This should make Monday night more interesting!

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Mookie Jones has also left the team for personal reasons.
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Fab Melo not with Syracuse for its current road trip, the school just announced.
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Go Bearcats...

Good news for us.

Interesting. Jones was a bench warmer but Fab Melo not being in the middle make a difference...

Confirmation...

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School also announced that Mookie Jones is transferring out of the program for "personal reasons."
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Syracuse announces big man Fab Melo didn't make the road trip against Notre Dame and Cincinnati. Be shocked if Cuse stay unbeaten.
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Go Cincy...Beat WV!
Just take care of business

Go Orange (for today)! Go Cats (forever)!

Though it would be nice to have Syracuse come into the Shoe as the #1 team in the country, if they lose, that means if the Bearcats win today and Monday they will be all alone as the #1 team in the Big East standings.

When we beat Syracuse its going to be they didnt have Fab Melo. I want the best they have on the court no excuses.

If we lose people will be saying Cincy isnt that good they Lost to Syracuse without Fab Melo.

Yeah, Melo not being there is significant, but they'll still be a handful. They'll still be undefeated coming into the Shoe.
Wonder what's going on there?

(01-21-2012 02:16 PM)@ES Trader Wrote:  When we beat Syracuse its going to be they didnt have Fab Melo. I want the best they have on the court no excuses.

If we lose people will be saying Cincy isnt that good they Lost to Syracuse without Fab Melo.

Yep. Guarantee at least 50% of the tv crew's commentary will focus on the absence of Melo and the crosstown brawl.

(01-21-2012 02:16 PM)@ES Trader Wrote:  When we beat Syracuse its going to be they didnt have Fab Melo. I want the best they have on the court no excuses.

If we lose people will be saying Cincy isnt that good they Lost to Syracuse without Fab Melo.

I agree that you want them 100%, no doubt, but I really don't care what people say anymore. Besides, it seems to suit this team well!

(01-21-2012 02:19 PM)Beelzebubba Wrote:  Yeah, Melo not being there is significant, but they'll still be a handful. They'll still be undefeated coming into the Shoe.
Wonder what's going on there?

I read that its class/grade issues.
'Cuse hopes it will be 'cleared up' next week.

The story on espn blames it on unresolved academics from first semester

(01-21-2012 02:16 PM)@ES Trader Wrote:  When we beat Syracuse its going to be they didnt have Fab Melo. I want the best they have on the court no excuses.

If we lose people will be saying Cincy isnt that good they Lost to Syracuse without Fab Melo.

A win is a win. I don't care if they play all walk ons, I just want to win.

Go figure.
It still amazes me how these guys have these types of issues with all of special guidance they're given over an average student.

I want them with eye patches and in walking boots. You think anyone was blue to play UC when Kenyon went down? Nope.

(01-21-2012 03:14 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  I want them with eye patches and in walking boots. You think anyone was blue to play UC when Kenyon went down? Nope.

That team would have won it all.

ND is stealing our thunder. 29-14 ND over Cuse.

Gotta bounce back and go for the throat Monday. If we can get a win and avoid back to back league losses which would dump us square into the middle of the BE pack, it will be huge.

ND 67
SYR 58

Final

Cuse was awful tonight. Man I hope they play like that on Monday.