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(12-06-2022 03:43 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(12-06-2022 03:37 PM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  

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(12-06-2022 10:30 AM)levydl Wrote:  

(12-06-2022 10:13 AM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  Maybe just because I do not live in Cincinnati proper, but I can not get excited for this game. Anymore, it is just another pre-conference game to me.

Now there is a Xavier fan in my hometown I ran into the other day. He knew more about UC basketball than I did because he has been watching all of our games as part of his personal scouting for the for the Shootout.

I shrugged and asked him abut the rumors Xavier is starting a football team. He just said they are desperate to attract any student to the school right now.

Ah yes, the old, "You can't hurt me anymore because I don't care" defense mechanism. If you can't get excited about playing X at home with the schedule we have this year, there is no reason to follow UC basketball. This is a huge game.

I've felt the same way about this team and for about the last 3-4 years. To me it's no different than the way I follow the reds. I'm interested in April, May & June. By the middle of July I'm ready to move on to College football.

I watch most UC basketball games, but I am trying to remember the last time I was either excited after a win or disappointed after a loss.

I think it might have been the Nevada NCAA game.

As a whole non-conference basketball games matter to build your resume for the tournament, but individually they don't mean anything. It's all about winning your conference and getting to the tournament.

I hated XU with a passion when I was young, probably into my mid to late 30s. As a 50 year old, my feelings moved from hate to apathy--- they truly mean nothing to me. Maybe I am just too far removed out here in suburbia.

Bolded, my feeling as well. And the feelings of most folks living in Greater Cincinnati, excluding those filling 10,000 seats in Cintas Center on any given game day.