Baylor 1/13 8:00 ESPN

[Joco45215]

[QUOTE=GoBearcats31;n410037]ESPN Play-by-Play: Chuckie Kempf / Analyst: Chris Spatola[/QUOTE]

This dude can kick rocks.....absolute jack wagon.....he basically had a baylor jersey on

[leo from jersey]

Box Score :

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401603412

19% on 3PT all from Skillings. You have to get more points out of Simas or Newman if they're going to eat that many minutes. Vik was in foul trouble all night but you've got to get more than one rebound out of him.

Vik doesn't box out--- He watches the shooter instead of anticipating where the ball will come and positioning himself for it. He should be able to outmuscle guys if all else fails. he refused to put a body on others often due to his being out of position. -- As Barkley said - any knucklehead can score, but it takes a basketball player to rebound. Who else was CWM expecting to score? Josh Reed? Tolentino? JJ on the bench? BTW Terry and Dan didn't ask CWM about JJ. CJ was expected to score, but his injury history has shown that he can't be relied on. That is no insult to CJ, but the truth. Can Anthony give anything? Newman was valuable for his defense and Simas gave leadership although no points or any defense. There needs to be a proven guard (good luck) perhaps through the portal. On days where your shots are not falling, you still can box out, run the floor and play defense. CWM must develop that. Overall, I loved the Cats being in the game, but I hate to lose.

[bg703]

The defense was good enough to win. Baylor is 4th in the country in offensive efficiency (1.21 ppp) and UC held them to under a point per possession (0.98). The bigs were essentially a non-factor offensively after Baylor went to the zone. Clearly, the offense needed to be a little better. Simas is shooting 37% from 3 but went 0 for 7 last night. Vik had some unwise fouls that limited his availability.The team looks fine through 3 games, but the last 2 games magnify just how fine the margins are between winning and losing in league play.

[Lobot]

Box Score :

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401603412

19% on 3PT all from Skillings. You have to get more points out of Simas or Newman if they're going to eat that many minutes. Vik was in foul trouble all night but you've got to get more than one rebound out of him.

[Gmann]

I'd like to believe that CWM is getting the guys to play tough 'Bearcat' defense. If they do that consistently and with the talent they have they will begin to win some of these games and in this league you just need to win some not all of them. The good thing is that if they ever get to the tournament they will be battle tested and hopefully not wilt from the spotlight.

Also as much as I dislike the portal it does appear to have redistributed talent around the country so that we are seeing "March Madness" type competition in January all across NCAAM basketball. It should be hard for just a few top teams to dominate going forward.

[leo from jersey]

Good question. Why not run that last play for the hot hand (Skillings)? Simas was 1-10 and 0-7 (from three) on the night. In UC's two BIG 12 losses, they have had problems hitting that one crucial shot in the final seconds that would have given them the lead or a large enough lead to really put pressure on the other team (Newman missed the one-and-one against Texas and last night Skillings missed the left-hand lay-up that would have put UC by one in the closing seconds). End of game coaching choices are an issue here. If UC hits those shots, we might be here discussing how UC is 3-0 in the BIG 12. UC is showing the nation that they can handle themselves in the BIG 12. Great defense tonight. However, before a team can win, they MUST FIRST LEARN HOW NOT TO LOSE (Mick Cronin). I think that is where UC is now in the BIG 12. They need to learn how NOT to lose these close games. The good thing is, UC will get plenty more opportunities to get those NCAA tournament types of wins. In my mind, they MUST find a way to WIN AT HOME. UC let a win get away at home with Texas. Let's see if they truly have learned anything when they play TCU at home next.

as I answered earlier CWM said the play was for Skillings. Obviously Baylor figured it out, covered him and Simas was open. Agree with your comments about learning how not to lose.

[leo from jersey]

Vik had one rebound. Simas was horrible defensively and rebounding. If he’s not making shots he can’t be in the game. Makes me wonder if Rayvon couldn’t help this team.

Neither of those two boxed out or ran the floor defensively.

[leo from jersey]

Why run a play for Simas?

CWM said it was for Skillings but Baylor was all over him and Simas was open.

[Rufus]

Aziz not taking some of the fouls away from Vik hurt yes but the same thing could be said about CJ. No matter how the game ends fault is going to fall on Miller and is unjust to do so. And I'm as hard on him as anyone but he is limited on his choices as to who should take that game winning shot. Yes Simas had a bad night. Vik was absent offensively too as was JJ. But If Skillings missed in that same situation then Miller is faulted for not giving it to Simas. Who we got next Reed? CJ was recruited to be that guy in these crucial situations. I thought I would never ever say this about a Wes Miller team for a long time but his defense scheme has kept us in these last two games. We had seven consecutive trips to our end of the court in the second half and came away with no points. And six of these obtained no free throws to shoot. Zone defenses are stalling us and have so for these past three years. Basic bball is to put the ball in the basket and we did not do that and have no one that can be counted on consistently to do that. If you hold a Baylor type team to 60 pts give or take that's a game that should be won. I will say this though, with Aziz unable to go and Vik struggling and obtaining fouls why not put Torrentino in, especially after Vik got into that scuffle just to let Vik breathe a little bit and have Torry bang and hack some Baylor bodies? But I don't claim to be a bball coach

[leeraymond]

Why run a play for Simas?

Good question. Why not run that last play for the hot hand (Skillings)? Simas was 1-10 and 0-7 (from three) on the night. In UC's two BIG 12 losses, they have had problems hitting that one crucial shot in the final seconds that would have given them the lead or a large enough lead to really put pressure on the other team (Newman missed the one-and-one against Texas and last night Skillings missed the left-hand lay-up that would have put UC by one in the closing seconds). End of game coaching choices are an issue here. If UC hits those shots, we might be here discussing how UC is 3-0 in the BIG 12. UC is showing the nation that they can handle themselves in the BIG 12. Great defense tonight. However, before a team can win, they MUST FIRST LEARN HOW NOT TO LOSE (Mick Cronin). I think that is where UC is now in the BIG 12. They need to learn how NOT to lose these close games. The good thing is, UC will get plenty more opportunities to get those NCAA tournament types of wins. In my mind, they MUST find a way to WIN AT HOME. UC let a win get away at home with Texas. Let's see if they truly have learned anything when they play TCU at home next.

[longtimefan]

1. We win that game with Aziz.
2. Dan Skillings played within himself tonight, and it seems he’s growing into the role before our eyes.
3. There are no easy games, look at UCF and WVU today. We have to hold serve at home.
4. I’m ready to lose my voice screaming Tuesday night, of course I always do.

[bearcatbret]

Our future opponents will probably scout the team and realize that they need to shut down Vic. Each game going forward is going to be tougher and our better players will be the focus of the other team. We will think that they had bad games but in reality, the other team focused on shutting them down.

[Oldtimer_UC_fan]

Vik had one rebound. Simas was horrible defensively and rebounding. If he’s not making shots he can’t be in the game. Makes me wonder if Rayvon couldn’t help this team.

A little late for that now with Rayvon. Vic had a bad game, but all in all he's probably our best player offensively.

[bearcatbret]

The summary: Bearcats' Rally Falls Short at No. 14 Baylor - University of Cincinnati Athletics (gobearcats.com)

[Corporateballa]

Vik had one rebound. Simas was horrible defensively and rebounding. If he’s not making shots he can’t be in the game. Makes me wonder if Rayvon couldn’t help this team.