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Anyone else ready to watch some real basketball?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:27 am
by OhioBrownFan
I always like watching them win, but sick of the snoozers, including OSU's non-conference. Ready for conference games to pick up and to watch the boys go against Cincinnati. You can see how bored the team is in how careless they get at times and how little effort is given on individual plays. They were so much better than Texas Pan-whatever that it wasn't even funny, ready to see them go toe-to-toe with a team with athletes that can match-up. And I think it will look like a significantly different team than the one we saw against UVA and Arky.

Fwiw, I think practice is probably tougher on SMU right now then many of the opponents :lol: Gawd, please bring on UC.

Re: Anyone else ready to watch some real basketball?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:37 am
by LA_Mustang
I agree but don't overlook Wyoming this Friday. They're not world-beaters but they'll be a big step up from our last few games and it's on the road.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:38 am
by PonyKai
But will they beat WYO on the road with a quick turnaround?

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:44 am
by OhioBrownFan
LA_Mustang wrote:I agree but don't overlook Wyoming this Friday. They're not world-beaters but they'll be a big step up from our last few games and it's on the road.


True, just getting sick of watching teams I care about play teams they should route by 20 every night. Just getting a little jumpy over here in the sticks that you folks call Ohio.

Re: Anyone else ready to watch some real basketball?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:12 am
by hoopmanx
We're gonna see pretty quickly as the next stretch of 4 may be the toughest stretch in contemporary smu history. Wyoming, cincy, uconn is pretty nasty by our standards. I hope to get two of the three

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:28 am
by SMU 86
hoopmanx wrote:We're gonna see pretty quickly as the next stretch of 4 may be the toughest stretch in contemporary smu history. Wyoming, cincy, uconn is pretty nasty by our standards. I hope to get two of the three


That is a pretty serious stretch of games being at Wyoming, at Cincinnati, UConn , and at Louisville.

Re: Anyone else ready to watch some real basketball?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 9:00 am
by Terry Webster
Article about UC's offensive woes from this morning.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/2013 ... ent-output

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:05 pm
by OhioBrownFan
Terry Webster wrote:Article about UC's offensive woes from this morning.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/2013 ... ent-output


Yeah they looked like freaking h3ll in the Crosstown Classic with Xavier. And Xavier is pretty pedestrian this year, I'm really thinking SMU should win the game but at the same time, it's hard to know where SMU stacks up against good teams yet. But UC is very beatable.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:45 pm
by mustang1992
If the Hogs were not hitting everything from the field (esp. 3's), could have been a much different and certainly much tighter game from the beginning. UVA game was exciting from the beginning! Can't wait to see these next four games!

Go Stangs!!!

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:56 pm
by ojaipony
I like our chances against Cincy (but it being an AWAY, you never know). We "should" take care of Wyoming. I don't see us beating Louisville (probably not Uconn either, but one never knows in the new Moody anything can happen!). :-)

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:57 pm
by PonyTime
20-11 is pretty realistic. Hold home court against the likes of Temple, HOU, UCF, USF, CIN, Rutgers, Hofstra, beat Wyoming, and steal at least one on the road in conference and one in first round of AAC.

Anything on top of that would be gravy. A W vs. UCONN, LOU, Memphis, more than one conference road W, etc.

Re: Anyone else ready to watch some real basketball?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 2:08 pm
by ojaipony
PonyTime wrote:20-11 is pretty realistic. Hold home court against the likes of Temple, HOU, UCF, USF, CIN, Rutgers, Hofstra, beat Wyoming, and steal at least one on the road in conference and one in first round of AAC.

Anything on top of that would be gravy. A W vs. UCONN, LOU, Memphis, more than one conference road W, etc.


This is what I'm thinking. I would jump for joy with a 20-11 record. That's an NIT birth for sure, right?

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 3:38 pm
by OhioBrownFan
ojaipony wrote:
PonyTime wrote:20-11 is pretty realistic. Hold home court against the likes of Temple, HOU, UCF, USF, CIN, Rutgers, Hofstra, beat Wyoming, and steal at least one on the road in conference and one in first round of AAC.

Anything on top of that would be gravy. A W vs. UCONN, LOU, Memphis, more than one conference road W, etc.


This is what I'm thinking. I would jump for joy with a 20-11 record. That's an NIT birth for sure, right?


I want tourney! NIT sucks lol. Shooting for the stars. Hell, they're on the bubble right now, just need some quality wins to throw down on the resume.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:29 pm
by ponyinNC
That loss to UVA when Brown called the TO right as we looked like we were going to score and win the game - ugh, that still haunts me.

A W against an ACC team would have helped our case.

Re: Anyone else ready to watch some real basketball?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:41 pm
by Harry0569
OhioBrownFan wrote:
Terry Webster wrote:Article about UC's offensive woes from this morning.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/2013 ... ent-output


Yeah they looked like freaking h3ll in the Crosstown Classic with Xavier. And Xavier is pretty pedestrian this year, I'm really thinking SMU should win the game but at the same time, it's hard to know where SMU stacks up against good teams yet. But UC is very beatable.


That UC/Pitt game set basketball back 20 years. It was painful to watch.