(01-18-2017 09:34 PM)RealDeal Wrote:  

(01-18-2017 09:21 PM)FenderCat Wrote:  Looking at the box score, the leading scorer's first name for Temple is Shizz. Had to lol. Caupain righted the FT line. Good win Cats!

Caupains free throws visually looked much better. It appears to me he was shooting with a little bit less of an arc.

Multiple times in the radio broadcast Dan and Chuck mentioned that Hep worked with Troy and Kyle on FTs this week.

How about 23 assists on 28 FGs!

(01-19-2017 05:27 AM)BJUnklFkr Wrote:  How about 23 assists on 28 FGs!

This team definitely shares the ball. Sometimes to a fault- at times I think they pass up some shots in favor of the exta pass. At the end of the day, I like the ball movement.

(01-18-2017 10:34 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(01-18-2017 09:21 PM)FenderCat Wrote:  Looking at the box score, the leading scorer's first name for Temple is Shizz. Had to lol. Caupain righted the FT line. Good win Cats!

His name is Levan, but he goes by Shizz.

And he shall be a good man, in tradition with the family plan.

(01-19-2017 07:46 AM)crex043 Wrote:  

(01-18-2017 10:34 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(01-18-2017 09:21 PM)FenderCat Wrote:  Looking at the box score, the leading scorer's first name for Temple is Shizz. Had to lol. Caupain righted the FT line. Good win Cats!

His name is Levan, but he goes by Shizz.

And he shall be a good man, in tradition with the family plan.

i realize that watching the Bearcats can take on a sadistic feel at times but this morning i woke up and turned on the TV and the chyron showed the #20 Bearcats score. That's a great effing feeling.

Also, watching the post game interview with Kyle and KJ. They look like they are having a ton of fun.

(01-19-2017 07:46 AM)crex043 Wrote:  

(01-18-2017 10:34 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(01-18-2017 09:21 PM)FenderCat Wrote:  Looking at the box score, the leading scorer's first name for Temple is Shizz. Had to lol. Caupain righted the FT line. Good win Cats!

His name is Levan, but he goes by Shizz.

And he shall be a good man, in tradition with the family plan.

Looks like it's going to be an Elton John morning on Radio TubaCat. I still can't believe I was lucky enough to see the legend himself in concert a couple years ago.

Amazing to me is that Temple can serve up such a tough performance against UC and still be 1-6 in this season's dreadful AAC. How does that happen? And some of those six weren't exactly close losses.

The silver lining: Temple should be a capable spoiler the second half of the conference season. After being swept by UC they now have our blessing to upset the other contenders.

Loved Troy's play down the stretch. This team has played their way into a great position and they're only getting better.

(01-19-2017 08:33 AM)OKIcat Wrote:  Amazing to me is that Temple can serve up such a tough performance against UC and still be 1-6 in this season's dreadful AAC. How does that happen? And some of those six weren't exactly close losses.

The silver lining: Temple should be a capable spoiler the second half of the conference season. After being swept by UC they now have our blessing to upset the other contenders.

Loved Troy's play down the stretch. This team has played their way into a great position and they're only getting better.

Simple: Temple was hitting their shots last night. They shot for 53% last night, including hitting 12 from downtown (at a 47% clip). Temple couldn't buy a bucket the past 6-7 games.

(01-19-2017 08:39 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(01-19-2017 08:33 AM)OKIcat Wrote:  Amazing to me is that Temple can serve up such a tough performance against UC and still be 1-6 in this season's dreadful AAC. How does that happen? And some of those six weren't exactly close losses.

The silver lining: Temple should be a capable spoiler the second half of the conference season. After being swept by UC they now have our blessing to upset the other contenders.

Loved Troy's play down the stretch. This team has played their way into a great position and they're only getting better.

Simple: Temple was hitting their shots last night. They shot for 53% last night, including hitting 12 from downtown (at a 47% clip). Temple couldn't buy a bucket the past 6-7 games.

Not only was Temple hitting shots but the Bearcats have targets on their back after the media picked UC to win the league. Each team is going to come out and give us their best effort.

The only thing that disappoints me from last night is the lack of scoring off the bench. I know Cronin does not give our bench guys a lot of time, but it is a bit worrying that he does not trust some of these guys to play them this late into the season.

Saw CLF was up working the student section. Can you imagine Tubbs ever doing that?

(01-19-2017 08:50 AM)Banter Wrote:  

(01-19-2017 08:39 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(01-19-2017 08:33 AM)OKIcat Wrote:  Amazing to me is that Temple can serve up such a tough performance against UC and still be 1-6 in this season's dreadful AAC. How does that happen? And some of those six weren't exactly close losses.

The silver lining: Temple should be a capable spoiler the second half of the conference season. After being swept by UC they now have our blessing to upset the other contenders.

Loved Troy's play down the stretch. This team has played their way into a great position and they're only getting better.

Simple: Temple was hitting their shots last night. They shot for 53% last night, including hitting 12 from downtown (at a 47% clip). Temple couldn't buy a bucket the past 6-7 games.

Not only was Temple hitting shots but the Bearcats have targets on their back after the media picked UC to win the league. Each team is going to come out and give us their best effort.

The only thing that disappoints me from last night is the lack of scoring off the bench. I know Cronin does not give our bench guys a lot of time, but it is a bit worrying that he does not trust some of these guys to play them this late into the season.

We got good minutes from Cumberland, Brooks and Scott. Jennifer got some minutes early, but in the second half Troy was simply on fire and it was tough to take him out. Brooks and Scott may not have scored a lot, but their defensive contributions are huge.

(01-19-2017 08:56 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(01-19-2017 08:50 AM)Banter Wrote:  

(01-19-2017 08:39 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(01-19-2017 08:33 AM)OKIcat Wrote:  Amazing to me is that Temple can serve up such a tough performance against UC and still be 1-6 in this season's dreadful AAC. How does that happen? And some of those six weren't exactly close losses.

The silver lining: Temple should be a capable spoiler the second half of the conference season. After being swept by UC they now have our blessing to upset the other contenders.

Loved Troy's play down the stretch. This team has played their way into a great position and they're only getting better.

Simple: Temple was hitting their shots last night. They shot for 53% last night, including hitting 12 from downtown (at a 47% clip). Temple couldn't buy a bucket the past 6-7 games.

Not only was Temple hitting shots but the Bearcats have targets on their back after the media picked UC to win the league. Each team is going to come out and give us their best effort.

The only thing that disappoints me from last night is the lack of scoring off the bench. I know Cronin does not give our bench guys a lot of time, but it is a bit worrying that he does not trust some of these guys to play them this late into the season.

We got good minutes from Cumberland, Brooks and Scott. Jennifer got some minutes early, but in the second half Troy was simply on fire and it was tough to take him out. Brooks and Scott may not have scored a lot, but their defensive contributions are huge.

Actually I like that Mick is only giving the bench a little playing time,if you look at a Carolina or Duke Boxscore they get 6-7 guys minutes and thats about it.With all the TV timeouts are starters should be able to play 34-36 minutes every game.

Jenifer has been buried on the bench lately. I get that Cumberland is eating in to his minutes, but I think Mick should be able to find more than 4 minutes for a player of his caliber.

(01-19-2017 08:50 AM)WalterSobchak Wrote:  Saw CLF was up working the student section. Can you imagine Tubbs ever doing that?

I really hope Fickell is at the shootout. That would be a much better introduction to the passion of UC sports.

(01-19-2017 09:11 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  Jenifer has been buried on the bench lately. I get that Cumberland is eating in to his minutes, but I think Mick should be able to find more than 4 minutes for a player of his caliber.

Last year the drop off between Troy and Jennifer was gigantic, it's not nearly as much this year. Mick needs to find a way to rest Troy a bit.

These kids have the stamina to play into the 30-35 minute range. Depth isn't nearly as important as I think some make it out to be. I'd prefer we have the players who give us the best chance to win on the floor. In a tightly contested game, I have 0 problem with Caupain getting 36 minutes. It's great to have depth, but when you have someone who's been a pretty dominant scorer and had 7 assists to go with it, you go with the hot hand.

(01-19-2017 09:12 AM)BeerCat Wrote:  

(01-19-2017 08:50 AM)WalterSobchak Wrote:  Saw CLF was up working the student section. Can you imagine Tubbs ever doing that?

I really hope Fickell is at the shootout. That would be a much better introduction to the passion of UC sports.

Looks like some of the other coaches were there last not too (but not sitting in the student section with Fickell per twitter pics).



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(01-19-2017 09:18 AM)Recluse1 Wrote:  These kids have the stamina to play into the 30-35 minute range. Depth isn't nearly as important as I think some make it out to be. I'd prefer we have the players who give us the best chance to win on the floor. In a tightly contested game, I have 0 problem with Caupain getting 36 minutes. It's great to have depth, but when you have someone who's been a pretty dominant scorer and had 7 assists to go with it, you go with the hot hand.

Depth is helpful when players get into foul trouble too. Not being in foul trouble enables us to keep up the aggressive play at the end of the game.

(01-19-2017 08:50 AM)WalterSobchak Wrote:  Saw CLF was up working the student section. Can you imagine Tubbs ever doing that?

His financial advisor wouldn't let him do that. He'd have both hips shattered instantly.