A Post-Deadline Look at the Big East: Cincinnati Bearcats
by hoyasincebirth on May 10, 2011 10:08 AM EDT
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PrintNow that the Early Entry Withdraw Deadline has passed, we have a pretty good sense of how the rosters for all the Big East teams will look next year. So over the next two weeks I will be doing a post on each of the Big East teams and breakdown who they lose, who they return, what recruits they're bringing in, and some reasonable expectations for next year.
First up the Cincinnati Bearcats.
Cincinnati was one of the surprise teams last year. They finished 7th in the Big East, their highest finish ever and advanced to the second (third) round of the NCAA tournament where they lost to UConn. A deep senior laden team that depended on their defense to win basketball games.
Key Loses:
Graduating: Rashad Bishop (8.4pts, 3.5rbds), Larry Davis (4.5pts, 1.0 rbds), Anthony McClain (1.6pts, 1.7rbds), Ibrahima Thomas (5.7pts, 5.3rbds), Darnell Wilks (3.6pts, 2.6rbds)
Early Entry: None
Transfering: None
Key Returns:
Seniors: Yancy Gates (11.9pts 6.9rbds), Dion Dixon (11.6pts, 1.9 Asts)
Juniors: Cashmere Wright (8.9pts, 3.9asts) Jaquon Parker (1.5pts 1.7rbds)
Sophomores: Sean Kilpatrick (9.7pts 3.2rbds), Justin Jackson (2.5pts, 2.5rbds)
Incoming Recruits:
Shaquille Thomas 6'6" SF #81 Rivals #78 Scout
Jermaine Sanders 6'4" SF #131 Rivals NR Scout
Octavius Ellis 6'8" PF Not Ranked
Cheikh Mbodj 6'10" PF Junior college Transfer
Jeremiah Davis 6'2" SG Not Ranked
Ge'Lawn Guyn 6'3" SG Not Ranked
Cincinnati loses a lot of their depth that made them an effective defensive force. They also lose their best defender in Rashad Bishop. However, they do return their top 4 scorers and lead rebounder. Cincinnati returns 66.8% of their scoring and 59.3% of their rebounding. They bring in a 6 person recruiting class to replace all the departures. The only two of note though are Shaw Thomas and Jermaine Sanders. Thomas is an athletic versatile tweener who will need to add strength to compete in the Big East. Sanders is a 3-point shooter and an aggressive scorer who lacks ball handling skills and a defensive presence. Cincinnati should be competing for the middle tier of the Big East again this season. The main question mark is will they be able to replicate their defensive prowess with all the departures. They made a massive leap in defensive efficiency last year from 59th to 18th. If they can keep that up they will stay around the level they were last season. If the change over results in a break down of the defense they could drop off.
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anthony mcclain
wow. i remember when he was supposed to be the next sweetney. glad gtown “missed out” on that one
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
we lost twice to a team from CUSA?
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on May 10, 2011 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
sad times indeed
smh! Will the revenge tour 2011 take affect from this years Hoyas?
To be continued…
Fifteen opponents = three weeks of these?
If Taco Bell ever dared used this much filler, even they wouldn’t call it meat.
beggars can't be choosers?
NBA Draft isn’t till June
Kenner isn’t usually till July
China trip isn’t till August
In the meantime we make do and document our lunches.
by hoyasincebirth on May 10, 2011 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Think of it this way
HSB is providing us with a pleasant light read to occupy our time before the impending May 21st Apocalypse
what happens
On may 21?
Isn’t that the day after I win more cash at the Preakness?
by iheartgregmonroe on May 10, 2011 12:57 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
according to familyradio.com, the world will end on May 21st because
In biblical numerology, the number five equals “atonement”, the number ten equals “completeness”, and the number seventeen equals “heaven”. Christ is said to have hung on the cross on April 1, 33 AD. The time between April 1, 33 AD and April 1, 2011 is 1,978 years. If 1,978 is multiplied by 365.2422 days (the number of days in a solar year, not to be confused with the lunar year), the result is 722,449. The time between April 1 and May 21 is 51 days. 51 added to 722,449 is 722,500.
(5 × 10 × 17)^2 or (atonement x completeness x heaven)^2 also equals 722,500!
Do you need any more proof than that?!? (Note: Obama’s birth certificate couldn’t possibly be saved as a PDF because Hawaii didn’t even have computers back then).
by HoyaSmacksYa on May 10, 2011 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
post had a good column
on an aethist who has a business offering to adopt the pets ($135 base fee plus $20 per pet) of to those who might be raptured on May 21st since their pets will be left behind.
Had something like 850 people sign up so far from the bible belt.
by bunk moreland on May 10, 2011 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Unless that equation can lead me to
winners in the preakness I’ve got no idea what it means.
How about that 3OT Thunder game last night?
by iheartgregmonroe on May 10, 2011 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll take this to mean
that you’re a staunch proponent of lunch documentation.
by J-Wall's Mom's Broom on May 10, 2011 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
speaking of filler
has anyone seen Fast and Furious Five? – its gotten good reviews but I have a hard time believing Vin Diesel is in anything good.
by bunk moreland on May 10, 2011 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Animal Kingdom, Nehro & MMM
clearly the best thing that has happened so far in 2011
#casualisthebest
by iheartgregmonroe on May 10, 2011 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Rock played D line for the hurricanes right?
multi-talented.
by bunk moreland on May 10, 2011 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
The Rock vs. Vin Diesel
I’m confused why you can’t believe that is worth watching.
by J-Wall's Mom's Broom on May 10, 2011 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
This one is more of a general action/heist flick
Than a straight car film.
Let's settle this with a poll.
Katz has them as a prospective #19
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=6513197
For whatever that’s worth.
I thought you were talking about us.
Thanks for getting my hopes up.
Cuse delenda est
ya we aren't even in his top 40.
Some Cock suckers from up north are 4th though. Whatever that means.
"That is crap. It is unfair."
by Iwillpaytheway!! on May 11, 2011 3:07 AM EDT up reply actions
when should i start sending
In my lunch documentations?
by iheartgregmonroe on May 10, 2011 12:58 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Just got done...
Watching The Hoyas beat Cuse in the Dome this year on Dvr…. Yeeeeeeeeeeee It was nice
#thatwasactuallyasentencenotahashtagwaitsoisthis
by J-Wall's Mom's Broom on May 10, 2011 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
#stopmakingmyeyesbleedwithhashtagsaslongasthisone
by thejerseytornado on May 10, 2011 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Right now “experts” have the top of the league looking like this:
1) Cuse 2) Uconn 3) Louisville a big gap then 4)Marquette 5) Pitt 6) Cinci
That’s basically where i currently place them saying they’d be middle of the pack and around the same level as last year which was 7th.
In my opinion the league is going to be wide open. I think I might like Louisville the best out of those teams, but none of them blow me away.
by hoyasincebirth on May 10, 2011 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Uconn
Is going to disappoint (If consensus is there top 2 in the BE)… Kemba was such a big factor the other guys were basically shooting open jumpers. Coombs was really good at the end of the season and probably there 3rd best scoring option. Both will be gone and I just don’t see them being able to score a bunch. There only recruit this year is Ryan Boatright
yeah he covered that
Kemba was such a big factor the other guys were basically shooting open jumpers. Coombs was really good at the end of the season and probably there 3rd best scoring option. Both will be gone…
"I don't know. I'm making this up as I go."
I see Cinci
as a team that will finish in the 2nd grouping of 4: 5-8.
They return 4 good players. But they lost all the depth that made them dangerous. Their strength was they threw 9 guys at you every game and often went 10-11 deep the next two guys in the rotation played over 20 games.
Cronin has never had a team that was even close to being as good defensively as last year team. I’m waiting to see if it was a fluke or if it’s something they can maintain. They’re not a potent offensive team. They need their defense to win games. When they lose their best individual defender and basically their entire second team it’s not impossible they take a step back instead of forward the way most are projecting.
What happened to the lunch blog?
I quit.
by Vee Sanford's Next-door Neighbor on May 10, 2011 9:51 PM EDT reply actions
I hated the lunch documentation so much
just gross close-ups of half-eaten food…
by TheDoctorIsIn on May 11, 2011 2:14 AM EDT up reply actions
I really hope that Yancy Gates
is able to finally put it all together in his 9th year of eligibility…
by PhillyPeetzWitRanch on May 11, 2011 7:09 AM EDT reply actions
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