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Well...technicalities aside, it's impressive that the Bearcats received the automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA tournament.
We'll never know if they'd have gotten there through the AAC tourney, but at least we know they did enough to win the #1 seed leading to the AQ this year. Whether the NCAA tournament is played or not doesn't take that away from them.
That streak is something to hang their hats on when recruiting. That streak offers talking points around the watercooler, and helps strong interest in the program continue.
Despite the team never dominating the way we'd like them to, this season was one of the more exciting ones of recent years.
If the pandemic doesn't trash all sports and public gatherings in the next year, I think John Brannen has a chance to make a positive mark on UC basketball for many years to come.
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