU tournament. Then when the lights come on they have a gear and level of play that other teams in the AAC just don't have.

We certainly did not get blown out last night, but UConn has THAT guy that you can always depend on and we don't have anywhere near that still. To me that's what separates teams in March.

I also agree about the house money, the expectations for UC were very low and they managed, hopefully, to get in. Really need a step up in recruiting to make that next leap though.

Definitely helps to have outstanding guards to play big in big games in Kemba Walker, Shabazz Napier and Boatright since 2008.

Overall a good season from the Cats. I'm just sick of losing to UCONN in big games, its like a curse or something.

(03-14-2015 12:44 PM)Billy_Bearcat Wrote:  You guys need to quit worrying about our seed and who we'd play in the round of 32. This team overachieved making the tourney. Winning one game would be fantastic. This was never a team that was going to make a run.

Some of us expected the team to grow into a tourney team from the outset.

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I just don't understand this talk of not afraid of any 6 thru 11 seeds or we can beat some 3 seeds. We couldn't beat Temple late in year ( a possible NCAA team ), we couldn't beat X ( at home ) who is a NCAA team, then we beat 5 non NCAA teams ( most were very bad ) and we can't beat UCONN on their home floor. Yet we are going to go beat all these other teams, most who have played in much tougher conferences than ours and we are just going to steam roll these teams.lol By the way, you win in March with guards, that is UC's big weakness. Last night was classic case in point.

(03-14-2015 01:02 PM)CincyBro Wrote:  I just don't understand this talk of not afraid of any 6 thru 11 seeds or we can beat some 3 seeds. We couldn't beat Temple late in year ( a possible NCAA team ), we couldn't beat X ( at home ) who is a NCAA team, then we beat 5 non NCAA teams ( most were very bad ) and we can't beat UCONN on their home floor. Yet we are going to go beat all these other teams, most who have played in much tougher conferences than ours and we are just going to steam roll these teams.lol By the way, you win in March with guards, that is UC's big weakness. Last night was classic case in point.

It is all going to come down to Cobb. He is the one guard on the team who is willing to take and able to make a high volume of shots. He also doesn't commit an excessive number of dumb turnovers. If he is hot we can beat a 3 seed, if he is cold we will have trouble beating an 11 seed.

If Cobb is hot and takes the pressure off the bigs, we can get it down low and compete with anyone (except probably Kentucky and Wisconsin).

Assuming the operative elements stay in school and stay out of trouble, and that Mick recovers fully, we'll be better next year, and even better the year after that. And hopefully, we won't be playing UConn unless, by some wonderful quirk of fate, we find ourselves in the ACC together.

UC isn't dropping to an 11. I'd be more surprised to see them as an 11 than I would be to see them as a 7. I think it's incredibly likely they are in the 8/9 game, though a 10 is possible.

(03-14-2015 01:59 PM)colohank Wrote:  Assuming the operative elements stay in school and stay out of trouble, and that Mick recovers fully, we'll be better next year, and even better the year after that. And hopefully, we won't be playing UConn unless, by some wonderful quirk of fate, we find ourselves in the ACC together.

Next year will be better... I think Cincinnati (Bearcats, Bengals, Reds) have mastered this belief.

I'll grant that next year should be better (losing Sanders isn't really a big deal, guys should improve with a year to develop and maybe even one or two of the Freshmen make a big impact), assuming no big surprises (injuries or unexpected transfers). But two years down the line? Hard to say at this point.

(03-14-2015 01:02 PM)CincyBro Wrote:  I just don't understand this talk of not afraid of any 6 thru 11 seeds or we can beat some 3 seeds. We couldn't beat Temple late in year ( a possible NCAA team ), we couldn't beat X ( at home ) who is a NCAA team, then we beat 5 non NCAA teams ( most were very bad ) and we can't beat UCONN on their home floor. Yet we are going to go beat all these other teams, most who have played in much tougher conferences than ours and we are just going to steam roll these teams.lol By the way, you win in March with guards, that is UC's big weakness. Last night was classic case in point.

You were very critical of many of us who said UC was going to be in the tournament and would be fine. Someone needs to give you a hug man... So negative all the time.

(03-14-2015 02:33 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 01:02 PM)CincyBro Wrote:  I just don't understand this talk of not afraid of any 6 thru 11 seeds or we can beat some 3 seeds. We couldn't beat Temple late in year ( a possible NCAA team ), we couldn't beat X ( at home ) who is a NCAA team, then we beat 5 non NCAA teams ( most were very bad ) and we can't beat UCONN on their home floor. Yet we are going to go beat all these other teams, most who have played in much tougher conferences than ours and we are just going to steam roll these teams.lol By the way, you win in March with guards, that is UC's big weakness. Last night was classic case in point.

You were very critical of many of us who said UC was going to be in the tournament and would be fine. Someone needs to give you a hug man... So negative all the time.

Just realistic, my glasses are not rose colored. I also said they would lose to UCONN in the first game. Just don't think their guards are good enough, hell I hope they win 5 or 6 in a row, but their is nothing in the last half of this year that screams UC is going to beat NCAA caliber teams back to back to back. Please tell me why they will, I'm reasonable.

The only "advantage" we have is our D and ability to stay out of foul trouble. So while I get the "revenge" factor, the last thing we want is to draw someone we've already played and knows what to expect.

(03-14-2015 12:59 PM)subflea Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 12:44 PM)Billy_Bearcat Wrote:  You guys need to quit worrying about our seed and who we'd play in the round of 32. This team overachieved making the tourney. Winning one game would be fantastic. This was never a team that was going to make a run.

Some of us expected the team to grow into a tourney team from the outset.

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I certainly expected them to improve, but I didn't expect them to win enough early to make an at large bid. They had 3 big wins early that I wouldn't have expected that pushed them in. San Diego State, @ NC State and SMU.

(03-14-2015 02:30 PM)skyblade Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 01:59 PM)colohank Wrote:  Assuming the operative elements stay in school and stay out of trouble, and that Mick recovers fully, we'll be better next year, and even better the year after that. And hopefully, we won't be playing UConn unless, by some wonderful quirk of fate, we find ourselves in the ACC together.

Next year will be better... I think Cincinnati (Bearcats, Bengals, Reds) have mastered this belief.

I'll grant that next year should be better (losing Sanders isn't really a big deal, guys should improve with a year to develop and maybe even one or two of the Freshmen make a big impact), assuming no big surprises (injuries or unexpected transfers). But two years down the line? Hard to say at this point.

It's the Cincinnati motto ... wait till next year ... until then typical a typical Tourny performance ...

(03-14-2015 02:33 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 01:02 PM)CincyBro Wrote:  I just don't understand this talk of not afraid of any 6 thru 11 seeds or we can beat some 3 seeds. We couldn't beat Temple late in year ( a possible NCAA team ), we couldn't beat X ( at home ) who is a NCAA team, then we beat 5 non NCAA teams ( most were very bad ) and we can't beat UCONN on their home floor. Yet we are going to go beat all these other teams, most who have played in much tougher conferences than ours and we are just going to steam roll these teams.lol By the way, you win in March with guards, that is UC's big weakness. Last night was classic case in point.

You were very critical of many of us who said UC was going to be in the tournament and would be fine. Someone needs to give you a hug man... So negative all the time.

I do not think it is negativity, as much as it's the reality of this program. UC is no longer a team people fear. We have not been anywhere close to being elite, since maybe 2002. The SW16 year was fun, sans getting curbed stomped by Eggs. Eggs owns this team in the last 15 years. At least will get our NCAA participation ribbon.

I long for the days when UC Basketball means something.

Those days are done for all but about a half dozen programs.

(03-14-2015 02:47 PM)CincyBro Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 02:33 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(03-14-2015 01:02 PM)CincyBro Wrote:  I just don't understand this talk of not afraid of any 6 thru 11 seeds or we can beat some 3 seeds. We couldn't beat Temple late in year ( a possible NCAA team ), we couldn't beat X ( at home ) who is a NCAA team, then we beat 5 non NCAA teams ( most were very bad ) and we can't beat UCONN on their home floor. Yet we are going to go beat all these other teams, most who have played in much tougher conferences than ours and we are just going to steam roll these teams.lol By the way, you win in March with guards, that is UC's big weakness. Last night was classic case in point.

You were very critical of many of us who said UC was going to be in the tournament and would be fine. Someone needs to give you a hug man... So negative all the time.

Just realistic, my glasses are not rose colored. I also said they would lose to UCONN in the first game. Just don't think their guards are good enough, hell I hope they win 5 or 6 in a row, but their is nothing in the last half of this year that screams UC is going to beat NCAA caliber teams back to back to back. Please tell me why they will, I'm reasonable.

Yea, but to be fair didn't you also say that UC would go 2-2 down the stretch.