DePaul 4/1 3:00 FS1

[Carthage World]

DePaul currently has 4 players in the transfer portal:

6'2 guard Jacob Meyers (from Cov Cath) - 8.2 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 19.4 mpg

6'8 forward JJ Traynor (ex-Louisville) - 5.6 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 17.5 mpg

6'0 guard Conor Enright - 7.5 ppg, 6.2 apg, 3.3 rpg, 30 mpg (out since early February with an injury)

6'2 guard David Thomas - 3.7 ppg, 1.5 apg, 1.3 ppg, 14.6 mpg

[leeraymond]

UC has a bad win-loss record against Chris Holtmann's teams. When Holtmann was at Butler, Cronin lost to him twice to him. Holtmann also beat UC again when he was at Ohio State. That is 0-3. Maybe this next game in the Crown will be UC's chance to get some payback. It would be nice if UC could win it all.

[GoBearcats31]

Cincinnati Bearcats basketball coach Wes Miller discusses Crown, postseason roster

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/spo...8007/?tbref=hp

Article with coverage from Wes' recent radio show:


Specifically, names weren't mentioned, but Miller expressed confidence on the radio with Dan Hoard and Terry Nelson and to The Enquirer afterward, he would have a representative roster.

"Our team will play," Miller said. "We'll get back together here this week. We gave the guys some time off after the conference tournament. We've spoken to the whole team as a staff. The guys I've interacted personally with are excited to play."

...

"Excited for the opportunity to play," Miller said. "Excited for the opportunity to compete even though (we're) very disappointed we're not playing in the NCAA Tournament. We get the opportunity to coach, we get the opportunity to practice, we get the opportunity to play. It may not be the circumstances we hoped for but we still get the opportunity to go participate on the basketball court. I'm grateful for that."

[leeraymond]

I think your question is legit one but it's probably better off in the Bracketology thread.

Oops! Okay, you are correct. Not sure what I was thinking. Thanks.

[GoBearcats31]

Only 13 days left until the game

[Carthage World]

I think it's important to remember that Jizzle's big performances in the NIT against Bradley and Indiana State last season (with Day Day out hurt) helped lay the foundation for him to take on a bigger role from the onset this season.

Maybe somebody like Reed, Betsey, or Rayvon decides to re-commit to the team over the coming weeks and performs to a higher standard in Vegas.

[John P]

I'm going to watch.

[Cliftonite]

Who would watch this? You gotta be really bored/have nothing going on. Good lord greed is taking over everything.

[bearcatbret]

Just UC's announcement:
Men's Basketball Set for DePaul in Inaugural College Basketball Crown - University of Cincinnati Athletics

[Lobot]

Two questions: 1) Why was West Virginia left out of the NCAAs and the NIT (Also, did WV decide not to accept an offer to play in the Crown? WV has about 5 Q1 wins (more than UNC and Xavier combined and these schools made the NCAA Tourney)); 2) Because the Crown Tournament starting time frame is between the Elite 8 and the Final 4, will anyone other than the fans of the schools involved really care enough to watch the Crown games? Also, the NIT will be going on as well at the same time.

I do not know about you, but I am going to watch every game that I can regardless of the tournament. I love this time of the year.

I think your question is legit one but it's probably better off in the Bracketology thread.

[leeraymond]

Two questions: 1) Why was West Virginia left out of the NCAAs and the NIT (Also, did WV decide not to accept an offer to play in the Crown? WV has about 5 Q1 wins (more than UNC and Xavier combined and these schools made the NCAA Tourney)); 2) Because the Crown Tournament starting time frame is between the Elite 8 and the Final 4, will anyone other than the fans of the schools involved really care enough to watch the Crown games? Also, the NIT will be going on as well at the same time.

I do not know about you, but I am going to watch every game that I can regardless of the tournament. I love this time of the year.

[Lobot]

For those of who don't know, is the Crown Tournament the old NIT?

Nope. the NIT is still there and a separate tournament. The CBC is a made for TV event full of FOX media property schools. It's basically gutted the NIT of big Power conference schools from the look of it. To be honest it looks like a better deal for schools and the players. Everyone's getting paid here as opposed to the NIT or CBI which requires a dept. to spend money hosting

https://collegebasketballcrown.com/

[bearcatbret]

The Crown is a new tournament sponsored by Fox Sports. The crown also pays players. It was set up to guarantee teams from the Big 12, Big 10 and Big East conferences.
College Basketball Crown 2025: Schedule, bracket, what to know
2025 College Basketball Crown Schedule, Bracket, Teams | Fox News

[westside bearcat]

For those of who don't know, is the Crown Tournament the old NIT?

[Carthage World]

Here are the NET rankings of the participating teams:

#44 Boise State (Mountain West)
#50 Cincinnati (Big 12)
#55 Villanova (Big East)
#59 Nebraska (Big Ten)
#70 USC (Big Ten)
#71 UCF (Big 12)
#73 Utah (Big 12)
#74 Arizona St (Big 12)
#83 Butler (Big East)
#85 Oregon State (WCC)
#86 Colorado (Big 12)
#88 Georgetown (Big East)
#112 Washington St (WCC)
#119 DePaul (Big East)
#124 George Washington (A-10)
#145 Tulane (AAC)

Teams by Conference:

Big 12 - 5
Big East - 4
Big Ten - 2
WCC - 2
A-10 - 1
AAC - 1
MW - 1

Notable non-participants:

Ohio State - NET #41
West Virginia - NET #51
Northwestern - NET #53
Indiana - NET #54
Pittsburgh - NET #61
Iowa - NET #63
Penn St - NET #66
Wake Forest - NET #69
Kansas St - NET #75
Rutgers - NET #77
TCU - NET #78