Cincinnati Postgame Discussion

It was hard for St. John’s fans watching Lance pick his school late – after obviously spurning St. John’s and waiting for some other school, perhaps Kansas, to pick up his commitment. And then, it’s not like he picked some good looking school with a track record – he picked Cincinnati. That’s the equivalent of having a girl you’ve been pining for pick some funny-looking milquetoast douchebag whose jokes are painfully unfunny, who people tolerate more than like, a cloying mediocrity…

Which begs the self-searching question, “what’s wrong with me?” Especially after Lance states in an interview with SNY’s Adam Zagoria,

    “I felt Cincinnati was more of a family and I felt Mick could help me be a better play[er] and I felt he was a better coach.”

Ouch. Harsh words from a guy who spent a good chunk of time with the St. John’s players in pick up games.

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Score predictions?

UC -  78
StJ -  70

Cinci 80. sju 68.

cinci 40 rebounds. sju 22.

Lance chose to go to Cinci for the great Ohio education.
Who can blame him?

Us 68
Them 65

Cincy 72
St. John's 65

Lance scores 18 and has 5 assists.

One of Justin Burrell and Sean Evans feels slighted after the game, as do their supporters.

D-buckets and JB2 -                                   69
Highly regarded recruits that go elsewhere -  65

With a home game against Depaul to follow.  This is probably our last chance to make it a season.  Can't we just extend this thing a little bit longer before all hope is lost?

Let's pretend like our backs are up against the wall and come out playing like rabid dogs.  Oh yeah, it's not pretending.

The Friar game was a HUGE game and we played like it was an exhibition against Marathon Oil.  If we're going to go down.  Let's go down scratching and clawing.

we blow them out, norm and the team feel the heat and will go all out.

STJ 78
CINCY 63

Cincy 64
ST John's 58

we blow them out, norm and the team feel the heat and will go all out.

STJ 78
CINCY 63

78 points?

Jets 24
Cincy 14

Cincy 82
SJU 64

we blow them out, norm and the team feel the heat and will go all out.

STJ 78
CINCY 63

Rumor has it Buckeye is also predicting that Alabama is accepting a challenge from Ohio St. to play in Hawaii in February for the bragging rights BCS championship, and Ohio St. will win 24-7.

STJ 69
Cincy 68

Lance misses a possible buzzer beating runner in the lane.

SJU  68
Cinci 62

IMO.......stopping Yates (scoring and boards) will be the key to this one. Need a big effort from Burrel, Evans and a few good minutes from Coker. Agree with everyone who says that this is our last chance to keep the season going. Hope the guys realize it and play like it.

 I predict we will play decent for 25 minutes. Then not score for the next 10 while committing 8 turnovers.  And Lance will point to the Cincy on his chest no less than 10 times while leading his team to an eight point win.  Norm will leave the court with his head down, muttering to himself,  then proceed to give Cincy and Lance "alotta credit".

Oscar-  70
Mullin- 62

SJU  68
Cinci 62

IMO.......stopping Yates (scoring and boards) will be the key to this one. Need a big effort from Burrel, Evans and a few good minutes from Coker. Agree with everyone who says that this is our last chance to keep the season going. Hope the guys realize it and play like it.

What you like Burrell to do in 7 minutes

Cincy 71
Us     65

Lance will get booed.....wait, no....there will be more cincy fans at the garden than johnnies fans so they'll drown out our meager attempt at showing our displeasure.

Cincy 82
SJU 64

wow and you're usually the optimist.  i predict:

Cincy: 68
SJU: 59

but....LETS GO JOHNNIES!!

Who will be there tomorrow?  I'll be in the building likely wearing my JohnnyJungle shirt.

STJ 66 Cincy 63  Praying for a W.