Re: Cronin hits the ground running

[Shinkle, Randy]

If UC's Big East opponents remain the same, here's what I have for next
year's schedule:

Big East Home Games:
    Connecticut
    Georgetown
    Louisville
    Marquette
    Pittsburgh
    Seton Hall
    Syracuse
    West Virginia

Big East Road Games:
    DePaul
    Louisville
    Providence
    Rutgers
    South Florida
    Syracuse
    Villanova
    West Virginia

Other Home Games:
    Miami (OH) @ USBank Arena
    UAB
    Xavier
    (4 others)
    Northern Kentucky (exh.)
    (1 other exh.)

Other Road (and Neutral Court) Games:
    Illinois State
    Memphis
    Ohio @ Gund Arena in Cleveland
    Ohio State @ Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis  [Sat Nov 25]
    (exempt tournament)

There is also a rumored game with Tennessee (I don't know where).  The
above assumes the NCAA approves a proposal to expand the regular season
to 28 games and allow schools to participate in an exempt tournament
every year.

Randy '78



-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden
[mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of jon breiner
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 4:10 PM
To: UC Basketball Forum
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Cronin hits the ground running

you are correct:

"In addition to the three mirror opponents, which will remain in place
for 
at least two seasons"

from 
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050707/SPT0101/307
070009

So someone can probably add a few more games to this, but for now I
have:

Bearcats' home schedule: Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Seton Hall,
Georgetown, 
Marquette, Syracuse, Louisville, West Virginia, Xavier

UC road schedule: Villanova, Providence, Rutgers, DePaul, Syracuse, 
Louisville, West Virginia, South Florida, Memphis.

.500 in conference would be remarkable, but I think .500 overall will be

hard enough.  There are 8 other games to schedule (assuming no tourneys)
and 
at least 6 or 7 will need to be directional schools and right now they
are 
no longer walkovers.  Remember Huggins early on with Coastal Carolina
and 
American, etc.  Some bad losses and bad wins (well, ok, no win is a bad 
win).

Jon


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Macomber" <address@hidden>
To: "UC Basketball Forum" <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Cronin hits the ground running


> I believe the conference schedule is still set for next year.  We'll
keep 
> the mirror teams for sure.  I believe the skipped schools stay skipped
for 
> next year.  So I think we'll have the same schedule, but reverse the 
> home/away for single opponents - so we get UConn / Marq / Pitt at home
next 
> year.
>
> Correct?
>
> ---- Original message ----
> > Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:06:38 -0500
> > From: "richard l. kandell" <address@hidden>
> > Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Cronin hits the ground running
> > To: "UC Basketball Forum" <address@hidden>
> >
> > You know you really do raise an interesting point about the BEast 
> > schedule.
> > Without Huggins, and without any serious star power, I wonder if ESPN
will
> > care about us next year - and if not, maybe we get a USF or Seton Hall

> > type
> > conference schedule.  Combined with some very careful ooc scheduling
we 
> > just
> > might be able to pull off something approaching a .500% result.  But
we
> > still need to add a center/power forward (or Randy's "inside" player)
to 
> > go
> > with McGowan and the new kid, especially, if as posted here, Herrara
is as
> > raw as indicated (even assuming he stays).
> >
> > Richard K.
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Brett Pappas" <address@hidden>
> > To: "UC Basketball Forum" <address@hidden>
> > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 2:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Cronin hits the ground running
> >
> >
> > I was thinking the same thing with regards to replacing Hicks and
White. 
> > Our
> > best shot would be to see Cedric to step up his game to come close to
what
> > Hicks was able to do and then hope that Williamson (+Herrera) can
replace
> > Ced's production. It seems a lot to ask Ced but he impressed me with
his
> > offense and did have some pretty big rebounding games. We can forget
about
> > the blocked shots though.
> >
> > As for White, I can't see us finding someone to take his place as
easily. 
> > He
> > was so important in so many ways. I can see someone picking up his
scoring
> > ability, but who could offer what did on defense by guarding a taller
> > permiter player? Or being able to handle the ball as well as he did
from 
> > the
> > 3 spot?
> >
> > Assuming we keep guys like McGowan and Herrera and are able to add a
few
> > more guys capable of contributing. I can see 15-18 wins (mostly from
the 
> > OOC
> > schedule). Maybe ESPN will do us a favor and give us a Seton Hall type
of
> > Big East schedule next year allowing us a better shot at a few more
wins..
> > --Brett
> >
> > On 3/31/06, richard l. kandell <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > Richard K.
> > >
> > > By the way, when matching up this year's team with a potential team
for
> > > next
> > > year, they can come out approximately even when we sign 2 kids who
will
> > > replace Hicks and White and be just as effective next season (right
now 
> > > I
> > > still have problems seeing double digit wins).  I'm not sure there
are 2
> > > such people out there.  Maybe Oklahoma, and all the other schools
that
> > > have
> > > changed coaches, will release all the kids they signed and we can
grab a
> > > couple.