(02-06-2020 10:39 PM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  

(02-06-2020 10:34 PM)JFlight21 Wrote:  

(02-06-2020 10:30 PM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  

(02-06-2020 10:24 PM)HoopsJunky Wrote:  game felt like a 8/9 game first round in March

I hope both teams make the NCAA tourney and shoot like they did tonight

Jarron is looking like the POY.

Jarron is a great player but he can shoot you guys out of a game as much as he can shoot you in. Those two threes he doinked on one possession shows how selfish he can be. There were other times in the game I found myself cussing at him as well. Huge make at the end though. I'll give you that.

POY? I don't know. He was dreadful for the first dozen games or so.

He can make those shots though. His 3 ball was just a bit off tonight. He also makes lackadaisical decisions with the ball but his vision is superb and creates easy looks for the rest of the team. He can be a maddening player at times but he’s the best Bearcat since Steve Logan - in my opinion.

No doubt he's a great player. The award is Player of the Year, not Player of the moment. He's certainly in the conversation and right at the top of the list. Let's see how it pans out. Houston has a bunch of velociraptors that are going to cancel each other out. Precious has been carrying Memphis on his back. Going to come down to who ends up on top I think.

If the league awards precious the POY I’d be furious.

He should win defensive player of the year.

His offensive efficiency is absolutely dreadful, especially for a big

In the season it’s a below average 98.3 offensive rating

In conference it’s worse at 96.3


Jarron had a rough start and yet just season offensive rating is up to 102.4

But in conferences it’s 114.2


Jarron is the best player on a winning team. Precious is the best defensive player.


I mean tre Scott and Chris Vogt are both bigs with much better offensive ratings than previous.

With the game on the line, no one is picking precious on Jarron to win you the game


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So, we're winning in Houston right.

(02-07-2020 09:10 AM)FadedCrown Wrote:  So, we're winning in Houston right.

The way this NCAA seasons is going .. Yes

The way WSU's season has gone? No

(02-06-2020 09:28 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  How did this turn into a UC v Tulsa fight? Who cares about Tulsa?

I learned from the master.

UC-Covey Bear fans are soft targets.

We have 1 team that is solidly in as of today. We have 3 on the bubble. And then we have SMU, UCONN, and Tulsa in the top 75. Conference tourney is going to be wild.

(02-07-2020 09:33 AM)Joprior23 Wrote:  We have 1 team that is solidly in as of today. We have 3 on the bubble. And then we have SMU, UCONN, and Tulsa in the top 75. Conference tourney is going to be wild.

While I dont' forsee it happening .. even Houston is just a loss or two from falling from solidly in. Not much separating the top 6-7 right now.

(02-07-2020 10:13 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 09:33 AM)Joprior23 Wrote:  We have 1 team that is solidly in as of today. We have 3 on the bubble. And then we have SMU, UCONN, and Tulsa in the top 75. Conference tourney is going to be wild.

While I dont' forsee it happening .. even Houston is just a loss or two from falling from solidly in. Not much separating the top 6-7 right now.

I agree. I’m just saying as of today. Wichita, Memphis, and Cincy are 1 or 2 wins away to being in the solidly in category. Crazy basketball season.

(02-07-2020 10:15 AM)Joprior23 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:13 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 09:33 AM)Joprior23 Wrote:  We have 1 team that is solidly in as of today. We have 3 on the bubble. And then we have SMU, UCONN, and Tulsa in the top 75. Conference tourney is going to be wild.

While I dont' forsee it happening .. even Houston is just a loss or two from falling from solidly in. Not much separating the top 6-7 right now.

I agree. I’m just saying as of today. Wichita, Memphis, and Cincy are 1 or 2 wins away to being in the solidly in category. Crazy basketball season.

Match-ups seem to matter even more than normal this year. Some teams are just match up bad with others .. That's how you get the things like Memphis Beating Cincy who beat Tulsa by 30 who beat Memphis by 40 ....

(02-07-2020 10:16 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:15 AM)Joprior23 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:13 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 09:33 AM)Joprior23 Wrote:  We have 1 team that is solidly in as of today. We have 3 on the bubble. And then we have SMU, UCONN, and Tulsa in the top 75. Conference tourney is going to be wild.

While I dont' forsee it happening .. even Houston is just a loss or two from falling from solidly in. Not much separating the top 6-7 right now.

I agree. I’m just saying as of today. Wichita, Memphis, and Cincy are 1 or 2 wins away to being in the solidly in category. Crazy basketball season.

Match-ups seem to matter even more than normal this year. Some teams are just match up bad with others .. That's how you get the things like Memphis Beating Cincy who beat Tulsa by 30 who beat Memphis by 40 ....

Cincinnati is not the same team that played Memphis. After Memphis Brannen moved Cumberland to point guard and it has made a tremendous difference.

(02-07-2020 10:41 AM)rosewater Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:16 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:15 AM)Joprior23 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:13 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 09:33 AM)Joprior23 Wrote:  We have 1 team that is solidly in as of today. We have 3 on the bubble. And then we have SMU, UCONN, and Tulsa in the top 75. Conference tourney is going to be wild.

While I dont' forsee it happening .. even Houston is just a loss or two from falling from solidly in. Not much separating the top 6-7 right now.

I agree. I’m just saying as of today. Wichita, Memphis, and Cincy are 1 or 2 wins away to being in the solidly in category. Crazy basketball season.

Match-ups seem to matter even more than normal this year. Some teams are just match up bad with others .. That's how you get the things like Memphis Beating Cincy who beat Tulsa by 30 who beat Memphis by 40 ....

Cincinnati is not the same team that played Memphis. After Memphis Brannen moved Cumberland to point guard and it has made a tremendous difference.

Eh .. maybe, maybe not .. That was only 3 weeks ago and all of the same players are still on the team. Point still stands .. it happened.

(02-07-2020 09:13 AM)panicstricken Wrote:  

(02-06-2020 09:28 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  How did this turn into a UC v Tulsa fight? Who cares about Tulsa?

I learned from the master.

UC-Covey Bear fans are soft targets.

I really don't get the UC-Covington thing.

For basketball, once you cross the bridge your basically in UK territory even in Newport/Covington with some UC/Xavier/OSU/Louisville/Dayton/NKU mixed in.

After the game last night Wichita signed the deed to the roundhouse over to UC... since we rightfully own the place.

(02-07-2020 10:43 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:41 AM)rosewater Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:16 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:15 AM)Joprior23 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:13 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  While I dont' forsee it happening .. even Houston is just a loss or two from falling from solidly in. Not much separating the top 6-7 right now.

I agree. I’m just saying as of today. Wichita, Memphis, and Cincy are 1 or 2 wins away to being in the solidly in category. Crazy basketball season.

Match-ups seem to matter even more than normal this year. Some teams are just match up bad with others .. That's how you get the things like Memphis Beating Cincy who beat Tulsa by 30 who beat Memphis by 40 ....

Cincinnati is not the same team that played Memphis. After Memphis Brannen moved Cumberland to point guard and it has made a tremendous difference.

Eh .. maybe, maybe not .. That was only 3 weeks ago and all of the same players are still on the team. Point still stands .. it happened.

Ok, so your in the camp that believes that Cumberland to point did not change the team much. On the other hand, I think the Memphis over Cincy does not strengthen your point, because we have fundamentally changed. I do agree with the over arching point that match ups matter just the Cincy/Memphis is not evidence.

(02-07-2020 10:56 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  After the game last night Wichita signed the deed to the roundhouse over to UC... since we rightfully own the place.

You know, Oscar has the all time single game scoring record in that building.

in my opinion we have Zero teams solidly in.


Houston loses to WSU and they are a bubble team.


No one in this league did anything remotely great in the non conference

(02-07-2020 10:16 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:15 AM)Joprior23 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:13 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 09:33 AM)Joprior23 Wrote:  We have 1 team that is solidly in as of today. We have 3 on the bubble. And then we have SMU, UCONN, and Tulsa in the top 75. Conference tourney is going to be wild.

While I dont' forsee it happening .. even Houston is just a loss or two from falling from solidly in. Not much separating the top 6-7 right now.

I agree. I’m just saying as of today. Wichita, Memphis, and Cincy are 1 or 2 wins away to being in the solidly in category. Crazy basketball season.

Match-ups seem to matter even more than normal this year. Some teams are just match up bad with others .. That's how you get the things like Memphis Beating Cincy who beat Tulsa by 30 who beat Memphis by 40 ....

Although I’m not completely convinced Memphis has figured everything out offensively, they’ve looked pretty good recently. I’m hoping they’ve turned the corner (still could take better care of the ball). UC has obviously stepped their game up since playing in Memphis.

(02-07-2020 10:41 AM)rosewater Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:16 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:15 AM)Joprior23 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:13 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 09:33 AM)Joprior23 Wrote:  We have 1 team that is solidly in as of today. We have 3 on the bubble. And then we have SMU, UCONN, and Tulsa in the top 75. Conference tourney is going to be wild.

While I dont' forsee it happening .. even Houston is just a loss or two from falling from solidly in. Not much separating the top 6-7 right now.

I agree. I’m just saying as of today. Wichita, Memphis, and Cincy are 1 or 2 wins away to being in the solidly in category. Crazy basketball season.

Match-ups seem to matter even more than normal this year. Some teams are just match up bad with others .. That's how you get the things like Memphis Beating Cincy who beat Tulsa by 30 who beat Memphis by 40 ....

Cincinnati is not the same team that played Memphis. After Memphis Brannen moved Cumberland to point guard and it has made a tremendous difference.

Jarron was playing a good amount of point in the Memphis game. He just played really poorly as far as handling the ball. The other issue is Memphis' athletic bigs and shot blocking are a difficult matchup for Cincinnati. We depend so much on scoring at the rim as we don't have great shooters. Against most teams (even good interior defensive teams) we manage to do that well. We missed a ton of close shots against Memphis (and had 8 blocked) and much of the credit for that should go to Memphis. (I also thought we got a tough whistle around the rim, but I know nobody wants to hear that)

(02-07-2020 11:00 AM)rosewater Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:43 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:41 AM)rosewater Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:16 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:15 AM)Joprior23 Wrote:  I agree. I’m just saying as of today. Wichita, Memphis, and Cincy are 1 or 2 wins away to being in the solidly in category. Crazy basketball season.

Match-ups seem to matter even more than normal this year. Some teams are just match up bad with others .. That's how you get the things like Memphis Beating Cincy who beat Tulsa by 30 who beat Memphis by 40 ....

Cincinnati is not the same team that played Memphis. After Memphis Brannen moved Cumberland to point guard and it has made a tremendous difference.

Eh .. maybe, maybe not .. That was only 3 weeks ago and all of the same players are still on the team. Point still stands .. it happened.

Ok, so your in the camp that believes that Cumberland to point did not change the team much. On the other hand, I think the Memphis over Cincy does not strengthen your point, because we have fundamentally changed. I do agree with the over arching point that match ups matter just the Cincy/Memphis is not evidence.

I'm just saying the 3 games in question all happened within 2 weeks

Cincinnati Beats Tulsa by 31 on Jan 8th
Memphis Beats Cincinnati by 11 on Jan 16th
Tulsa Beats Memphis by 40 on Jan 22

Craziness ...

(02-07-2020 11:03 AM)justinhub2003 Wrote:  in my opinion we have Zero teams solidly in.


Houston loses to WSU and they are a bubble team.


No one in this league did anything remotely great in the non conference

We would go from a 7 seed (as of this morning in Lunardi’s bracket) to a 10 or 11 seed? That’s extremely doubtful.