(02-20-2016 06:10 PM)Billy_Bearcat Wrote:  A must win. As they all are. What was Jenifer doing there!? Dumb.

I suspect Jennie and Quad got time because the team got home a 3 AM Friday. If any other reason I question Mickey's sanity.

Clark showed up big. That block at the end and Caupain helping him up was electric.

Have to question the mass substitution early, had a chance to build on a lead but took every offensive option off the court and let them play us 5 on 3. Get the rest aspect but you can't go hockey line change all at once.

We have got to stop giving up corner 3's.

Big win. Bragging rights for the year over my Uconn buddy. Sellout announced but the half court seats I moved down to for the 2nd half say otherwise. Now not to trip over ourselves in the next two before SMU.

Well, you can tell that we won today because of how lacking of post there are.

Congrats Cincinnati. I was rooting for my Huskies, but I'm not upset that the loss helped your resume. Finish the season strong!

Loved Clark's effort again and the effort of the team in general. I think this team plays hard. They are not as talented as we want to believe. Every big run in the tournament has been done with either Mc D all americans or high ranking jucos. 92/93 Blount and Martin and Herbie were top rated jucos. 95/96 we had Fortson/flint two Mc D aA. In 99 we had demar and Kenny Satterfield Mc d aa not to mention Kenyon. That was the last time we had a substantial team. I also have an issue with Mick's substitutions that leave us offensively challenged. Under no circumstances should Jenifer and Moore be in the game at the same time.

(02-20-2016 08:13 PM)Flying Bearcat Wrote:  Well, you can tell that we won today because of how lacking of post there are.

Thought I'd give it a browse post-game to see if there was anything interesting being said for a change. Not much, mostly just the same old posts from the same old posters about how Mick is stupid or this UC player sucks or how it's the same old UC that can't finish games...

Really nice win imo. Clark is showing signs of becoming a warrior in the UC tradition. Hopefully Evans is re-finding his shot and his game. We look a lot better when we have him contributing offensively like that. But I still hope we get Shaq back full strength to give him a shot at ending his career on a high note.

(02-20-2016 08:15 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  Congrats Cincinnati. I was rooting for my Huskies, but I'm not upset that the loss helped your resume. Finish the season strong!

Appreciate that, our board could use some of this civility. Always tough to beat a UConn team, they're mentally tough. Good luck to you.

(02-20-2016 08:36 PM)Bearhawkeye Wrote:  Clark is showing signs of becoming a warrior in the UC tradition.

As far as I am concerned he is there. Intangibles are off the charts too. I wish I was as unflappable as he is.

(02-20-2016 08:37 PM)EffinBJ Wrote:  

(02-20-2016 08:15 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  Congrats Cincinnati. I was rooting for my Huskies, but I'm not upset that the loss helped your resume. Finish the season strong!

Appreciate that, our board could use some of this civility. Always tough to beat a UConn team, they're mentally tough. Good luck to you.

I echo those sentiments. Turning into a great rivalry and I respect the heck out of you guys. Hopefully we can take the rivalry to the Big 12 or ACC.


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The guys fought hard and got the much needed victory, I'm so happy!!!!!

Always love playing UCONN

Its about the only team in the conference that I am not embarrassed to share a conference with.

The importance of being in a good conference vs good teams is so evident...

UCONN (p5 worthy/name team) comes to town: 13,176 at the game.

We wouldn't have drawn that for 3/4 or more for the rest of the teams in the AAC

Post game comment by Cronin ref; Shaq Thomas with a pulled groin.

I don't want to see Shaq hurt. But we are better when he doesn't play. He can't do very many things and he hurts us more times than he helps. IMO

(02-20-2016 08:15 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  Congrats Cincinnati. I was rooting for my Huskies, but I'm not upset that the loss helped your resume. Finish the season strong!

Class act. Class rivalry. Uconn bright a good deal of fans to the game. Best of luck rest of way. Probably see u again in aac tournament

(02-20-2016 10:04 PM)Bearcat2012 Wrote:  

(02-20-2016 08:15 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  Congrats Cincinnati. I was rooting for my Huskies, but I'm not upset that the loss helped your resume. Finish the season strong!

Class act. Class rivalry. Uconn bright a good deal of fans to the game. Best of luck rest of way. Probably see u again in aac tournament

Great atmosphere today.

And I sure hope UC and UConn stay in the same conference...hopefully that means moving on up together be it big 12 or ACC one day soon.

Went to my first game in person today. A few thoughts:

1) If anyone ever complains about our fans not filling those last 1000-2000 seats again, I'm not buying it. Sat four rows from the top, and while the view was not as bad as i remember it, I did have a better view of the light fixtures than the floor. Also, while my daughters in the band said their ears were ringing after the game because it was so loud, it was not loud at all in our seats. I feel we missed out on a lot of the crowd excitement of the game.

2) Gary Clark takes another step towards being a star every game. Plus I think he is starting to take a bigger leadership role on the floor. He was fun to watch today.

3) Early in the game, Evans let UConn players drive past him to the basket. Combined with the Tulsa game, I was thinking we can not afford to keep him on the floor unless his defense improves. So I made an effort to watch him on defense the rest of the game, and he ended up giving one of his better defensive efforts. If he can keep improving here, he will be very valuable down the stretch.

4) What has happened to Cobb lately? The team actually seemed better when Kevin Johnson would come in for him.

5) Is it just me or is Ellis also going backwards? Thankfully, I like what I saw from DeBerry today.

6) Offensive pacing. The crowd was just begging for any excuse to rise to its feet and yell today. A couple times we scored, then had a steal and quickly scored again, and the crowd would roar. Then we would make a defensive stop, and as the crowd roared its approval, Caupain would walk the ball over the half court line, then stop and look back to the bench to see what to do. By the time they started going again, the shot clock was down to 15 and the crowd was back to sitting down. All the momentum was lost. Also, my wife kept asking if maybe we should taking the ball more than a foot or two over the half court line before stopping to look back at the bench. We kept waiting for UConn to trap Caupain up against the halfcourt line.

7) Offensive sets. A swear we don't even run them half the time. Once late in the game it was like that scene from Hoosiers where the coach calls a play, but the team rebels and the star player just says "I'll make it." Evans had the ball in his hands and it was obvious they were not going to run anything except that he was going one on one and taking a jumper. Of course, he made it, but it still seemed like poor offense.

8) Defense. I wish we didn't give up so many wide open threes from the corner, but boy do those guys play hard on defense.

All in all, with all the warts, still a great win.

(02-20-2016 11:36 PM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  Went to my first game in person today. A few thoughts:

1) If anyone ever complains about our fans not filling those last 1000-2000 seats again, I'm not buying it. Sat four rows from the top, and while the view was not as bad as i remember it, I did have a better view of the light fixtures than the floor. Also, while my daughter in the band said their ears were ringing after the game because it was so loud, it was not loud at all in our seats. I feel we missed out on a lot of the crowd excitement of the game.

2) Gary Clark takes another step towards being a star every game. Plus I think he is starting to take a bigger leadership role on the floor. He was fun to watch today.

3) Early in the game, Evans let UConn players drive past him to the basket. Combined with the Tulsa game, I was thinking we can not afford to keep him on the floor unless his defense improves. So I made an effort to watch him on defense the rest of the game, and he ended up giving one of his better defensive efforts. If he can keep improving here, he will be very valuable down the stretch.

4) What has happened to Cobb lately? The team actually seemed better when Kevin Johnson would come in for him.

5) Is it just me or is Ellis also going backwards? Thankfully, I like what I saw from DeBerry today.

6) Offensive pacing. The crowd was just begging for any excuse to rise to its feet and yell today. A couple times we scored, then had a steal and quickly scored again, and the crowd wold roar. Then we would make a defensive stop, and as the crowd roared its approval, Caupain would walk the ball over the half court line, then stop and look back to the bench to see what to do. By the time they started going again, the shot clock was down to 15 and the crowd was back to sitting down. All the momentum was lost. Also, my wife kept asking if maybe we should taking the ball more than a foot or two over the half court line before stopping to look back at the bench. We kept waiting for UConn to trap Caupain up against the halfcourt line.

7) Offensive sets. A swear we don't even run them half the time. Once late in the game it was like that scene from Hoosiers where the coach calls a play, but the team rebels and the star player just says "I'll make it." Evans had the ball in his hands and it was obvious they were not going to run anything except that he was going one on one and taking a jumper. Of course, he made it, but it still seemed like poor offense.

8) Defense. I wish we didn't give up so many wide open threes from the corner, but boy do those guys play hard on defense.

All in all, with all the warts, still a great win.

You are spot on with every point you made.

Today felt like a big step for Clark and Evans. They were very fun to watch. The intensity looked great today.

(02-21-2016 12:13 AM)doss2 Wrote:  [quote='Bruce Monnin' pid='13023987' dateline='1456029366']
Went to my first game in person today. A few thoughts:

1) If anyone ever complains about our fans not filling those last 1000-2000 seats again, I'm not buying it. Sat four rows from the top, and while the view was not as bad as i remember it, I did have a better view of the light fixtures than the floor. Also, while my daughter in the band said their ears were ringing after the game because it was so loud, it was not loud at all in our seats. I feel we missed out on a lot of the crowd excitement of the game.

2) Gary Clark takes another step towards being a star every game. Plus I think he is starting to take a bigger leadership role on the floor. He was fun to watch today.

3) Early in the game, Evans let UConn players drive past him to the basket. Combined with the Tulsa game, I was thinking we can not afford to keep him on the floor unless his defense improves. So I made an effort to watch him on defense the rest of the game, and he ended up giving one of his better defensive efforts. If he can keep improving here, he will be very valuable down the stretch.

4) What has happened to Cobb lately? The team actually seemed better when Kevin Johnson would come in for him.

5) Is it just me or is Ellis also going backwards? Thankfully, I like what I saw from DeBerry today.

6) Offensive pacing. The crowd was just begging for any excuse to rise to its feet and yell today. A couple times we scored, then had a steal and quickly scored again, and the crowd wold roar. Then we would make a defensive stop, and as the crowd roared its approval, Caupain would walk the ball over the half court line, then stop and look back to the bench to see what to do. By the time they started going again, the shot clock was down to 15 and the crowd was back to sitting down. All the momentum was lost. Also, my wife kept asking if maybe we should taking the ball more than a foot or two over the half court line before stopping to look back at the bench. We kept waiting for UConn to trap Caupain up against the halfcourt line.

7) Offensive sets. A swear we don't even run them half the time. Once late in the game it was like that scene from Hoosiers where the coach calls a play, but the team rebels and the star player just says "I'll make it." Evans had the ball in his hands and it was obvious they were not going to run anything except that he was going one on one and taking a jumper. Of course, he made it, but it still seemed like poor offense.

8) Defense. I wish we didn't give up so many wide open threes from the corner, but boy do those guys play hard on defense.

All in all, with all the warts, still a great win.

I agree with some of your points. Ellis and Cobb have lost their MOJO. Thank god we have Deberry and KJ to give us quality minutes. Both made huge contributions yesterday.

I think the slowed down offense was installed specifically for this and the Tulsa game. There's no way we'd win an up-tempo game against either team.

Clark and Evans are showing in NC & LA what they missed out on not recruiting those two guys.

The key yesterday was Evans gave them offensive production. When UC can get production from at least one of Cobb/Evans/Shaq/Johnson they do OK offensively. When UC can get production from two of those guys they are a good offensive team. It happened a ton during the nonconference, but those guys have often been invisible during conference play. The Bearcats would be a top 15 caliber team if they got consistent offensive production from the 2 and 3 position. During conference play Troy and Clark have just had to do too much.

Honestly UC's best lineup is Caupain, Johnson, Evans, Clark and Ellis (though man Ellis has struggled recently to finish). People kill Johnson but he is a joy to watch on the defensive end. He just gets into people and doesn't let them do anything. If Cobb isn't going to make open jump shots it's hard to put him on the floor over Johnson.