OFFICIAL GAME 18 THREAD: SMU vs. Cinci

[sadderbudweiser]

I just love this SMU team! Play hard, never quit, down the whole game and it comes down to a rim out 3.

Man what a great time to be an SMU fan.

This might be the first time I've ever been encouraged by a loss.

[One Trick Pony]

I just love this SMU team! Play hard, never quit, down the whole game and it comes down to a rim out 3.

Man what a great time to be an SMU fan.

This might be the first time I've ever been encouraged by a loss.

You sound like an SMU fan lol

[sadderbudweiser]

I just love this SMU team! Play hard, never quit, down the whole game and it comes down to a rim out 3.

Man what a great time to be an SMU fan.

This might be the first time I've ever been encouraged by a loss.

You sound like an SMU fan lol

Hah. Pre-DP here dude. Used to winning. In ALL sports.

Even Ultimate Frisbee.

[Pony81]

Guys we got to get to Moody when UC comes to town and make the place a living Hell for them.

You know that they are in the locker room thinking..... Dang we shot 50% from 3, at home , and we only won by 2

The worm has turned. UC knows they are no longer the " premier program" . This is the best UC team since Huggins,

My guess they are just feeling stoked that they won.

As are their fans.They know they dodged a bullet..... Unconscious from 3, great home crowd, and it comes down to a rim out 3 for the win.
If I'm Jank I'm hugging the guys with lots of love saying keep working hard and we win this conference.

[UCincinnati]

Those Cincy fans on
We stopped running any offense. You can't do that against a good team home or away.

No. Your players stopped making 3's.

Have to agree, if you normalize the 3s to the average, this game would have been the w for us. You guys shot excellent and fortunate for you guys to have it. I don't see y'all making them in Moody. If we didn't give up an easy 15 deficit and finally got into the game, again, the results plus be different. I accept the results and can't wait till Moody!

In basketball it all balances out. Our best player was 1-10 for 2 points. The game at Moody is probably going to take completely different shape but will probably end up being decided in the last 4 minutes regardless.

[Pony81]

UC you are right it does balance out. But we are for sure trending up.

Lost a 2x POY, leading rebounder, and another team leader yet we are stil top tier AAC. As opposed to Texas who lost a similar talent and have fallen to the bottom of the barrel.

I have all kind of respect for UC AND your coach. Great guy and he has a great program. But Jank and his crew have shown they are can rumble.

Now if we can get Memphis, UH, and Temple to ball at your level.... Our conference will be even more fun.

[One Trick Pony]

[quote="Pony81"]I just love this SMU team! Play hard, never quit, down the whole game and it comes down to a rim out 3.

Man what a great time to be an SMU fan.

This might be the first time I've ever been encouraged by a loss.

You sound like an SMU fan lol

Hah. Pre-DP here dude. Used to winning. In ALL sports.

Even Ultimate Frisbee.[/quote]
I love frisbee can place it on a dime including into the wind and back.

I only hate one thing in this world and that's losing

[Pony_Law]

I wish SB would have thrown SO the dunk when we cut it to 2 instead of throwing to BE for the 3 attempt.

It was just another example of us missing a great look. Cinci made pretty much all but a few of their open looks, we missed a bunch.

[Terry Webster]

That was a great game to be at. 53 was really loud. Lots of students. Really proud of our guys. The missed shots around the rim hurt. A few of those dropping and we win. I think if both teams continue to play like this they both end up with one loss in conference play.

[stangsup4]

No. Your players stopped making 3's.

Have to agree, if you normalize the 3s to the average, this game would have been the w for us. You guys shot excellent and fortunate for you guys to have it. I don't see y'all making them in Moody. If we didn't give up an easy 15 deficit and finally got into the game, again, the results plus be different. I accept the results and can't wait till Moody!

In basketball it all balances out. Our best player was 1-10 for 2 points. The game at Moody is probably going to take completely different shape but will probably end up being decided in the last 4 minutes regardless.

A career 34% 3PT shooter went 5-8 and SMU's 43% 3PT shooter went 2-7 off of 6 wide open looks. I don't think it balanced out at all in this game.

And it is a big reason why I am not a fan of judging two teams off of a such a small sample size.

[Pony ^]

We are going to wipe the bearcats off the floor at Moody

[PonyLawExpress]

Such a tough loss. We had a chance to steal one on the road. We should take them at Moody, but it will be another tough game.

We had 0 bench points. Gu was a ghost on the offensive end outside of missing a big open 3 and McDowell is so out of his element as a freshman. He has a long way to go to be a contributor. I LOVE our starting 5. We can win the conference this year or at least co-win it. I hope the guys remember this game and losing a close one and use it to drive themseleves going forward.

[Stallion]

DaShawn actually made a nice drive to the basket-but then missed both FTs-he's done that in several recent games. I'd feel a lot better if he would knock those down. No turnovers

[sadderbudweiser]

DaShawn actually made a nice drive to the basket-but then missed both FTs-he's done that in several recent games. I'd feel a lot better if he would knock those down. No turnovers

Just as frustrating as Jarrey's free throw shooting last year. I think DaShawn has a place on this team as a four year contributor...never a star....maybe never a starter...but a solid bench guy. We are going to be pretty deep out front next year. Young....but deep.

[Pony_Law]

DaShawn actually made a nice drive to the basket-but then missed both FTs-he's done that in several recent games. I'd feel a lot better if he would knock those down. No turnovers

Just as frustrating as Jarrey's free throw shooting last year. I think DaShawn has a place on this team as a four year contributor...never a star....maybe never a starter...but a solid bench guy. We are going to be pretty deep out front next year. Young....but deep.

DaShawn always flashes really impressive athleticism and he has great length. He scored all types of ways in high school. He is raw but he could definelty become a really good defender at a minimum if he works at it and learns the college game. People tend to underestimate how large the jump is from high school basketball to top 50 D1 college. It's not just the players that are better (which they are substantially) but also the execution and schemes is off the charts compared to high school and AAU.