i'm off today and have been drinking my morning coffee trying to find a worthwhile play today but not seeing much i like a lot. yale looks inviting, but six is about my limit and i'm going to take a chance that it may go down just a bit. rider - maybe - but can't say i'd be stunned by a manhatan win.
i never have much luck laying the heavy chalk but i may take a spin with the bearcats tonight. this week huggins had the team strength coach bring pads and a half dozen football players to practice for some half court in-your-face defensive and rebounding drllls and scrimmage. seems the bearcats had been outrebounded in three of their last four games and coach was worried about his team getting soft prior to tournament time, so the pads came out for the first time since the beginning of the season. it didn't matter that cincy had only been outboarded by two or three or that the bearcats had outrebounded 16 of 21 opponents prior to those four games. it mattered that it culminated in cincy's "off" 14 point win at home vs st louis, so huggins' team got to bang this week.
with gale catlett's resignation at w va this week, huggins' name is being tossed around in the press as a possible successor given his mountaineer roots. both sides are being tightlipped, but huggins agent admitted his client would listen to any offer made by w va, and his contract permits defection to the mountaneers. the ties would have to be strong for huggins to leave a national powerhouse to take a pay cut and take over a w va team in complete disarray. but i digress.
so miss is 1-9 on the road, 0-6 in conference, 2-6-1 at. even coach green ackowledges that winning is not a viable option in this game, only attempting to be competitive. besides the st louis game, cincy's home wins have been over ecu by 27. over louisville by 27, over uncc by 13, over depaul by 17. other home wins include over miss st by 34, over richmond by 31, over dayton by 22 and over perdue by 17. team stats suggest that so miss wil be hard pressed to break sixty in this game, and similarly challenged to hold cincy under eighty. i expect the bearcats to hit the boards hard and run off the missed shot. as so miss will be unlikely to reach their 38% road shooting average, bearcats should get plenty of opportunities to do just that. i'll probably give cincy a go at -23- or so.
so miss backers, tell me now or forever hold your peace.
i never have much luck laying the heavy chalk but i may take a spin with the bearcats tonight. this week huggins had the team strength coach bring pads and a half dozen football players to practice for some half court in-your-face defensive and rebounding drllls and scrimmage. seems the bearcats had been outrebounded in three of their last four games and coach was worried about his team getting soft prior to tournament time, so the pads came out for the first time since the beginning of the season. it didn't matter that cincy had only been outboarded by two or three or that the bearcats had outrebounded 16 of 21 opponents prior to those four games. it mattered that it culminated in cincy's "off" 14 point win at home vs st louis, so huggins' team got to bang this week.
with gale catlett's resignation at w va this week, huggins' name is being tossed around in the press as a possible successor given his mountaineer roots. both sides are being tightlipped, but huggins agent admitted his client would listen to any offer made by w va, and his contract permits defection to the mountaneers. the ties would have to be strong for huggins to leave a national powerhouse to take a pay cut and take over a w va team in complete disarray. but i digress.
so miss is 1-9 on the road, 0-6 in conference, 2-6-1 at. even coach green ackowledges that winning is not a viable option in this game, only attempting to be competitive. besides the st louis game, cincy's home wins have been over ecu by 27. over louisville by 27, over uncc by 13, over depaul by 17. other home wins include over miss st by 34, over richmond by 31, over dayton by 22 and over perdue by 17. team stats suggest that so miss wil be hard pressed to break sixty in this game, and similarly challenged to hold cincy under eighty. i expect the bearcats to hit the boards hard and run off the missed shot. as so miss will be unlikely to reach their 38% road shooting average, bearcats should get plenty of opportunities to do just that. i'll probably give cincy a go at -23- or so.
so miss backers, tell me now or forever hold your peace.
