My beloved Cincinnati Bearcats, who's season was believed to be over, will be going dancing. Sure, it's not the NCAA, or even the NIT, but to make the CBI is an excellent step for a team that came from one scholarship player two years ago. Many have dismissed the CBI as a meaningless tournament, but for a group of seniors, that will likely never play big time basketball again, this will be an experience they will never forget.
Let's consider the circumstances. UC came into this year with very low expectations. They had five seniors, but not a single third year, scholarship player. Their best player was a freshman last year, with very little Big East experience. Adam H. hadn't played a single minute of division one basketball in his life, even though he was classified as a senior, but he still managed to stop several Big East centers.
While this team's accomplishments this year won't go down in the books as legendary, the job that Mick Cronin has done with this program is one of the one of the greatest of all time. To come from nothing, in the hardest conference in America, to a team on the verge of contention in just two years is marvelous. Congrats to the Cincinnati Bearcats!
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Nice blog, goreds. I admire your enthusiasm for your team--but come on...did we really need another postseason basketball tourney. NO! The NIT is already dredging the bottom of sunken ships for teams and now we add another 16. The CBI is a joke and there is no way this lasts beyond this year. Of course, I could be wrong....
No, we don't need another postseason team, but I'd rather watch UC in the CBI, than not at all.
Thanks for the compliments.
I LOVE THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI. EVEN THOUGH THEY COULDN'T WIN A GAME CHEATING. GO PLAY FIRST BASE.
LOVE,
NATHAN
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