Minnesota 11/9 7:00 ESPN+

[leo from jersey]

I will admit pretty bad choke job and I saw two cats laughing at the end.

[BearKatz]

It's hard to swallow that we actually lost this game

[leo from jersey]

We have said all along -- weak on the inside, but we thought we had free throw shooters.

[BearKatz]

Coach Calhoun seemed pretty timid to me in the last 2 minutes of this game. I didn't see much fire or tenacity from him trying to fire up the players. I don't really see any Huggins or Mick for that matter in this Coach!

[BearKatz]

I was just expecting to see a tougher brand basketball with a more hard-nosed tough coach like Huggins and Mick. I felt like he kind of just sat on his hands watching the game slip away Ala CWM!

[leo from jersey]

on to Dayton

[Gmann]

Totally embarrassing. I thought Wes Miller left town. Apparently not.
No energy, no poise and no toughness.

[BearKatz]

Can't say I'm looking forward to the Dayton game.

[bearcatbret]

One thing that we learned tonight as well as all of our future opponents, is that they cannot play against a zone.

[Gmann]

Where's all these great 3 PT and FT shooters we're supposed to have?

[BearKatz]

I'll be curious to hear Calhoun's comments after the game.

[longtimefan]

I was just expecting to see a tougher brand basketball with a more hard-nosed tough coach like Huggins and Mick. I felt like he kind of just sat on his hands watching the game slip away Ala CWM!

Funny you mention Mick, tonight this team, for me, brought to mind those early Cronin teams, teams that routinely lost to good competition by 30 or more. All I know is there was more energy in the stands than the Bearcats put on the floor, and that includes the coaching staff. By the way, I’d gladly take Dan Skillings or even early Jizzle over what we saw tonight.

[Oldtimer_UC_fan]

I just wonder what everyone expects? A national championship? Winning the Big 12? Maybe being ranked in the top 10? Easy to forget we have zero returning players. I suppose we expected that we would rake in all of the best portal players. I suppose they were standing in line to sign LOI's? I'm also sure that we had unlimited NIL money to spend. So, we lose a game by 2 points to a Big 10 team....on a buzzer beater 3 pointer. Let's all jump off the bandwagon.

[longtimefan]

I didn’t jump off, even at 3-25 under Tony Yates. I’m just saying what I saw tonight is not UC basketball. There is still time though, but in March the selection committee will only see a home loss.

[BearKatz]

Nobody is jumping off the bandwagon at least not in this forum group. I just expected more from the coach to put the brakes on and not let the game slip away!