Ohio and Louisville...tied at 27-27 at the half.

GO OHIO!

Bobcats showing some grit on road in Freedom Hall. Bobcats not shooting well, but are scrappin'

hopefully some of those point-blank shots that we missed in the first half will fall in the second half. Louisville's fans are a bit disgruntled.

Meanwhile, NIU loses by two on a neutral court to Georgia Southern. Ugh.

more "ugh"...

Louisville on an 14-5 run to open up a 9-point lead...Ohio takes a time-out with just under 16:00 to go

Ohio down by as many as 16, has just cut the lead to 6 at the "under 8" time-out. keep fighting, 'Cats!

56-55 Louisville 6 minutes left

we should be up by 1 now but the refs shafted us big time. even Louisville's announcers said we got ripped off.

under 3 left 62-57 Louisville. Bobcats not getting the calls ....bcs crap refs.

Okie Chippewa Wrote:Meanwhile, NIU loses by two on a neutral court to Georgia Southern. Ugh.

NIU had 28 turnovers. It was horrendously sloppy play on offense. All the missed FTs really made a big difference as well.

Ohio falls at Louisville 74-71.

Cats never gave up after being down by 16 in the second half. Both of Louisville's announcers said Ohio fans have a lot to be excited about this year! Let's hope they are right!

Ohio vs. Division II Bellarmine tomorrow and vs. St. Joseph's on Sunday.

Bobcats fall 74-71 at Louisville. Too much Edgar Sosa tonite......without him Bobcats would have won this thing.

That's a good loss, IF there is such a thing, IF the NCAA tourney commitee takes notice, IF the Bobcats can kick butt the rest of the year.

I know, that's a lot of IFFFFs.

Okie Chippewa Wrote:That's a good loss, IF there is such a thing, IF the NCAA tourney commitee takes notice, IF the Bobcats can kick butt the rest of the year.

I know, that's a lot of IFFFFs.

I'd say no, no, and a very big maybe.

thanks for the IFs hehehe but in all seriousness, the only way Ohio is getting into the NCAA tournament is to win the MAC tournament. i have no delusions to the contrary. our schedule isn't nearly strong enough to get an at-large bid so we must win the tournament. if we fall short of that, i suppose the NIT is a possible option but a lot of games are to be played between now and then.

Isn't Georgia Southern a railroad?

Ohio did show a lot of heart coming back from double digits twice. The fact that Ohio out rebounded Louisville is the story. Tillman becoming a "Danny Horace" type player for Ohio at pf alongside Williams with what Ohio has in the backcourt is gonna be very hard to stop. Akron also has that kind of firepower, but I think Ohio showed tonite that they can bang with some big players. Walther(thumb) and Davis (ankle) both got hurt tonite so we shall be how the next few games go. Bobcats didn't back down tonite and that has to make us Bobcat fans feel better.

Nice effort, Bobcats.

FlashFan Wrote:Nice effort, Bobcats.

thanks, FlashFan. i'm proud of our effort and hope we can get Bubba and Whitney healthy again soon. not being rude, but i doubt if we need either of them tomorrow but we would against St. Joe's. after Sunday's game we're off for 11 days so hopefully we'll heal during that time.

FlashFan Wrote:Isn't Georgia Southern a railroad?

Yes, it's one of those "directional" railroads. ;-)