Offseason Discussion and Predictions '24-25

[GoBearcats31]

Meet the Bearcats: Arrinten Page
https://x.com/GoBearcatsMBB/status/1815395709920616860

[sedz]

Another big change this year is that the NCAA is going to Wins Above Bubble (WAB) as a selection criteria. Torvik uses WAB to create his bracket, and his model was in the top 7% last year in terms of teams seeded correctly., outperforming all of the prominent bracketologists. Last year we ended the season at -1.4 WAB, meaning we'd have to flip two of our losses to wins to make the cut.

[sedz]

Analytics guru Bart Torvik updated his rankings and bumped up UC from 33 to 29. https://barttorvik.com/trank-time-ma...25&offseason=1

Speaking of analytics, where is sedz ?

Pursuing other interests in the offseason, haha.

I like to believe I played a part in Torvik's ranking update. A few months back I mentioned that Kansas had too high of a defensive rating after bringing in bad defenders in the portal. Torvik responded that a model using individual BPM is a lot of work, but he made it happen. It helped us out because Aziz and Dillon Mitchell have much better BPM than offensive ratings. Analytics keep getting better and better every year. Evan Miya and Bart Torvik are constantly evolving.

https://x.com/BrianSedz/status/1783975551616590232
https://x.com/totally_t_bomb/status/1809735932339449947

[bearcatbret]

Fun fact of Kyle Washington. He knew every college/university colors and mascots.

[Carthage World]

Meet the Bearcats: Dillon Mitchell

https://x.com/GoBearcatsMBB/status/1812851021678293227

Great energy. Reminds me a lot of Kyle Washington when he speaks. Sounds like he really found his groove here.

[GoBearcats31]

Meet the Bearcats: Dillon Mitchell

https://x.com/GoBearcatsMBB/status/1812851021678293227

Love that -- look forward to hearing more from him at many post-victory press conferences.

[Lobot]

Meet the Bearcats: Dillon Mitchell

https://x.com/GoBearcatsMBB/status/1812851021678293227

[GoBearcats31]

"Meet the Bearcats: Connor Hickman" (2+ minute interview with Connor)
https://x.com/GoBearcatsMBB/status/1810307017736638514

[GoBearcats31]

Analytics guru Bart Torvik updated his rankings and bumped up UC from 33 to 29. https://barttorvik.com/trank-time-ma...25&offseason=1

Speaking of analytics, where is sedz ?

[Boosilini]

The Monster Factory is open for business.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9Aok2_O..._web_copy_link

Lets get It!

[Lobot]

The Monster Factory is open for business.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9Aok2_O..._web_copy_link

[GoBearcats31]

Men's Basketball's Full 2024-25 Staff Unveiled

https://gobearcats.com/news/2024/7/3...-unveiled.aspx

COACHES:
Wes Miller, head coach
Chad Dollar, associate head coach
Andre Morgan, assistant coach/recruiting coordinator
Drew Adams, assistant coach/recruiting coordinator
Tim Buckley, assistant coach
Jaylen Stowe, Director of Player Development/assistant coach

SUPPORT STAFF:
Bob Mangine, Senior Associate AD/PT Residency Director
Mike Rehfeldt, Senior Associate AD/Sports Performance
Bill Comar, Chief of Staff
Omari Prince, video coordinator
Malik Massey, player development associate
Ken-Jah Bosley, graduate assistant
Drew Blair, graduate assistant

Bill Comar was announced recently as the Chief of Staff. Former grad assistants Omari Prince and Malik Massey were elevated into full-time roles, with Prince as the video coordinator and Massey working with Stowe as the player development associate.

Ashley Hecimovich has been named the Executive to the Head Coach. She was previously with the Cincinnati football program as its Director of On-Campus Recruiting. She arrived in Feb. 2022 to work under Luke Fickell. Hecimovich, who earned the One Team Employee award in Spring 2023 among the entire athletics department, previously worked in football recruiting at Western Michigan and Wake Forest.

Drew Blair and Ken-Jah Bosley are also first-year grad assistants. Blair averaged 19.4 ppg over his Minnesota-Duluth career, and Bosley just finished a pro career and assistant coaching stint at the University of the Cumberlands. One of his playing years at Kentucky Wesleyan came under Morgan.

[GoBearcats31]

Cincinnati men's basketball head coach Wes Miller has announced that veteran coach and administrator Bill Comar has been hired as the program's Chief of Staff. https://gobearcats.com/news/2024/6/2...-of-staff.aspx

[GoBearcats31]

Here is a 40-second video from yesterday's first practice/workout:
https://x.com/GoBearcatsMBB/status/1798014731158188487

[longtimefan]

Team should be on campus and summer workouts beginning today (I think)

Some pictures from today.
https://www.threads.net/@gobearcatsm...2qF_69fDP_PV_w