UCLA

[TheLongHaul]

Originally Posted by jacobkdoyle

I'm proud of our team. This season was a lot of fun.

Sure it was fun, it always is, but was still a disappointment. Played in a crapy conference and didn't win it, didn't win the conference tourny and once again didn't make it out of the first weekend. I thought this team had the makeup to be very good and yet again they never put it together. Crappy that they had to play UCLA but if they play to their potential they don't get a 6 seed.

[Bcatfollower]

Originally Posted by BruinGuy

UCLA came out hot in the beginning of the 2nd half. If just 1 or 2 of those shots don't fall, it's a different final 10 minutes. You have to play a 4 or 5 possession game different than a 2 of 3 possession game.

The difference in the game though was your guys' uncharacteristic turnovers in the first half. Without those, you'd have had a double-digit lead on us at the half. Instead, you held us to our lowest half point total of the season and only had a 3 point lead.

Yea in ucla came out in the 2nd half and was gonna live or die by the three no matter what.

[cincyguy13]

Originally Posted by Bcatfollower

I know, so why not play the five best and see what you can do?

Who?

[jacobkdoyle]

Originally Posted by Wonder13x

Amen to that. Troy has been an outstanding leader, and has all of my respect

I'll never forget Troy Caupain. Dude is tough as nails. He went through a lot to build this program back from where it was with SK in his FR year. And he is still really young. Impressive young man. Nothing but class. I'd take guys like him all day everyday. He had A LOT on his plate. People always has high expectations bc you could see it in him. Sometimes that wasn't fair to him bc that's a lot to ask of a young man. But he came out as an all-time Bearcat great.

[JumpinJack5]

At least we can actually look forward to football season with optimism this year😂😂 So depressing under Tubby the past few years after basketball season was over

[jacobkdoyle]

Originally Posted by cincyguy13

Ucla has better players. Mick couldn't have played anyone that was going to help that

Yeah pretty much. Excited that guys like Brooks and Cumberland are not scared of big games.

[Bcatfollower]

Originally Posted by cincyguy13

Who?

I think the lineup of tc, evans, cumberland, clark, and brooks should get the majority of the time together. Washington is a liability on d and can't play o against good teams.

[Nayers]

Originally Posted by TheLongHaul

Sure it was fun, it always is, but was still a disappointment. Played in a crapy conference and didn't win it, didn't win the conference tourny and once again didn't make it out of the first weekend. I thought this team had the makeup to be very good and yet again they never put it together. Crappy that they had to play UCLA but if they play to their potential they don't get a 6 seed.

Play to their potential? We could have lost only 3 games and still got a 6 seed. 1 semi-bad loss. 1 loss to a sweet 16 team, and two to a very talented smu team. The glass is perpetually half empty.

[jacobkdoyle]

Originally Posted by BruinGuy

UCLA came out hot in the beginning of the 2nd half. If just 1 or 2 of those shots don't fall, it's a different final 10 minutes. You have to play a 4 or 5 possession game different than a 2 of 3 possession game.

The difference in the game though was your guys' uncharacteristic turnovers in the first half. Without those, you'd have had a double-digit lead on us at the half. Instead, you held us to our lowest half point total of the season and only had a 3 point lead.

That last part was the key. Definitely could've had a bigger lead at the half.

[JumpinJack5]

Originally Posted by Bcatfollower

I think the lineup of tc, evans, cumberland, clark, and brooks should get the majority of the time together. Washington is a liability on d and can't play o against good teams.

Maybe Washington will have the senior year leap like K-Mart had? He has the skill set to be good if he would be more selective and play better defense.