RE: Cats are going to the NCAA

From: zahid javaid
Date: 14 Mar 2003 - 03:45 PM EST

I hope like crazee we get in, b/c right now, I feel to bad to even watch a basketball game! I want to enjoy the NCAA, even if we go out early (altho, I still think we are capapble 2 string 2 wins together). I would love to keep that NCAA streak Alive!! It sure sounds possible now that evryone has pointed out all the other mediocrity.
Zahid

From: "Shinkle, Randy" <address@hidden>
Reply-To: address@hidden
To: <address@hidden>
Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Cats are going to the NCAA
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 12:15:52 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Holdheide [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 11:23 AM
> To: 'address@hidden'
> Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Cats are going to the NCAA
>
>
> Joe Lunardi also stated "They could be in an 8-9 game,"
> Lunardi said. "If I
> had to bet a mortgage payment, I'd guess that they would be a
> 10 seed, maybe
> 11.
>
> "They still have some monster wins that teams they're
> competing with don't
> have."
>
> "I'm going to be wrong on somebody," Lunardi said. "But it's
> not going to be
> Cincinnati."
>
>

Yes, and he said those things more recently. However, I'm not so sure all of his statements are in total agreement (neither are mine, given enough time).

I guess what I'm not fully recognizing is the weakness of the competition this year. Brett also made a good point about the strength of C-USA this year. I don't think this UC team makes it into many past tournaments. Perhaps another level of parity has arrived.

And, as has been said elsewhere, if this is as bad as it gets for UC, I'm happy.

Randy '78

>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shinkle, Randy [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 11:19 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Cats are going to the NCAA
>
>
> Joe Lunardi (ESPN's "bracketologist") said recently that the
> whole selection
> process can best be summed up as:
>
> "Who did you beat, when did you beat them, and where?"
>
> If this is in fact the overriding philosophy, UC is in trouble (IMO).
> Here's why ....
>
> UC has 3 road wins: TCU, Saint Louis and East Carolina. Two
> of those are
> the very bottom of C-USA this year. The third has since
> beaten UC at the
> Shoe. The most recent of these wins was January 22nd.
>
> UC has one neutral court win: Oregon, on December 17th. If
> Oregon were
> still considered as good as they were then, I wouldn't be writing this
> message.
>
> UC has one neutral court loss: Southern Miss, on Wednesday.
>
> UC's 2 "marquis" wins, over Oklahoma State and Louisville,
> were both in the
> Shoe, and both teams have been less than stellar since.
>
> If we could take away any one of 1) the fall of Oregon, 2)
> the home loss to
> Saint Louis, or 3) the loss to Southern Miss, UC would be in,
> with room to
> spare. Together, those 3 things will quite possibly keep them out.
>
> Randy '78
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dfairchild [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 10:03 AM
> > To: address@hidden
> > Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Cats are going to the NCAA
> >
> >
> > I made a mistake in my previous post - it looks like there
> will be 18
> > conferences with only one bid - which leaves 47 bids to be
> > claimed. UC is
> > currently 31 in the RPI. If you go strictly be the rpi the
> > cutoff as of
> > this morning would be including Oregon at 48 (Weber St has an
> > automatic bid,
> > from a 1 bid conference at 39). The last four out would be
> > Texas Tech (50),
> > St. Louis (51), Tennessee (52), and North Carolina (54). The
> > last four in
> > would be Oregon (48), Indiana (47), LSU (44), and Gonzaga (43).
> >
> > The most suspect of those in, IMHO, are UC (31), ASU (32),
> > Alabama (37) and
> > Auburn (38).
> >
> > UC, Alabama, Auburn, and Texas Tech are all 4-6 in their last 10.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brad Holdheide [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 9:28 AM
> > To: 'address@hidden'
> > Subject: [UC Basketball] Cats are going to the NCAA
> >
> >
> > Amazing to see what the Cats fans think about our chances of
> > going to the
> > NCAA tournament. The Bearcatnews poll is tied at exactly 132
> > votes each
> > way.
> >
>

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