Official Season Predictions Thread

[jacobkdoyle]

27-4
Losses at X, at UCLA, one of the Wichita State, and one other random one.

[Bearcatboy]

Originally Posted by cincyguy13

Honest question. How good do you think we are this year? You Have us losing pretty much every hard game. Not saying we will win every one but if we are a top 15-20 team we should win a couple.

I think we are the best we've been under Cronin but we will not beat good teams away from home and some of the games I have us winning against easy teams away from home will not be easy wins. We do NOT play good on the road and you can not do that against ranked teams....

[waterhead]

Originally Posted by cincyguy13

I would guess anywhere from 25-27 wins. I think we will beat either Florida or ucla. Will probably lose a game we shouldn't. Like the Tulsa/ Marshall games last year but we won't pull them out. I think this team will be better but have a slightly worse record.

I kinda think we will actually. We have more players who can get the job done I think. We will literally have 5 options to score in crunch time and 2 new players in the starting lineup who can create for themselves. We can call almost any play depending on the situation. We won't be forced to have Caupain make a bull rush to the bucket this year. We have more/better options.

Broome seems to be a guy who can sneak into a crease and he was good at drawing fouls going to the hoop at SH. Watching replays of Cumberland last year he can play the straight line bull rush to the bucket if we need it and he drew fouls pretty well and he also finished his 2's at 65%. That is not a number we are used to seeing ever at UC from a wing...or even a big for that matter. Not to mention he can make a 3, a step back J, or a pull up J, or his deadly floater.

[cincyguy13]

Originally Posted by Bearcatboy

I think we are the best we've been under Cronin but we will not beat good teams away from home and some of the games I have us winning against easy teams away from home will not be easy wins. We do NOT play good on the road and you can not do that against ranked teams....

A top 15-20 team will at least win 1 game against a good team you would think. Odds are they will atleast luck in to one. I mean the teams they are playing aren't going undefeated but ok

[waterhead]

Originally Posted by Bearcatboy

I think we are the best we've been under Cronin but we will not beat good teams away from home and some of the games I have us winning against easy teams away from home will not be easy wins. We do NOT play good on the road and you can not do that against ranked teams....

The only reason I may disagree here is that we have more scoring options.

We played bad on the road last year...but I expect that to change in a significant way this year. It may happen that we can't score on the road but the odds go down when you have as many options to score as we do.

If it weren't for Blueitt going off for 40 last year we absolutely CRUSH X. We could see a similar effect this year (to a different degree). Not all of our guys will be playing like shyte on the road...somebody will score out of our 5 starters.

[cincyguy13]

Originally Posted by waterhead

The only reason I may disagree here is that we have more scoring options.

We played bad on the road last year...but I expect that to change in a significant way this year. It may happen that we can't score on the road but the odds go down when you have as many options to score as we do.

If it weren't for Blueitt going off for 40 last year we absolutely CRUSH X. We could see a similar effect this year (to a different degree). Not all of our guys will be playing like shyte on the road...somebody will score out of our 5 starters.

If we don't face guard blueitt this year, I will lose all faith in the coaching staff.

[Bearcatboy]

Originally Posted by waterhead

The only reason I may disagree here is that we have more scoring options.

We played bad on the road last year...but I expect that to change in a significant way this year. It may happen that we can't score on the road but the odds go down when you have as many options to score as we do.

If it weren't for Blueitt going off for 40 last year we absolutely CRUSH X. We could see a similar effect this year (to a different degree). Not all of our guys will be playing like shyte on the road...somebody will score out of our 5 starters.

I think the problem with the road games isnt the players it's the coaching and how we start the game you need to come out be aggressive and set the tone for the game and all we worry about is the defense of end you can't play like that on the road against ranked teams

[Bearcatboy]

Originally Posted by cincyguy13

A top 15-20 team will at least win 1 game against a good team you would think. Odds are they will atleast luck in to one. I mean the teams they are playing aren't going undefeated but ok

I have us beating SMU at home and uconn and miss.state

[Queens_NYC]

26-5.

Losses
@Xavier
@UCLA
@UCF
@SMU
@Wichita State

[ZCat]

Originally Posted by jacobkdoyle

27-4
Losses at X, at UCLA, one of the Wichita State, and one other random one.

We better win one of eggz or UCLA. I want 2-1 record vs them and UF. We have a stacked team. Main issue is no rim protector and Washington's D.