2024 Big XII Tournament

[GoBearcats31]

Any audio highlight by Dan Hoard available?

Here you go https://x.com/dan_hoard/status/17676...429-7Zsp1zj4Tg

[Oldtimer_UC_fan]

Kansas in KC is still going to be a fight tomorrow. I don't care how many guys they have out.

What time is the game?

[Lobot]

What time is the game?

9:30 if it starts on time

[bearcatbret]

Some news: Cincinnati Rallies To Beat West Virginia in Big 12 Tournament (heartlandcollegesports.com)
Lukosius, Thomas Combine for 60 in Big 12 Tourney Win - University of Cincinnati Athletics (gobearcats.com)

[GoBearcats31]

UC favored by 2.5 points versus Kansas

[Carthage World]

We opened as 1.5-point favorites for tonight's game and the spread has already moved to 2.5.

With Dickinson and McCullar out, that's 40% of the 74 points from our first match-up that Kansas will have to account for elsewhere.

In their place, we'll see some combination of their two true freshman combo guards in 6'4 Elmarko Jackson (4.1 ppg, 18.6 mpg) and 6'3 Jamari McDowell (1.7 ppg, 6.8 mpg) along with their two grad transfers in 6'8 Parker Braun (2.2 ppg, 7.7 mpg) an 6'4 Nicolas Timberlake (4.6 ppg, 14.1 mpg) who came from Santa Clara and Towson just to hold the roster together for this season.

Furphy killed us to the tune of 23 and 11 on 7/8 shooting in Lawrence, but with Newman on him this game, I suspect he'll be far less efficient.

[bearcatbret]

Kansas game preview ($) Big 12 Tournament Preview: Kansas (247sports.com)
If you scroll down, you can read the entire WVU game summary.

[leo from jersey]

One more word about the WVU game. The announcers said someone was the leader besides SL. It was a tourney game, and some guys just didn't perform. SL was cool and showed leadership that was badly needed. Hopefully the nerves are settled down now and all will play well under pressure. I give love to Aziz and Reynolds. They beat up WVU so bad that the bigs lost it with technicals and then quit. Well done. Aziz was all over the place in the first half. I really enjoyed watching him. Reynolds had that power put back and I saw disgust in the eyes of the WVU player. Well done.

[GoBearcats31]

I suspect John Newman will come ready to play tonight, unless there was something nagging him that contributed to his struggles yesterday

[Lobot]

It's almost like ESPN doesn't know what to expect and did their prediction from previous stats without taking into account the absence of Dickinson and McCullar.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401625439/cincinnati-kansas

[GoBearcats31]

Simas Lukosius in the post season/conference tournaments:

3/9/22 versus Xavier -- 27 points (4/8 from 3; 11/13 FT), 7 rebounds, 2 assists (Butler)
3/10/22 versus Providence - 4 points (0/7 from 3; 2/2 FT), 6 rebounds, 2 assists (Butler)
3/8/23 versus St. John's - 23 points (4/9 from 3; 3/3 FT), 4 rebounds, 3 assists (Butler)
3/12/24 versus West Va. - 31 points (7/12 from 3; 8/8 FT), 2 rebounds, 4 assists (Cincinnati)
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21.3 points, 41.7% from three, 92.3% FT -- quite impressive considering he went for 4 points on 1/11 from the floor in one of those four games

[GoBearcats31]

So what is the over / under on how many hours goes by before the announcement of his termination is made public. My guess is before the 11:00 o'clock news.

WVU is open https://wvusports.com/news/2024/3/13...all-coach.aspx

[Rufus]

A little over 12 hours after the game. At least they allowed Eilert to go home and try to sleep.

[swilsonsp4]

I suspect John Newman will come ready to play tonight, unless there was something nagging him that contributed to his struggles yesterday

For some reason, JN3 seemed sluggish; a step slower than usual. Hopefully, he'll come out supercharged.

[GoBearcats31]

Kansas' projected starters:

KJ Adams Jr. - 6'7 junior averaging 12.1/4.5/3.1 (scored 11 versus UC)
Johnny Furphy - 6'9 freshman averaging 9.0/4.6/1.0 (scored 23 versus UC)
Dajuan Harris Jr. - 6'2 junior averaging 8.3/1.8/6.4 (scored 8 versus UC)
Nick Timberlake - 6'4 super senior averaging 4.6/1.7/0.5 (scored 0 versus UC)
Elmarko Jackson - 6'3 freshman averaging 4.1/1.1/1.7 (scored 2 versus UC)

Adams, Furphy, Harris and Jackson are all former 4-star recruits. Timberlake was one of the top available shooters in the portal this past spring but has not panned out - which means he is due, right?