Texas Christian 1/16 7:00 ESPN+

[Btown Bearcat]

My apologies to CWM and DayDay. Coach Miller stuck with the JUCO transfer, even when he was being outplayed by a freshman. Hopefully it pays dividends the rest of the way.

It did tonight anyways. Gonna be interesting to see how miller handles it going forward.

[djs]

1961 - beat no. 1 osu in national championship game.

[red_n_black_attack]

No one that I would put a bet down on to win the game! Here we go with DayDay

John Newmann with ice in his veins. Both free throws were money.

[GoBearcats31]

John Newmann with ice in his veins. Both free throws were money.

Good redemption after missing a FT at the end versus Texas


Here is Newman in OT

4:44 defensive rebound
4:30 made three pointer
3:24 made layup
2:38 steal
2:02 foul (led to two made FTs)
1:22 steal
1:18 made two free throws

5 mins - 7 points (2/2 FT, 1/1 three), 1 rebound, two steals


In 2021-22, Newman had double figures 9 times, with a season-high 14 in a blowout loss at Xavier
In 2023-24, Newman has had double figures 8 times with two months to go -- including 20 versus TCU and 18 at Xavier

[longtimefan]

Jeff Borzello tweeted last night that, per @ESPNStatsInfo, UC has won 12 straight OT games versus ranked opponents--the longest streak in AP poll history by a wide margin--dating back to 1994.

First off, great stat.

Second off, any ideas? UC beat Memphis on Senior Day in OT and they were likely ranked, just remembered UC beating Marquette in OT in maybe Sean Kilpatrick's senior season (possibly ranked as well). Who else has UC beaten in overtime in the last 30 years (that was ranked)?


UPDATE -- cannot confirm these are AP rankings, but here is what I could find from the last 20 years on ESPN.com, meaning the other games were from Huggins-led teams:

2023-2024 #19 TCU
2016-2017 at #19 Iowa State
2014-2015 #19 San Diego State
2012-2013 #25 Marquette
2011-2012 #13 Georgetown (2OT – Big East Tournament)
2003-2004 #10 Louisville

I know we lost OT games in 1993 against North Carolina in the Elite 8, and in 2001 against UCLA in the second round (the game where Leonard Stokes was tackled at the end of regulation with no foul call, when he scored 39 in that game). Maybe Borzello means regular season games?

[GoBearcats31]

I know we lost OT games in 1993 against North Carolina in the Elite 8, and in 2001 against UCLA in the second round (the game where Leonard Stokes was tackled at the end of regulation with no foul call, when he scored 39 in that game). Maybe Borzello means regular season games?

The stat was dating back to 1994, so the 1993 game would not count

And UCLA was an 8/9 seed, so they would probably not have been ranked ... but very possible NCAA games would not count either way (also, remember the epic finish in 2015 to beat Purdue in OT with Caupain's game-tying two?)

[GoBearcats31]

Dan Hoard posted some radio calls https://twitter.com/Dan_Hoard/status...39454896975900

[GoBearcats31]

Jeff Borzello tweeted last night that, per @ESPNStatsInfo, UC has won 12 straight OT games versus ranked opponents--the longest streak in AP poll history by a wide margin--dating back to 1994.

Here is the list from a review of the UC record book:

1994 at #22 Marquette
1994 at #12 Minnesota -- UC was ranked 17th
1996 #21 Marquette (CUSA Tournament) -- UC was ranked 8th
1998 at #17 Minnesota -- UC was ranked 4th
2000 #17 Alabama (neutral) -- UC was ranked 22nd
2001 #8 Wake Forest
2004 #10 Louisville -- UC was ranked 17th
2012 #13 Georgetown (Big East Tournament)
2013 #25 Marquette
2014 #18 San Diego State
2016 at #19 Iowa State
2024 #19 TCU

[Carthage World]

Day Day's go-ahead 3-point shot with 45 seconds left in the 2nd half was his first made 3 since the 19:02 mark of the 2nd half against Evansville.

[longtimefan]

The stat was dating back to 1994, so the 1993 game would not count

And UCLA was an 8/9 seed, so they would probably not have been ranked ... but very possible NCAA games would not count either way (also, remember the epic finish in 2015 to beat Purdue in OT with Caupain's game-tying two?)

Yeah, the ball hung on the rim for about 40 seconds before it fell through.

[bearcated]

I suspect this will be a season long clinic in ugly basketball. The talent is sufficient. No superstars. Skillings is unorthodox, but he plays his a$$ off and it kinda sets a tone.

I admit I have not been a super big Wes Miller fan. But, I have to admit he has these guys playing HARD. I've walked out of the past two home games feeling like they left it ALL out there on the floor.

So congratulations to Coach. Keep up the effort. More good things can still happen. I think we are going to be on a wild ride.

[D.A.H.]

i've been happily surprised by skilling's rebounding - i sometimes think his shot selection is suspect, but he does go hard

[GoBearcats31]

Been a while since I have looked through the stats:

Minutes
- 28.2 Newman
- 26.4 Lakhin
- 25.8 Lukosius (15/17 games)
- 24.9 Thomas
- 24.4 Fredrick (11/17 games ) and Skillings

Points
- 13.5 Lakhin
- 11.8 Skillings
- 11.2 Thomas
- 9.2 Newman
- 8.9 Lukosius

Rebounds
- 8.4 Bandaogo (9/17 games)
- 7.5 Lakhin
- 6.2 Skillings
- 5.4 Newman
- 4.3 Reynolds (8/17 games)

Assists
- 3.3 Lukosius
- 3.1 Thomas
- 2.3 Lakhin
- 2.3 James
- 1.8 Newman

Turnovers
- 1.9 Lukosius
- 1.9 Thomas
- 1.5 Lakhin
- 1.4 Newman
- 1.3 Reynolds

FT%
- 81.3% Lukosius
- 80.4% Thomas
- 78.7% James
- 71.1% Newman
- 70.0% Fredrick

3P% (excluding non-Lakhin bigs who have few attempts)
- 44.% Fredrick
- 40.9% Reed
- 36.6% Lukosius
- 36.1% Newman
- 34.1% Lakhin

[GoBearcats31]

They did it! Full game highlights (4:51) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNF7cfoEP0o

[Lobot]

On those stats, something that pops out to me is the assist to turnover ratio for Thomas. Thomas is about 3:2 but James isn't in the top 5 in T/Os. Hard to tell how that relates because James plays less minutes. It looks bad on paper to have your lead PG leading the team in turnovers per game even if he does handle the ball more.