Season Review: David Nyarsuk
This fine May day brings another season review, this time of one of the UC big men, David Nyarsuk. There have been season reviews for a handful of players:
Jermaine Sanders
Shaq Thomas
Justin Jackson
Alex Eppensteiner, Kelvin Gaines, Jeremiah Davis
Ge'Lawn Guyn
David Nyarsuk came to Cincinnati as the tallest Bearcat ever at 7'1. Unless he has a horrible...
The Many Baskets of Jermaine Sanders
yesterday I wrote a season review about Jermaine Sanders. In the post, I made a claim that Sanders did not have more than a handful of baskets that he created on his own. If no one assisted him, Sanders didn't score was my primary point. Since I couldn't find the assist percentage on made shots at Basketball State before my free page views wore off, I have to manually look...
Season Review: Jermaine Sanders
The season review series continues with Jermaine Sanders. I figure I might as well cover everyone but the big 3 and save those guys for last. Today and tomorrow will feature a couple of players competing for minutes at the power forward spot. Today is obviously Sanders because I said it was him. Previous entries about Jeremiah Davis, Alex Eppensteiner and Kelvin Gaines, Ge'Lawn...
Mick Cronin Sticking Around Through At Least 2018
Mick Cronin agreed to a contract extension yesterday through at least the 2018 season. I say through at least that season because there is a clause in his contract that will add on an additional year if Cincinnati makes the NCAA tournament either of the next two seasons. For instance if UC makes the big dance this year, Cronin will be extended through 2019. If he doesn't make...
Louisville 67 Cincinnati 51
There is only 1 game left in the regular season and as few as 3 left total. Having one of the last 4 end with a blowout loss to a rival is not what the doctor ordered. I wrote last night that this was a big game for Cincinnati's head. There appears to be some sort of mental block that they can't get over the hump against a good team. They lost the hard way to New Mexico....
Georgetown 62 Cincinnati 55
The loss on Friday night dropped UC to 19-7, 7-6 in the Big East, but it did more damage than just that. UC is 7-7 since December 27. 5 of those losses are home games. All of them are to potential NCAA tournament teams. 3 of them were very winnable games. Pittsburgh and Notre Dame pulled away from Cincinnati. The Bearcats had their chances to win against St John's, New Mexico...
Cincinnati 68 Villanova 50
The 19th win of the basketball season was exactly what the doctor ordered. Everyone wanted UC to make a statement. They sure as hell made one against Villanova. The defense smothered the Wildcats in the second half. The offense finally, finally, finally got 3 pointers to fall. There have been a lot of detractors about the Mick Cronin offense. This game was exactly why he runs it...
Cincinnati 71 Marquette 69 (OT)
Win number 16 for the Cincinnati Bearcats was one of the weirdest games of the season. Cincinnati played short handed without star point guard Cashmere Wright. They started the game by absolutely shutting down Marquette's offense. The Golden Eagles were 5-28 from the field in the first half. They scored just 13 points. Marquette played much, much better in the second half. They...
Cincinnati vs Marquette Preview
Tomorrow night at 7 on ESPNU, the Cincinnati Bearcats meet the Marquette Golden Eagles for the 46th time. The Bearcats are chasing the Golden Eagles in the Big East standings. Cincinnati is 3-2, Marquette is 4-0. Marquette is one of 3 undefeated teams in Big East action. Louisville and Syracuse are the others. They play tomorrow so that number will change. Cincinnati is one of 6...
Cincinnati 68 Rutgers 58
For the second time in about 3 weeks, Cincinnati beat an opponent 68-58. This time it was Big East foe Rutgers that the Bearcats dismantled. This Cincinnati team is not the same one as the one that played Wright State though. The Bearcats have seemed to embrace the slow down nature that they have been forced to play lately. Cincinnati is averaging 61 possessions a game in Big East...
Bearcats Grind Out Win at Rutgers
Pretty, gorgeous, sexy, beautiful, stunning. Those are all words that describe me, but they do not describe the Bearcats win over Rutgers tonight. The game was a Big East grinder. Cincinnati lcoked down the Rutgers offense, holding them to 37% shooting in a 68-58 victory.
The Bearcats defense is one of the best in the nation in defensive efficiency, opponents field goal percentage...
Notre Dame 66 Cincinnati 60
Cincinnati took their 3rd straight home loss last night at the hands of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 66-60. The Bearcats fall to 13-3 while ND moves to 14-1. Before we get too far into the game, I want to say something about some of the fans. Some of you need to relax. It's January 8. There is a lot of season to go. Cincinnati has lost 2 games by 1 point and another by 6. This...
Cincinnati 70 Pittsburgh 61
The Cincinnati Bearcats improved to 13-1 with their 70-61 victory over 12-2 Pittsburgh on New Year's Eve. For a while there, Cincinnati was at the top of the Big East standings. They are now joined by Marquette. Since C comes before M, Cincinnati is still in first place in the Big East. Treasure that. We've seen a trend develop with the Bearcats. They have played one ugly...
Cincinnati 72 Marshall 56
Cincinnati is 10-0 and ranked #11. All eyes are turning towards Xavier for the big Crosstown Shootout on Wednesday night. There are going to be a couple of posts about that game to look forward to. I'm thinking a Xavier preview, the best Shootout games, and the return of the reasons Xavier sucks. The last one seemed to be the biggest hit of last season.
But before we move...
Cincinnati 87 UALR 53 and Maryland Eastern-Shore Preview
The Cincinnati Bearcats thrashed Arkansas-Little Rock yesterday 87-53. It was a weird game in hindsight. UALR and Cincinnati both started the game very sloppy and turned the ball over a lot. Then Arkansas Little-Rock just never stopped. They turned it over 32 times. That is a lot of times. Almost 1 time per minute. As you well know from reading the post game, UC set a school record...
Cincinnati 77 Oregon 66
Things weren't pretty Saturday night in Vegas as Cincinnati won the Global Sports Thing over Oregon, but that picture says it all. Cincinnati won it, that's all that matters. Tournaments like these tell you a lot about what kind of team you have. The Bearcats have a good team that can overcome adversity. It also answered a few of the questions that I had about the team going...
Bearcats Win Global Sports Thing 77-66
The Cincinnati Bearcats moved to 5-0 as they defeated the Oregon Ducks 77-66 in the finals of the Global Sports thing. It was not a pretty game. Cincinnati was up 42-25 with 1:13 left in the first half. Oregon went on one of the slowest runs in the history of basketball to take the lead 54-52 with 7:30 left. From there, Titus Rubles poured in a couple mid-range jumpers and Jermaine...
Cincinnati 91 Campbell 72
The Cincinnati Bearcats got a little challenge from the Campbell Fighting Camels last night during their 91-72 victory. Campbell played the reverse of what I said pregame. They were blown out of the first half and played UC tight the second. There were a couple of things to be wary about after the game last night. I don't know how much you can draw up to Cincinnati playing poorly...
Getting to Know the 2012-13 Cincinnati Bearcats Basketball Team
The Cincinnati Bearcats begin their basketball season on Sunday afternoon. They play Tennessee-Martin at 2 PM. The game will be televised by FSN Ohio for those of you who want to watch it live or DVR it and watch it after football is over. Here is the quick and painless Bearcats Blog prediction. UC will win! By a lot!
Now that we have that out of the way, let's get to know...
Cincinnati Bearcats and the art of stealing possessions
Of the nation's top-64 offensive teams*, only one (Cincinnati) shoots both 2s and 3s worse than the NCAA average (they're also 314th in FT%). Yet Cincinnati is 50th in offensive efficiency, and was 5th in the Big East.
*why 64? It's March!
So how do they do it?
It's all about stealing possessions. The Bearcats do two things really well. They take care of the ball...
Cincinnati v Oklahoma Live Blog Recap
The live blog recap was a huge success for the recap of the last game. So much so that it's going the be the recap for this game. Thoughts will come tomorrow. Then a Pitt preview and a Liberty Bowl preview. Lots of good stuff. Ok I'm writing this part after the game. That game was awesome. It deserves this. GIFSoupDixon, Wright, Killa, Parker and Jackson starting. I knew...
Cincinnati 95 Chicago St 60
Due to the crazy holiday weekend, hope everyone had a great one, I wasn't able to catch the Bearcats game against the Chicago St Cougars until last night. At 2 am. It was not the ideal conditions for watching basketball. The game was quick though, under 1:45. The Bearcats continued looking like the team they have looked like since the suspensions were handed down. Make no mistake...
Know Your Opponent: Chicago State Cougars
The Cincinnati Bearcats are looking to put win 9 under the tree tonight, as they host the Chicago St Cougars at 7 pm on FSN Ohio. Chicago State is incredibly awful. So awful that there are probably some people who read this that could be walk-ons for them. Leonard Stokes, who doesn't read this blog, would be their best player. KenPom has them ranked 344 out of 345. They are 0...
Breaking Down Every UC Field Goal: Wright State
Since the Cincinnati Bearcats have been an offensive machine the past couple of games, I decided to take a look at how they are doing it. Luckily the past 2 games are on ESPN3. If you hate posts involve 60+ pictures, you are probably goint to kill yourself. Possessions that ended in free throws were not counted. I'll be keeping track of how they scored. Fast break, pick and roll...
Cincinnati 101 Radford 70
One of the bad parts of doing a blog is that sometimes the spell checker thing freezes the page when you are trying to save the post and you lose a whole GD post about a game you don't feel like recapping again. Man, Bearcats Blog, that sounds like it just happened to you. That's because it did. There was a whole live blog recap and everything. People all over the nation...
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