(02-17-2018 12:07 AM)doss2 Wrote:  Man he needs a divorce lawyer. I bet he likes going on recruiting trips.

I updated my post. Check out the videos. Funny stuff. Forever internet...

Gregg Marshall will be the next spokesman for Cordell & Cordell.

She obviously needs one or more:

1. Drug rehab
2. Alcohol rehab
3. Anger management class
4. Civility training
5. Obedience training (sit, heel, rollover)

(02-17-2018 08:45 AM)doss2 Wrote:  She obviously needs one or more:

1. Drug rehab
2. Alcohol rehab
3. Anger management class
4. Civility training
5. Obedience training (sit, heel, rollover)

I'd give her a stiff backhand and tell her to go make me turkey pot pie...(while wearing my gravy-stained wife beater of course).

(02-16-2018 11:52 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Better leave the kids at home. Apparently, she was escorted from the arena in last year's NCAAT game against Kentucky due to cursing. Security may want to have a "Plan B" for her Sunday LOL!

a good woman brings her own plan b

Has anyone noticed the ticket price on the secondary market. 150 for upper level, 200 for lower level, 80 for sros. I know that it is only "asking price" but it is certainly a hot ticket.

(02-17-2018 11:30 AM)rosewater Wrote:  Has anyone noticed the ticket price on the secondary market. 150 for upper level, 200 for lower level, 80 for sros. I know that it is only "asking price" but it is certainly a hot ticket.

Sold mine in the upper level for face value but made sure I sold them to UC fans. I will be shocked if sellers get 150-200 for tickets. More than face value sure but not those kind of prices.

Maybe you guys should just stick to bad basketball takes...

(02-17-2018 01:18 PM)Cataclysmo Wrote:  Maybe you guys should just stick to bad basketball takes...

Why? We are doomed tomorrow. Don't know why we should even bother showing up. We suck, and will be lucky to even make the tournament. Big, bad, Bugaha State is coming to eat our children. Freaking Nancy's. We roll tomorrow. Go Cats!

From the Wichita Eagle...

Quote:Wichita State’s expectation for showdown in Cincinnati: “Our manhood will be tested”

BY TAYLOR ELDRIDGE teldridge@wichitaeagle.com February 17, 2018 03:43 PM

The showdown is finally here.

No. 19 Wichita State at No. 5 Cincinnati, the highly-anticipated first meeting since 1981 between the former rivals will tip-off Sunday at 3 p.m.

The challenge for the Shockers: End the nation’s longest home winning streak of 39 games against a team that owns the fifth-best defense college basketball has seen in the last 17 years, according to statistician Ken Pomeroy’s metrics. WSU hasn’t defeated a top 5 team since 1964.

“Our manhood will be tested,” WSU senior Zach Brown said. “We’re going to find out what we’re really made of and we’re going to see what they’re made of. They’re a tough team and I like playing tough teams.”

The drama only intensified after Thursday’s results, as Cincinnati (23-3, 12-1 American) lost a halftime lead and had its 16-game winning streak snapped at Houston, while Wichita State (20-5, 10-3) rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit to defeat Temple.

Those results mean WSU still controls its destiny for an American Athletic Conference title, as it can win at least a share of it by winning its final five games. Cincinnatihas a two-game lead over WSU and Houston.

A win on Sunday for WSU means the second meeting — March 4 at Koch Arena — could decide if WSU wins a share of the title.

“This is the mecca,” WSU senior Shaquille Morris said. “They’re at the top of our conference and that’s where we’re trying to get. We are definitely built for this, especially on the road.”

Sunday’s game is not short on storylines. The two teams lead the conference in 19 of 21 statistical categories.

Cincinnati is winning by an average of 22 points during its 39-game home winning streak, while WSU has won 46 games and 85 percent of its games on the road the last five seasons — both marks best in the nation.

Cincinnati is the third-best team in the country at grabbing offensive rebounds, while WSU is the fifth-best team in the country at preventing offensive rebounds. WSU leads the American shooting 38.5 percent on three-pointers in conference play, while Cincinnati leads the American in three-point defense as opponents are shooting 25.9 percent.

Can a WSU offense that is scoring at 1.15 points per possession, the seventh-most efficient in the nation, produce against a Cincinnati defense that tops the nation allowing 0.81 points per possession?

“It’s going to come down to who hits first and how you respond after that,” Morris said. “We’re going to have to go up there and play angry.”

The Bearcats are physical and unrelenting on defense and bring pressure in waves.

Gary Clark, a 6-foot-8 power forward who averages 12.8 points and 8.7 rebounds, is Cincinnati’s motor, while 6-6 guard Jacob Evans (13.6 points, 3.3 assists) is the team’s leading scorer and top NBA prospect. The Bearcats returned four starters from last season’s 30-win team. Jarron Cumberland is a 6-5 guard who averages 10.9 points and 6-9 Kyle Washington (11.5 points, 5.5 rebounds) adds even more size.

“They’ve got grown men who get in a stance and give you no easy shots for 40 minutes,” WSU coach Gregg Marshall said on his radio show earlier this week. “You’ve really got to be able to execute beautifully just to get a shot and you have to try to score in transition if that’s possible. Their defense is just off the chain.”

While Cincinnati’s offense is improved, it remains flawed.

The Bearcats are not a particularly good shooting team. According to Synergy Sports Technology, they rank in the 34th percentile nationally on spot-up shots and are shooting 35 percent on those opportunities.

Cincinnati relies heavily on generating second chances through offensive rebounds and scoring in transition after its defense forces a turnover.

If WSU can limit turnovers and keep Cincinnati from rebounding its own misses, then it should have a chance to register WSU’s fourth win all-time over a top-5 team.

“We’re going to get after it because we know they play similar to us,” WSU senior Darral Willis said. “It’s going to be a battle, but we have no quit in us. Everybody on this team wants to win.”

Manhood Check

From the Enquirer...

Quote:No. 5 Cincinnati Bearcats gear for showdown with No. 19 Wichita State

Tom Groeschen, tgroeschen@enquirer.com Published 2:41 p.m. ET Feb. 17, 2018

This is the showdown that the No. 5-ranked University of Cincinnati basketball team and their fans have been pointing toward since the 2017-18 schedule was released.

The No. 19 Wichita State Shockers (20-5, 10-3 American Athletic Conference) will visit UC (23-3, 12-1 AAC) on Sunday at 4 p.m. at Northern Kentucky University, with a national television audience to watch on ESPN.

The game pits the No. 1 (UC) and No. 2 (Wichita) teams in the preseason AAC coaches poll, in their first of two regular-season meetings. The teams will meet again in the regular season finale March 4 at Wichita.

UC lost 67-62 at Houston on Thursday, snapping a 16-game Bearcats winning streak. Wichita has won its last three games, most recently a 93-86 home win over Temple on Thursday.

UC is 0-2 against Associated Press Top 25 teams this season, falling to then-No. 21 Xavier (89-76 on Dec. 2) and then-No. 5 Florida (66-60 on Dec. 9).

"You learn from it, of course," UC senior forward Gary Clark said of the loss at Houston. "We've got another big one coming Sunday."

UC was out-rebounded 36-27 by Houston, with Bearcats coach Mick Cronin saying his team was beaten by a tougher, more physical club. That cannot happen again if UC wants to beat Wichita, another bruising, tough rebounding team. Against Houston, UC was out-rebounded for only the fourth time all season.

"We have to fix the problem, because you've got another team that rebounds the ball as well as (Houston)," Clark said.

Wichita State ranks No. 2 nationally in rebound margin at plus-10.7 per game. UC ranks No. 7 at plus-8.3 per game.

Cronin was disturbed that UC essentially was pushed around by Houston. The Bearcats usually do the pushing around.

"We need to play with a lot more toughness and physicality than we have been playing with of late," Cronin said. "(Wichita) has a great, senior-laden team. Teams with seniors and competitors tend to play better late in the year."

In that vein, UC will look to senior forwards Clark (12.8 points, 8.7 rebounds per game) and Kyle Washington (11.5, 5.5) to set the tone.

"We have to stay together as a team and understand that we have a lot of basketball still to play," Washington said. "Everything we still want to accomplish is right in front of us."

UC, at 12-1 in the AAC, has a two-game league lead over Wichita and Houston (both 10-3). Each team has five regular-season games left.

SCOUTING WICHITA: The Shockers were preseason Top 10 in most every poll, including No. 7 in the AP Top 25. (UC was No. 12 in the AP preseason poll).

Sophomore guard Landry Shamet (14.6 points, 5.2 assists per game) leads Wichita. The 6-foot-4 Shamet last week joined UC's Clark among 30 players named to the Naismith Trophy Late Season watch list.

Senior center Shaquille Morris (6-8, 279 pounds) will be a handful, ranking No. 2 on the Shockers at 13.3 points per game. Morris has three 20-point games in his last five outings, including a 23-point, 13-rebound performance in last Thursday's win over Temple.

Wichita, like UC, has several players capable of double-digit scoring. The list also includes 6-9 senior forward Darral Willis Jr. (11.6 ppg) and 6-1 senior guard Conner Frankamp (10.0). Willis had 24 points against Temple on Thursday.

Wichita will be one of the most formidable offensive teams UC has seen. The Shockers rank No. 11 nationally in the Kenpom.com category of adjusted offensive efficiency, at 1.202 points per possession. UC is No. 54 in that department (1.136).

Wichita, however, can be vulnerable on defense. The Shockers rank only 79th in the Kenpom.com category for adjusted defensive efficiency (1.003 points per possession), while UC ranks No. 2 (.851).

The defensive slippage has been unusual for Wichita which, like UC, has been known for strong defensive teams.

“That’s just the way this team is,” WSU coach Gregg Marshall told The Wichita Eagle, after the Shockers surrendered 86 points to Temple on Thursday. “I don’t know if I’ll be able to change it. I think that they are who they are, but they’re still pretty good (defensively).”

Wichita is 1-1 against AP Top 25 teams. The Shockers lost 67-66 to then-No. 13 Notre Dame (Nov. 22) and beat then-No. 16 Baylor 69-62 (Dec. 2).

Wichita had a five-game stretch between Jan. 17-Feb. 1 when it was upset three times in AAC play, by SMU (83-78), Houston (73-59) and Temple (81-79, OT). Wichita since has gone 3-0.

LONG AGO: This will be the first meeting between UC and Wichita since December 1981. UC leads the series 18-11, with most of those games happening from the 1957-58 season through 1969-70, when both schools were in the Missouri Valley Conference.

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Scouting report

NO. 19 WICHITA STATE

Record: 20-5 (10-3 AAC)

Offense: 84.2 ppg (No. 1 in AAC)

Defense: 70.2 ppg (No. 6 in AAC)

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PROJECTED LINEUP

PLAYER POS. HT. KEY STAT

Zach Brown Forward 6’6” 5.3 ppg

Rashard Kelly Forward 6’7” 5.4 ppg

Shaquille Morris Center 6’8” 13.3 ppg

Landry Shamet Guard 6’4” 14.6 ppg

Austin Reaves Guard 6’5” 8.3 ppg

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PLAYER TO WATCH

Landry Shamet

The sophomore guard is among 30 players on the Naismith Trophy Late Season watch list. Shamet leads Wichita in scoring (14.6 ppg) and assists (5.2 apg). Shamet is an outstanding shooter, hitting 49.6 percent from the field, 45.1 percent from 3-point range and 83.1 percent at the foul line.

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NO. 5 CINCINNATI

Record: 23-3 (13-0 AAC)

Offense: 75.9 ppg (No. 3 in AAC)

Defense: 56.3 ppg (No. 1 in AAC)

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PROJECTED LINEUP

PLAYER POS. HT. KEY STAT

Justin Jenifer Guard 5’10” 5.3 ppg

Jarron Cumberland Guard 6’5” 10.9 ppg

Jacob Evans III Guard 6’6” 13.6 ppg

Gary Clark Forward 6’8” 12.8 ppg

Kyle Washington Forward 6’9” 11.5 ppg

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THE GAME

Tipoff: 4 p.m. Sunday at BB&T Arena (9,400), Highland Heights, Ky.

TV/Radio: ESPN/WLW-AM (700)

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NOTEWORTHY

Magic number: 39 – UC’s home-court winning streak, the longest active streak in America. That includes 13-0 this season at NKU. The Bearcats have not lost at home since Dec. 29, 2015, a 77-70 decision to Temple at Fifth Third Arena.

UC is No. 10 and Wichita State is No. 17 in the NCAA RPI (Ratings Percentage Index). In the Pomeroy Ratings, UC is No. 3 and Wichita State is No. 18.

Bring It

As expected, playing on our own floor today.

(02-18-2018 01:50 PM)JackieTreehorn Wrote:  

As expected, playing on our own floor today.

Tits!

Might want to ge there if you are not already en route.

Cumberland. The great regression.

Their guards are just so much quicker and better than ours. What I’ve feared in this particular matchup all year.

Evans has already sat for longer than he did in the entire Houston game (wonder if he is still limping, very early for Cronin to sit him).

Wichita State doing a good job taking advantage of mismatches when we switch.

Cumberland is not a good 3 point shooter this year.

Our guards not named Jacob Evans are just not that good at making shots. Gotta play through Kyle and Gary every time.

Evans is not quick enough for these guys either.

Do that again...blonde kid can’t stay with Broome.