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I was perusing UNC message boards to get their take on Wes Miller and one comment stuck out to me:

"Cincinnati is a sleeping giant"

Then I watched Wes' press conference and he basically had the same reaction. This board is way way way too self deprecating (loathing). Near the end of Mick's tenure he had this attitude that there was a ceiling at UC. Maybe it was losing Kemba Walker to Calhoun in the 25th hour and getting waxed by him in the tourney a few years later that broke him. Maybe it was Nevada -- who knows? What I do know is Cincinnati had "something" ~20 years ago that most fans remember. We can absolutely get back there and we don't need a high profile conference, we did it in CUSA, Zags are doing it now in WCC. A couple of things right off the bat:

1. Our UA deal is dead. No one is getting high $ apparel deals anymore. Go get Meach, Wes Miller, Roy Williams, whoever it takes and get the Jumpman brand back on the Unis.
2. Load up the Shoe. Show recruits, current players, students what 12,012 screaming basketball junkies looks like in a $87 million arena. We win 85% of our games at home. No reason we can't keep doing that.
3. Blow up social media. I'm not saying you have to stalk 17 year olds (cringe) but look at the football recruiting buzz. We need that for bball.

I'm eternally optimistic when it comes to UC basketball. The fact it has endured academic sanctions, conference realignment, administrative incompetence, and frankly a hostile national media, means it's special. It will be special again. We just have to shake the Cincinnati sports mentality and believe it.