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Wichita is going to be fine and I will gladly take a split with them.

Florida narrowly beats Kentucky 66-64.

GATORS!

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=22125128

Good grief. I think that's Calhoun doing color there too. Double the shame.

(01-20-2018 11:05 PM)Recluse1 Wrote: [ -> ]http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=22125128

Good grief. I think that's Calhoun doing color there too. Double the shame.

Sounded like Gillen

Wow... Duke gets a surprise commitment from #2 player Zion Williamson! That gives them 1,2,3, and 8 so far in this class. K has now become the new king of recruiting.

Right now kenpom numbers suggest the best teams are:
1,2) Villanova and Purdue (then decent Gap)
3) Virginia (then similar Gap)
4,5) Duke and Michigan State (Slightly smaller gap)
6) Cincinnati

(01-21-2018 09:00 AM)jarr Wrote: [ -> ]Wow... Duke gets a surprise commitment from #2 player Zion Williamson! That gives them 1,2,3, and 8 so far in this class. K has now become the new king of recruiting.

I remember when Coach K said that one and done would ruin College Basketball and he wouldn't recruit them, what a Hypocrite!

(01-21-2018 09:17 AM)Loco Bearcat Wrote: [ -> ]I remember when Coach K said that one and done would ruin College Basketball and he wouldn't recruit them, what a Hypocrite!

Gotta play by the rules as they are. One and done is the current rule so he's got to do what's best for his school; doesn't mean he likes the rules.

Does make things interesting in Lexington though. Caliparis career exploded when he became the first to really embrace the one and done system at Memphis. If other schools are all in then he loses the advantages he's built his reputation on.

(01-21-2018 09:15 AM)bearcatmark Wrote: [ -> ]Right now kenpom numbers suggest the best teams are:
1,2) Villanova and Purdue (then decent Gap)
3) Virginia (then similar Gap)
4,5) Duke and Michigan State (Slightly smaller gap)
6) Cincinnati

The thing with Michigan State is that they only have two tier 1 games left at Maryland and home against Purdue. A group where they are 1-2 against. They have a couple of games that might fall into tier 2, at Indiana, at Wisconsin, and at Northwestern. Their SOS are numbers are going to end up like Cincinnati at the end of the year. If they don't beat Purdue and only end with one more win in the top tier and maybe one or tow more losses there is no way the Spartans should get anything better than a 4 seed.

The Big Ten which roughly at the level of the American and PAC-12 this year did their teams no favors by not scheduling their top teams to play each other twice. PAC-12 did the same thing as well as UCLA and USC don't play Arizona and Arizona State at home this season. The American on the other hand did a great job of keeping the top teams away from repeat games against the bottom while giving the middle group a chance a solid league record. Overall the league's numbers look better that way versus having a balanced schedule.

(01-21-2018 11:12 AM)bearcatlawjd2 Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-21-2018 09:15 AM)bearcatmark Wrote: [ -> ]Right now kenpom numbers suggest the best teams are:
1,2) Villanova and Purdue (then decent Gap)
3) Virginia (then similar Gap)
4,5) Duke and Michigan State (Slightly smaller gap)
6) Cincinnati

The thing with Michigan State is that they only have two tier 1 games left at Maryland and home against Purdue. A group where they are 1-2 against. They have a couple of games that might fall into tier 2, at Indiana, at Wisconsin, and at Northwestern. Their SOS are numbers are going to end up like Cincinnati at the end of the year. If they don't beat Purdue and only end with one more win in the top tier and maybe one or tow more losses there is no way the Spartans should get anything better than a 4 seed.

The Big Ten which roughly at the level of the American and PAC-12 this year did their teams no favors by not scheduling their top teams to play each other twice. PAC-12 did the same thing as well as UCLA and USC don't play Arizona and Arizona State at home this season. The American on the other hand did a great job of keeping the top teams away from repeat games against the bottom while giving the middle group a chance a solid league record. Overall the league's numbers look better that way versus having a balanced schedule.

The B1G screwed their teams even more by moving up their conference tournament a week. Michigan has 7 games in 16 days right now...it's insane.

(01-22-2018 11:19 AM)BearcatMan Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-21-2018 11:12 AM)bearcatlawjd2 Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-21-2018 09:15 AM)bearcatmark Wrote: [ -> ]Right now kenpom numbers suggest the best teams are:
1,2) Villanova and Purdue (then decent Gap)
3) Virginia (then similar Gap)
4,5) Duke and Michigan State (Slightly smaller gap)
6) Cincinnati

The thing with Michigan State is that they only have two tier 1 games left at Maryland and home against Purdue. A group where they are 1-2 against. They have a couple of games that might fall into tier 2, at Indiana, at Wisconsin, and at Northwestern. Their SOS are numbers are going to end up like Cincinnati at the end of the year. If they don't beat Purdue and only end with one more win in the top tier and maybe one or tow more losses there is no way the Spartans should get anything better than a 4 seed.

The Big Ten which roughly at the level of the American and PAC-12 this year did their teams no favors by not scheduling their top teams to play each other twice. PAC-12 did the same thing as well as UCLA and USC don't play Arizona and Arizona State at home this season. The American on the other hand did a great job of keeping the top teams away from repeat games against the bottom while giving the middle group a chance a solid league record. Overall the league's numbers look better that way versus having a balanced schedule.

The B1G screwed their teams even more by moving up their conference tournament a week. Michigan has 7 games in 16 days right now...it's insane.

Realizing many of us in Greater Cincinnati must live under this intimidating, dark cloud called the B10 but the reality is that conference hasn't produced a basketball champion in 17 years (Maryland won while in the ACC). Heck, the American had one just four years ago.

It will really help the AAC now if Houston and SMU emerge as conference contenders; get ranked and move solidly into bracketology. This conference has made a lot of noise in college football the past couple of years. It's time for the Bearcats to make a deep run and have another team or two win some tournament games.

The right coach at UCONN will get them quickly back on track. They have more resources and tradition than most of the northeastern privates that are contending in a new Big East, sans Louisville, Syracuse, WVA, Cincy, etc.

Foster is out for the season for SMU. Torn ACL in the WSU game confirmed.

(01-22-2018 05:21 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Foster is out for the season for SMU. Torn ACL in the WSU game confirmed.

That freaking blows.

#7 West Virginia going down hard on the road at TCU . Potentially another spot to move up if UC takes care of business this week.

(01-22-2018 11:03 PM)Bearcat2012 Wrote: [ -> ]#7 West Virginia going down hard on the road at TCU . Potentially another spot to move up if UC takes care of business this week.

#10 UNC went down as well. Tis the season.

Temple is always a tough out with their strong rebounding and grinding style and I read Memphis is 12-1 at home, even with their seesaw season. Neither will be easy, especially if UC loses focus or intensity. So far, the coaches and players are to be commended for avoiding those letdowns that lead to conference upsets by unranked opponents.

Both games this week should be wins though. Keep rolling; keep climbing the polls.

(01-23-2018 08:11 AM)OKIcat Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-22-2018 11:03 PM)Bearcat2012 Wrote: [ -> ]#7 West Virginia going down hard on the road at TCU . Potentially another spot to move up if UC takes care of business this week.

#10 UNC went down as well. Tis the season.

Temple is always a tough out with their strong rebounding and grinding style and I read Memphis is 12-1 at home, even with their seesaw season. Neither will be easy, especially if UC loses focus or intensity. So far, the coaches and players are to be commended for avoiding those letdowns that lead to conference upsets by unranked opponents.

Both games this week should be wins though. Keep rolling; keep climbing the polls.

RE: Temple...I'm very happy that game is at home and not in Philly...this seems like a trap game and having it there would make it 50X worse, especially considering our scoring woes at their arena.

I am less worried about the poll numbers. Just win. The numbers will sort themselves out.

#5 Kansas goes down on the road.

5 minutes into the game, but Rupp Arena sounds like a morgue.

(01-23-2018 09:17 PM)BcatMatt13 Wrote: [ -> ]#5 Kansas goes down on the road.

5 minutes into the game, but Rupp Arena sounds like a morgue.

UC fans should root for State in this game for a number of reasons...

UC beat State so State winning helps UC...
It's fun to watch Bluenecks cry...
and UK is evil.