Sea Ray
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To quote Patriots coach Bill Belichick, "on to Cincinnati".
It sure would be a good tonic for this past game to grab a win at Cincinnati on Wednesday. I live in Cincy so allow me to give you a short back round on what's going on here. The Bearcats had a bad loss on Saturday to that great east coast power, Colgate. It was bad not so much because of the opponent but because of the way it went down. UC has a new coach this year and he's not getting along well with their star player, senior Jarron Cumberland. This was illuminated on Saturday when Cumberland had a huge brain fart at the end of the game. He lost his mind and threw up a half court prayer of a shot with 5 secs left to go in a tie game. He either lost track of the score, the time or both. Of course it came nowhere near the basket and his teammate fouled a Colgate player on the rebound...Colgate hits one of two FTs and wins the game by one. Here's social media reaction and a video of it:
Social media reactions: UC Bearcats lose to Colgate after nightmarish final five seconds
UC is 6-4 but that includes a loss to Bowling Green, OH and two OT victories vs mediocre competition. Coach Brannen's comment after the debacle on Sat was something to the effect of "I need to be better about putting the right guys on the floor in key situations" meaning that Cumberland may see some bench time on Wed. Don't confuse Jarron with his cousin Jaevin Cumberland who is a pretty good player in his own right.
The Vols do need to be on their game to win this. UC is a major college basketball program and they're desperate for a win. Having said all that, right now UC looks like an NIT team to me come this Spring. I'll be at the game with orange on!
It sure would be a good tonic for this past game to grab a win at Cincinnati on Wednesday. I live in Cincy so allow me to give you a short back round on what's going on here. The Bearcats had a bad loss on Saturday to that great east coast power, Colgate. It was bad not so much because of the opponent but because of the way it went down. UC has a new coach this year and he's not getting along well with their star player, senior Jarron Cumberland. This was illuminated on Saturday when Cumberland had a huge brain fart at the end of the game. He lost his mind and threw up a half court prayer of a shot with 5 secs left to go in a tie game. He either lost track of the score, the time or both. Of course it came nowhere near the basket and his teammate fouled a Colgate player on the rebound...Colgate hits one of two FTs and wins the game by one. Here's social media reaction and a video of it:
Social media reactions: UC Bearcats lose to Colgate after nightmarish final five seconds
UC is 6-4 but that includes a loss to Bowling Green, OH and two OT victories vs mediocre competition. Coach Brannen's comment after the debacle on Sat was something to the effect of "I need to be better about putting the right guys on the floor in key situations" meaning that Cumberland may see some bench time on Wed. Don't confuse Jarron with his cousin Jaevin Cumberland who is a pretty good player in his own right.
The Vols do need to be on their game to win this. UC is a major college basketball program and they're desperate for a win. Having said all that, right now UC looks like an NIT team to me come this Spring. I'll be at the game with orange on!
