UC Basketball

[redhawkfish]

He is playing for the Anaheim Arsenal along with former RedHawk Chet Mason. White is averaging 25.6 pts a game. Former Bearcat Ron Allen is also on that team!

[Redlegs23]

I think White will be back in the league soon. He's been dominating in the D league.

It's halftime of the WVU game right now. Huggs made a great adjustment going to the zone to slow down Gates, but Yancey has been dominating the first half.

[WMR]

Coach Knight said Huggs looked like 300 pounds of butter walking on the sidelines when he wore that mustard colored suit. LMAO great line

[WMR]

umm why did brent musberger just call UC orange bowl champions?

[GoReds33]

Originally Posted by WilyMoROCKS

umm why did brent musberger just call UC orange bowl champions?

I noticed that too. Also, I thought we used Adidas footballs?

Never the less, it was a great win. If we can pull one out at Syracuse, and finish strong, we are in.

[NatiRedGals]

Originally Posted by Cyclone792

So ... lil bit of a big game tonight ...

West Virginia rolls in tonight carrying an RPI of 14 as of yesterday. The bracketologists are calling for UC to grab a big win to grab an inside track of the NCAA bubble, and a win over West Virginia would certainly qualify.

Now that it's late in the season, UC's bubble is moving around even on nights they do not play. Here's a sampling of the good and bad from last night:

The Good: Kentucky (my apologies WMR, don't hate!), Kansas State, Maryland, and Dayton all lost

The Bad: Virginia Tech scored a massive win at Clemson, Oklahoma State and Texas also both won

The Unknown: Notre Dame won and UNLV lost. Both teams are on the bubble, yet UC beat both teams. The fine line for UC is wanting those teams to do well to boost UC's quality wins and SOS, but not to do so well that there is risk they would take UC's spot in the NCAAs.

Tonight's key games, besides UC vs. West Virginia (obviously) ...

Temple vs. La Salle - root for La Salle
Minnesota @ Illinois - root for Illinois
Miami (FL) @ Virginia - root for Virginia
Purdue @ Michigan - root for Purdue
USC @ California - root for California
St. Mary's @ Pepperdine - root for Pepperdine

UAB vs. Memphis is another unknown game; UAB is on the bubble right there next to UC, but UC beat UAB. Is it better for UC if UAB beats Memphis or loses to Memphis?

so far so goood....

UC wins. Illinois wins. La Salle wins! and Virgina is winning!

[Boston Red]

So Mick gets to 2-0 now in the annual Queen City Soap Opera. Congrats to UC on getting back near the right side of the Bubble.

Congrats to Huggins on fallling to 0-4 against teams from Cincinnati since leaving UC.

[Cyclone792]

That was a win that UC absolutely needed! Back on the inside track in the bubble, I think, but we've got plenty of work left to do. Going on the road to Syracuse is going to be tough, but pull a win out there and we'll really be looking pretty.

[WMR]

Originally Posted by GoReds33

I noticed that too. Also, I thought we used Adidas footballs?

Never the less, it was a great win. If we can pull one out at Syracuse, and finish strong, we are in.

i think brent musberger's mind is starting to slip just a little bit.

he makes several gaffes every time i watch him.

sometimes he catches himself and quickly corrects himself, sometimes he does not.

huge win for UC. I can't believe how inept WVU was there at the end.

[Orenda]

Originally Posted by WilyMoROCKS

huge win for UC. I can't believe how inept WVU was there at the end.

Yeah it was an ugly final 2 minutes both ways. UC's free throw shooting was awful, they were lucky WVU didn't knock down a shot.

[LoganBuck]

What a game. I listened to the whole thing. Dan and Chuck were great. They did a great job communicating the excitement of the game.

Question were the fouls as egregious as Dan and Chuck suggested?

[Orenda]

Originally Posted by LoganBuck

What a game. I listened to the whole thing. Dan and Chuck were great. They did a great job communicating the excitement of the game.

Question were the fouls as egregious as Dan and Chuck suggested?

I don't know from TV it looked like the refs calls were alright. I thought the technical at the end was probably a little strong, especially considering the situation, it didn't look like the reaction from Larry Davis warranted a technical but then again I don't know what he said either.

[LoganBuck]

Originally Posted by summerplight

I don't know from TV it looked like the refs calls were alright. I thought the technical at the end was probably a little strong, especially considering the situation, it didn't look like the reaction from Larry Davis warranted a technical but then again I don't know what he said either.

He could have called someone a "Jive Turkey".

[Cyclone792]

Originally Posted by WilyMoROCKS

i think brent musberger's mind is starting to slip just a little bit.

he makes several gaffes every time i watch him.

sometimes he catches himself and quickly corrects himself, sometimes he does not.

Musberger is beyond awful. It doesn't matter what he's calling; he's terrible at it.

On the other hand, Bob Knight was outstanding calling the game tonight. I can't remember the last time an analyst was calling screens, cuts, passes and identifying ball movements just about right as the action was occurring. He's telling viewers the good decisions, the bad decisions and then properly explaining why. He really breaks the game down very, very nicely for the viewer, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Additionally, he's giving his very honest opinion of how well the teams were playing too, and it was refreshing to hear.

Heck, if I have to say, Bob Knight's probably the best color commentator in NCAA hoops. I hope he's picked up for the NCAA tourney.

[Boss-Hog]

Originally Posted by Cyclone792

On the other hand, Bob Knight was outstanding calling the game tonight. I can't remember the last time an analyst was calling screens, cuts, passes and identifying ball movements just about right as the action was occurring. He's telling viewers the good decisions, the bad decisions and then properly explaining why. He really breaks the game down very, very nicely for the viewer, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Additionally, he's giving his very honest opinion of how well the teams were playing too, and it was refreshing to hear.

I thought the same thing, too.