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Do the Bobcats have a chance at making the Tourney? If they win out they will be 21-9, is that good enough for an at large bid? What if they do well in the Mac Touney but lose and Kent wins the Touney will that help our chances?
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Absolutely not. We've got to win the conference tournament to get in...we had our chances. The only 9 and 10-loss teams that truly deserve to get into the dance our teams that play deep, solid conference schedules day in and day out (the ACC, Big East, Pac 10).
But, with Kent State as an almost in for an at-large bid (they're ranked 23rd right now in the AP), we have a great shot at winning the MAC tournament. Maybe being ranked and having an at-large would take some fight out of the Golden Flashes come MAC Tournament time...highly doubtful. They looked awesome against St. Mary's on Saturday night.
This could be the end of a really nice run for Leon Williams. He had some really great help, but, I have to say that we haven't been able to get it all done with Tim O'Shea. Getting to the big dance in 2004 was awesome (one of the highlights of my collegiate experience), but we've had teams since then that have had the same or even more talent than when we almost knocked off Florida in the NCAA tourney.
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I agree with Dukie...the Bobcats have got to win the MAC tourney to ensure their place in the Big Dance. Even if they win out the rest of the regular season, it is highly unlikely. Bottom line: win the rest, get a high seed in the MAC tourney, and go on a run. Kent State is tough, but OU has split the season series with them. Now's the time to get consistent though.
Go Bobcats!!!
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They've lost way too many close games this year (that usually reflects on coaching). Unfortunately, they lost 5 of their 9 games by three points or less. If we were a 4 loss team, you wouldn't even need to write this post...we'd be ranked in the top 20.
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Teams that lose to Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan and Toledo do NOT get considered for the NCAA, nor should they.
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Ohio is playing for an NIT at-large and seeding the MAC tournament. They are still barely alive for the MAC East title with Kent State going down at BGSU. Bobcats need to win out and have Kent State drop 2 more. Then hope Miami finishes above EMU.
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After tonight I retrack my statement above. That is terrible. Oh well at least I can say when I did attend OU I saw them knock off Pitt in football and make an amazing NCAA appearance in basketball. And got drunk 4 nights a week haha.
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I can vouche for and second everything that you just said "ohiobobcat".
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Not a chance in hell. Definitely agree with the other responses. The last 3 years of Bobcat bball have been an exercise in futility and frustration after the '05 season getting to the tourney and almost knocking off Florida. They are masters at:
Inconsistency--> translate, road losses to 7-16 teams, albeit, handing Maryland only their 4th non-conf. loss ever in their arena. Did we play them on a neutral site in Balimore? No. We beat them in College Park. Then, lost to Miami by 30 and BG on the road.
Playing down to the competition--> see also, losses to Temple, Holy Cross, BG, E. Michigan. I could have only mentioned E. Michigan. Ipsilanti, freakin' Michigan...we can't even outplay them.
Underperforming, ie, not playing to potential: see, all of the above.
I didn't think we'd win at Miami, cause we suck on the road, especially in the MAC against teams we should beat. We won't win the MAC tourney cause we can't consistently beat teams we should beat (which is every team in the MAC), and we won't play deep enough in the tourney, b/c we aren't playing like a team that wants to win at all, not like a team that wants an at-large (this is something you have to think about at the beginning of the season when you're a mid-major...every game is crucial), and not like a team that has any pride or cohesiveness.
End of story. Case closed. Our season will end as pedestrian as the last 3, and Leon Williams talent will be wasted at Ohio U.
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Not a chance in hell. Definitely agree with the other responses. The last 3 years of Bobcat bball have been an exercise in futility and frustration after the '05 season getting to the tourney and almost knocking off Florida. They are masters at:
Inconsistency--> translate, road losses to 7-16 teams, albeit, handing Maryland only their 4th non-conf. loss ever in their arena. Did we play them on a neutral site in Balimore? No. We beat them in College Park. Then, lost to Miami by 30 and BG on the road.
Playing down to the competition--> see also, losses to Temple, Holy Cross, BG, E. Michigan. I could have only mentioned E. Michigan. Ipsilanti, freakin' Michigan...we can't even outplay them.
Underperforming, ie, not playing to potential: see, all of the above.
I didn't think we'd win at Miami, cause we suck on the road, especially in the MAC against teams we should beat. We won't win the MAC tourney cause we can't consistently beat teams we should beat (which is every team in the MAC), and we won't play deep enough in the tourney, b/c we aren't playing like a team that wants to win at all, not like a team that wants an at-large (this is something you have to think about at the beginning of the season when you're a mid-major...every game is crucial), and not like a team that has any pride or cohesiveness.
End of story. Case closed. Our season will end as pedestrian as the last 3, and Leon Williams talent will be wasted at Ohio U.
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Oops, sorry for the double post. I thought I had lost the connection, so reloaded.
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I personally am not a fan of Ohio but as an unbiased fan, I think ya'll deserve to be in.
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Guess we don't have to worry about getting any sort of at large bid. We need to make a run in the tourney and win the whole thing. Which in my opinion will be very difficult since we are 2 - 4 vs. Kent St., Akron and Miami.
Has O'Shea's time with Ohio come and gone??????
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Allowing 60% FG to Akron on our home court= NO heart. No will.
I have been a big supporter of O'Shea, but I'm starting to wonder...
Why the inconsistency? Is it the players? Are they just immature and themselves inconsistent? Is it the prep? Gameplan? The transfers leading to lack of cohesiveness? Does O'Shea have anything to do with the fact we don't play to our talent level, or is it just the damned players and it's just frustrating to watch?
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In my opinion, It HAS to be O'Shea. This and previous teams have always been inconsistent. The team plays up and down to it's opponent which (to me at least) is all coaching. Being in FLA I don't always get a chance to watch the team but when I do, they seem to play with a lack of discipline. It almost seems as if it is "playground ball".
O'Shea, I appreciate taken us to the tournament and almost beating the Gators but it may be time for a change. We have MAC championship talent but always seem to let the Kent States, Akrons and Miamis be the true dominant teams in the league.
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They only have 1 chance of making the Big Dance, and that is to win the MAC Tournament outright. Kent is the only team that can make an at-large bid. It sucks that the MAC is the most underrated conference in the country, the conference that gets the least respect. Year in and year out, they have beaten quality teams in the regular season. And some of them look better than the 6th or 7th teams that the major conferences get in on name alone.
Unfortunately, I went to OU in the down years. Post-Jamerson and pre-Trent. But the teams then weren't bad, and neither is this team. If they don't make the Dance, I can see them making a run in the Nobody's Interested T'ment.
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I don't even think they'll make the NIT. If memory serves, the NIT takes the division winners if they're avail. (ie, don't get the auto-bid). Last year, they took Akron and Toledo, even though we were better than Toledo in RPI, SOS, and standings in the MAC. Toledo won the west and so they went. I don't think the NIT's in the cards based on their protocol for invitations. Which is another spit in the face.
I agree, the MAC is a two-bid conf. year in & out, but never gets respect. It's frustrating. No doubt last year, Akron should have gone to the NCAA's, but instead only Miami was there on a freak D-inspired win in the MAC final. Not to mention recent runs in the tourney be KSU and Miami. Sucks when you have a MAC team go to the Elite 8 and then the very next year, we're back to square one, getting one bid.
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