I hate Mick Cronin and UC.

[Juice]

Hey UC fans, I remember my first Sweet 16

[bearcat29]

Congrats on beating Lehigh, just like Dayton, they're good! Out of curiosity, how many times has Xavier been #1 in the country, seeded #1 in the tournament, been to the final 4, national champs? Has your mid-major basketball team even been seeded #2? How's that final 5 banner doing? Your hatred for UC is comical. That Baylor game will be fun. Think UCLA from 4 years ago.

[MuskiePimp23]

Congrats on beating Lehigh, just like Dayton, they're good! Out of curiosity, how many times has Xavier been #1 in the country, seeded #1 in the tournament, been to the final 4, national champs? Has your mid-major basketball team even been seeded #2? How's that final 5 banner doing? Your hatred for UC is comical. That Baylor game will be fun. Think UCLA from 4 years ago.

Why don't you worry about Ohio State you douche. 76-53. Zip em' up. Enjoy your first Sweet 16 since 2001...This is our 5th in 9 years and 4th in the last 5 years tool.

[Cheesehead]

Why don't you worry about Ohio State you douche. 76-53. Zip em' up. Enjoy your first Sweet 16 since 2001...This is our 5th in 9 years and 4th in the last 5 years tool.

Ha, ha, !!!

Why would a UC fan come to a XU board after UC makes the sweet 16? Seriously, get a life.... and let's not forget the scoreboard of the Crosstown.

[bearcat29]

If you don't want UC fans on your board, don't post things about UC. Its a smack board, duh! So you've been to five sweet sixteens in ten years, how many final 4's? What do mid-majors Xavier, Butler, VCU and GMU have in common? Nothing, only 3 of the 4 have something in common.

You were given a gift this year. You beat a Notre Dame team in the final seconds that was blown out by UofL the week prior, then to top it off, you get a 15 seed. The gangstaz are for real.

What's XU's rank of most successful programs of all time? I know, you won by 23 this year. What was the score last year? What's the overall series record of the shootout?

[Dr. X]

If you don't want UC fans on your board, don't post things about UC. Its a smack board, duh! So you've been to five sweet sixteens in ten years, how many final 4's? What do mid-majors Xavier, Butler, VCU and GMU have in common? Nothing, only 3 of the 4 have something in common.

You were given a gift this year. You beat a Notre Dame team in the final seconds that was blown out by UofL the week prior, then to top it off, you get a 15 seed. The gangstaz are for real.

What's XU's rank of most successful programs of all time? I know, you won by 23 this year. What was the score last year? What's the overall series record of the shootout?

Does it hurt being this dumb?

[Xavier]

I really don't understand how a UC fan could talk trash this year. They turned out to be one of the easiest games on the schedule. Did UC get 23 points better in one season? No way

[Kahns Krazy]

If you don't want UC fans on your board, don't post things about UC. Its a smack board, duh! So you've been to five sweet sixteens in ten years, how many final 4's? What do mid-majors Xavier, Butler, VCU and GMU have in common? Nothing, only 3 of the 4 have something in common.

You were given a gift this year. You beat a Notre Dame team in the final seconds that was blown out by UofL the week prior, then to top it off, you get a 15 seed. The gangstaz are for real.

What's XU's rank of most successful programs of all time? I know, you won by 23 this year. What was the score last year? What's the overall series record of the shootout?

You're not around this board much, so I'll cut you a break. We have a rule about having any personally identifying information in your screen name, and putting your IQ in your name counts. Please have someone explain this to you and change your name at your earliest convenience.

[pickledpigsfeet]

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17gq1v1sjtm2sjpg/original.jpg?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

[LazelleDurden]

Hey UC fans, I remember my first Sweet 16

I remember UC's 11th

[boozehound]

Congrats on beating Lehigh, just like Dayton, they're good! Out of curiosity, how many times has Xavier been #1 in the country, seeded #1 in the tournament, been to the final 4, national champs? Has your mid-major basketball team even been seeded #2? How's that final 5 banner doing? Your hatred for UC is comical. That Baylor game will be fun. Think UCLA from 4 years ago.

Again, man. UC just makes their first Sweet 16 in over a decade and the first thing you do is run to the Xavier message board to see what we are saying about you? Crazy. I would never in a million years think to do that.

Regarding your list of accomplishments: your most recent Final 4 was in 1992. That is 20 years ago. It's not ancient history, but it's not recent either. Freshmen and Sophmores in college weren't even born when that happened.

Your national championships were 50 years ago. That is a long time. The game played back then is much different from the current game. Still an accomplishment and still an important part of your program's history, but not all that relevant to today. Do Michigan and Notre Dame fans have lifetime bragging rights over all other football programs because they won a bunch of championships back in the early 1900's? I would argue that they do not, and I am a Michigan fan.

Finally, I don't really care about being number 1 in the country... particularly when you were #2 in your own city.

[LadyMuskie]

Typical conversation after UC wins a game:

bearcat29: I wish I had friends so that I could talk to them about this win. Oh wait! I know! I'll run over to Xavier Hoops and try to get them to pay attention to me because negative attention is better than no attention. I'm like a toddler in that way. Hey, Mom! Wanna come watch me post on Xavier Hoops? Ha ha. These idiots don't understand why games played before I was born are so important. Ha ha ha ha.

Meanwhile, in a completely separate basement "apartment" in his mom's house our good friend Lazelledurden says:

I worship at the feet of the great Mick Cronin. I can't wait to run over to Xavier Hoops and remind them of how we won games back in the 60s. That'll show em. I kind of wish I had real friends I could see, but this will do for now. These Xavier fans are so pathetic. Ha ha. I'm a real man. I tell women to stick to the kitchen because I'm cool that way. I wonder why I don't have any girlfriends and the only woman who loves me is my mom? Hmmm . . . I'll work on that after I post on Xavier Hoops.

[chico]

Regarding your list of accomplishments: your most recent Final 4 was in 1992. That is 20 years ago. It's not ancient history, but it's not recent either. Freshmen and Sophmores in college weren't even born when that happened.


Cut the guy some slack. He's only so consumed about 1992 because it's the last time he got laid and hasn't been able to save enough money to pay her again.

[bjf123]

Sounds kind of like a UD fan, still living in the past. Unlike UD, at least UC has actually won games in the Big Dance. Did I see somewhere that the win over FSU was the first time UC ever beat a higher seed in the tourney?


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[DC Muskie]

Did someone just bring "How many times have you've been ranked #1 in the country?" to the smack board?

Let me know when recess is over and I might join in.

[Cheesehead]

If you don't want UC fans on your board, don't post things about UC. Its a smack board, duh! So you've been to five sweet sixteens in ten years, how many final 4's? What do mid-majors Xavier, Butler, VCU and GMU have in common? Nothing, only 3 of the 4 have something in common.

You were given a gift this year. You beat a Notre Dame team in the final seconds that was blown out by UofL the week prior, then to top it off, you get a 15 seed. The gangstaz are for real.

What's XU's rank of most successful programs of all time? I know, you won by 23 this year. What was the score last year? What's the overall series record of the shootout?

10 0f the last 15. Is it X's fault that Lehigh beat Duke?

I was a little league All-Star when I was 13. Glory Days......

[Xpectations]

If you don't want UC fans on your board, don't post things about UC. Its a smack board, duh! So you've been to five sweet sixteens in ten years, how many final 4's? What do mid-majors Xavier, Butler, VCU and GMU have in common? Nothing, only 3 of the 4 have something in common.

You were given a gift this year. You beat a Notre Dame team in the final seconds that was blown out by UofL the week prior, then to top it off, you get a 15 seed. The gangstaz are for real.

What's XU's rank of most successful programs of all time? I know, you won by 23 this year. What was the score last year? What's the overall series record of the shootout?

My Final Four Delusional Ramblings From UC Fans:

We've been in six Final Fours and won two National Championships - True, but I'm in my late 40s and I wasn't even born when UC made their first five trips to the Final Four and won both of their Championships. Hell, LaSalle won two National Championships too. Please tell me how relevant that is. I'd say if your last Championship can only be remembered by the grandparents and great grandparents of your recruits, it's relevance is all but zero. And when no one you're recruiting was even alive when you made your last Final Four apperance, its value is rapidly diminishing too. I told someone once that if Xavier had won two NCAA Championships prior to my birth, I'd gladly trade one of them in for an icy cold beer, and hand over the other one for a couple dozen hot wings.


XU always gets lucky calls in the Tourney, like they did against Notre Dame - First, both calls were legit. Second, even if neither call was made, Xavier still had the advantage. ND would still have had to make the second free throw to simply tie the game and Xavier would have still had 2.8 seconds to win it. Plus, XU clearly had the momentum at that point had the game gone to overtime. Both calls were correct. Neither were lucky. And regarding the "X gets lucky calls" chant, compare the correctness of both of those calls to Greg Oden shoving Justin Cage out of bounds with both hands without even making a play on the ball and not getting an intentional or flagrant foul.


XU was lucky to draw a high seed, Lehigh, to make this year's Sweet Sixteen - Want to talk about luck? How about not having to even play a better seed when UC went to the only Final Four anyone younger than 60 can remember. Want to know how many better seeded teams UC has beaten in the NCAA Tournament prior to Sunday night? Try zero.


The only reason XU passed UC in NCAA Tourney success recently is because Huggs left and Nancy Zimpher blew up the program - Ummm...not quite. In the 11 Matta-Miller-Mack seasons, Xavier has been to 5 Sweet Sixteens, 2 Elite Eights and won 15 NCAA Tournament games. In the final dozen years under Huggins (I added a season to cancel out the Hugg's final "lame duck" campaign) , UC went to 2 Sweet Sixteens (3 less than XU), 1 Elite Eight (half our total) and won 13 games (2 less than XU). And when Huggs left, you still had to go back 5 seasons for UC's last Sweet Sixteen appearance and 10 seasons back for their last Elite Eight appearance. XU's post-Prosser success comfortably exceeds what was clearly trending when Huggs was still coaching the Bearcats.

[Xavier]

Seriously, stop replying to these guys. Xavier beat UC so bad they want to stop the rivalry. Thats awesome.

[GoMuskies]

Did someone just bring "How many times have you've been ranked #1 in the country?" to the smack board?


Pretty weak, yeas, although I AM interested in knowing how many times they've been ranked #1 in the poll following a game against Xavier.

[Xpectations]

Seriously, stop replying to these guys. Xavier beat UC so bad they want to stop the rivalry. Thats awesome.

Lighten up, Francis.

[Masterofreality]

Loyola Chicago has won a National Championship more recently than SucKS. Yeah, the Loyola Ramblers who are barely Division 1 at this point. Kids who are now freshmen in college weren't even born yet when Thuggins faked his way to a Final 4 by never having to beat a higher seeded team since the bracket fell apart.

And Nineveh used to be the capital of the civilized world too.

Anyone else hear that the Borecat's win over Fla. St. was the very first time that SucKS had ever beaten a higher seeded team in the Tournament? Ha. For Xavier that is just routine.

[Masterofreality]

Oh and F the Borecat fans.

We beat somebody out of their Big Bad Big Least Conference to get to Lehigh. They conveniently forget that.

The tournament is the tournament. I don't hear anybody dissing Florida because they got to play a depleted Virginia team then a totally gassed out Norfolk State team.

Xavier won two tough games against good opponents and earned their way to Atlanta. Period.

F-em. Really. F-em!

[SM#24]

The A10's 10-6 3rd place team beat the BE's 13-5 3rd place team.
Also, Xavier had the same road to the Sweet 16 as any 2 seed.

[joebba]

The A10's 10-6 3rd place team beat the BE's 13-5 3rd place team.
Also, Xavier had the same road to the Sweet 16 as any 2 seed.

Exactly. ND fished higher than UC in their conference.

[RealDeal]

This was funny:

http://www.610wtvn.com/pages/pp_johncorby.html?article=9917414

[LazelleDurden]

Typical conversation after UC wins a game:

bearcat29: I wish I had friends so that I could talk to them about this win. Oh wait! I know! I'll run over to Xavier Hoops and try to get them to pay attention to me because negative attention is better than no attention. I'm like a toddler in that way. Hey, Mom! Wanna come watch me post on Xavier Hoops? Ha ha. These idiots don't understand why games played before I was born are so important. Ha ha ha ha.

Meanwhile, in a completely separate basement "apartment" in his mom's house our good friend Lazelledurden says:

I worship at the feet of the great Mick Cronin. I can't wait to run over to Xavier Hoops and remind them of how we won games back in the 60s. That'll show em. I kind of wish I had real friends I could see, but this will do for now. These Xavier fans are so pathetic. Ha ha. I'm a real man. I tell women to stick to the kitchen because I'm cool that way. I wonder why I don't have any girlfriends and the only woman who loves me is my mom? Hmmm . . . I'll work on that after I post on Xavier Hoops.

that's a lot of assumptions to make about people you don't know...and by the way I even went to XU

[GoMuskies]

I even went to XU

Sorry you flunked out.

[LadyMuskie]

and by the way I even went to XU

Sure you did. And by the way, I'm typing this from the surface of the moon.

[Kahns Krazy]

By the way I'm typing this in the middle of a 4-way with all of Hef's girlfriends from Girl Next Door.

[nuts4xu]

By the way I'm typing this in the middle of a 4-way with all of Hef's girlfriends from Girl Next Door.

Awesome. You are my hero!

[DC Muskie]

Anyone notice that Mick thinks a series with OSU is a good rivalry to have. Of course he wouldn't mind ending the Shootout.

What a guy. What a small, small guy.

[Masterofreality]

I guess that YTG thinks that getting his ass kicked by Oh-ho-ho State is more acceptable than getting his ass kicked by the school 3 miles away.

I'm sure that he would play the OSU game in the middle of a sandwich of games with Campbell College and Prarie View A&M.

[MuskiePimp23]

I guess that YTG thinks that getting his ass kicked by Oh-ho-ho State is more acceptable than getting his ass kicked by the school 3 miles away.

I'm sure that he would play the OSU game in the middle of a sandwich of games with Campbell College and Prarie View A&M.

Nobody gives a rats a$$ about OSU in Cincinnati unless you went to school there so the YTG does not like hearing that he can't beat Xavier. Like Byron Larkin said, the YTG does not want to keep playing Xavier because we keep kicking their a$$.

[Kahns Krazy]

In light of this week's developments, I feel it is appropriate to reaffirm my hatred for Mick Cronin and the entire UC basketball program, including the overwhelming majority of its fans.

[RealDeal]

Yeah, I'm sure there are lots of good, reasonable, smart uc fans in this town, I just haven't met any.

[boozehound]

I just want to say that I support forced sterilization of Mick Cronin.

[LadyMuskie]

Who would have enough bad taste and/or desperation to procreate with Mick Cronin? Yuck.

[Kahns Krazy]

Who would have enough bad taste and/or desperation to procreate with Mick Cronin? Yuck.

I think "Yuck" was the official grounds for divorce.

[Dr. X]

The more I think about it, the more I believe that Mick is the yellow dude from Sin City that Bruce Willis fights.

[joebba]

The more I think about it, the more I believe that Mick is the yellow dude from Sin City that Bruce Willis fights.

http://www.stallonezone.com/z091004yellow.jpg
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRmsqIeqbLYblH7PihCPZh4gqv-3b8qYDPCPmFVb1GK0TD7Tw3ymA

[Dr. X]

See what I mean? I just don't know how to use the img tags.

[Kahns Krazy]

I hate Mick Cronin.

I am dreading the lead up to this game.

[PMI]

Hate's a strong word. But not nearly strong enough to describe my feelings towards that shit little knob-gobbling gnome. I want nothing more than for our boys to once again make that cowardly little prick wish he could've gotten this game canceled all together. I hope we roll them over and then light that shithole arena on fire as we walk out over their corpses.

[Smails]

I'm still waiting to hear the UC players accounts on how Mick physically removed jerseys from some of them after last year's complete and utter ass whipping on the floor. Strange how nobody has come out and validated his story...

[Titanxman04]

It's 12-12-12, and Mick Cronin is still a total piece of shit.

[BandAid]

Hate's a strong word. But not nearly strong enough to describe my feelings towards that shit little knob-gobbling gnome. I want nothing more than for our boys to once again make that cowardly little prick wish he could've gotten this game canceled all together. I hope we roll them over and then light that shithole arena on fire as we walk out over their corpses.

That's a lot of rage there.

[DC Muskie]

Enjoy the last games of the Shootouts. Then remember it was UC and Mick who wanted it to end.

Because we kicked their asses too much.

[blueblob06]

Once we're in the superior league and UC is in some mutated-Conference USA hybrid league, we'll be the only decent game on their schedule. They'd be idiots to not continue the Shootout. Oh wait...

[PMI]

That's a lot of rage there.

I apologize for toning back how I really feel, but this is a family board.


Enjoy the last games of the Shootouts. Then remember it was UC and Mick who wanted it to end.

Because we kicked their asses too much.

Exactly. Whatever the opposite of supreme, overwhelming respect is what I feel for Mick and UC.

[Emp]

I personally have known since 1965 that they suck. Used to be the last game of the season, when we could have a whole season to work up our collective mad-on. Then it was January, but there was nothing better to occupy my vitrol after New Year. I'm in a holiday mood. It's tough to drop the feelgoods to crank up a grrrrrowl, but I still wanna see some pain administered on that crew after the chickenshit ending to last year's game.

I just can't imagine that Skyline and the people who make a living writing and talking about basketball rivalries will let this one die.

[blobfan]

That's a lot of rage there.

Perhaps, but not inappropriate.

I'd love to beat the hell out of them this game and next and let them find another excuse to weasel out.

[SixFig]

That's a lot of rage there.

It's well beyond rage

http://www.xavierhoops.com/showthread.php?18493-It-s-Well-Beyond-Rage

[Kahns Krazy]

I hate Mick so much. Last night I saw his "presser" about why UC will be fine in all of the BE mess. (They won't). He pointed to the elite (not) football team, the elite (not) basketball team. He is so screwed. UC is so screwed. I love it. What is BESPN going to do?

[boozehound]

I hope Mick Cronin gets raped with a cactus.

[rationalbearcatfan]

I hate Mick so much. Last night I saw his "presser" about why UC will be fine in all of the BE mess. (They won't). He pointed to the elite (not) football team, the elite (not) basketball team. He is so screwed. UC is so screwed. I love it. What is BESPN going to do?

There are a lot of people on this board who have an abnormal amount of hatred towards UC. I can tell you that the feeling is not likewise for most UC fans. While I wouldn't call any of us X fans by any stretch of the imagination, I would say that most don't have much of a level hatred towards X.

What really confuses me is why everyone here is getting such a hard-on (I mean that literally based upon other posts I've read) about UC's conference situation. Yes we will probably end up in some sort of MWC/WAC/CUSA/BigEast hybrid for awhile. It's the best-of-the-rest league, and will probably get the at-large bid in most years. As for bball, it's a big downgrade from the current Big East, but still will have a few decent teams in it (UC, UConn, Memphis, SDSU, Temple, maybe NM/UNLV/etc...). I'm not happy about it, but it's not like we'll just fold up shop and quit. Hopefully we get an ACC/Big12 bid on the next conference shuffle, but that's my hope, who knows how things will end up.

Back to the hatred, I'm not sure why every X fan has to mention the 23 point victory last year at every opportunity when speaking to or about UC fans, but when we beat you by 20 the year before, I don't think I (nor most UC fans I know) wasted an ounce of breath gloating about it. Honestly I think most of the hate is in one direction here. Yes you are a rival of UC, but we have rivalries with several other schools, and I don't think we have much hatred towards any of them. I just don't get it. I am a member of most UC boards and I don't see the venom that is spewed on this board, at worst we usually have a couple of unoriginal twits that call Xavier "Eggsavier". Personally it's an annoyance, and most people on those boards are annoyed by those twits as well.

Anyway, that's all I had to say. I just hang out on this board and a couple of other Big East team boards occasionally to get another viewpoint of college bball/fball and conference realignment in general. I'll continue to hop on here occasionally, but probably try to avoid dwelling on the comments in your smack-talk threads in the future.

[rationalbearcatfan]

I hope Mick Cronin gets raped with a cactus.

Seriously, that's just crass.

[MCXU]

I hope Mick Cronin gets raped with a cactus.

Or trampled by "The Guy on a Buffalo".

[BBC 08]

Seriously, that's just crass.

Or just par for the course in the house of smack.

Fuck Mick Cronin.

[danaandvictory]

Anyway, that's all I had to say. I just hang out on this board and a couple of other Big East team boards occasionally to get another viewpoint of college bball/fball and conference realignment in general. I'll continue to hop on here occasionally, but probably try to avoid dwelling on the comments in your smack-talk threads in the future.

Good idea.

[PMI]

There are a lot of people on this board who have an abnormal amount of hatred towards UC. I can tell you that the feeling is not likewise for most UC fans. While I wouldn't call any of us X fans by any stretch of the imagination, I would say that most don't have much of a level hatred towards X.

What really confuses me is why everyone here is getting such a hard-on (I mean that literally based upon other posts I've read) about UC's conference situation. Yes we will probably end up in some sort of MWC/WAC/CUSA/BigEast hybrid for awhile. It's the best-of-the-rest league, and will probably get the at-large bid in most years. As for bball, it's a big downgrade from the current Big East, but still will have a few decent teams in it (UC, UConn, Memphis, SDSU, Temple, maybe NM/UNLV/etc...). I'm not happy about it, but it's not like we'll just fold up shop and quit. Hopefully we get an ACC/Big12 bid on the next conference shuffle, but that's my hope, who knows how things will end up.

Back to the hatred, I'm not sure why every X fan has to mention the 23 point victory last year at every opportunity when speaking to or about UC fans, but when we beat you by 20 the year before, I don't think I (nor most UC fans I know) wasted an ounce of breath gloating about it. Honestly I think most of the hate is in one direction here. Yes you are a rival of UC, but we have rivalries with several other schools, and I don't think we have much hatred towards any of them. I just don't get it. I am a member of most UC boards and I don't see the venom that is spewed on this board, at worst we usually have a couple of unoriginal twits that call Xavier "Eggsavier". Personally it's an annoyance, and most people on those boards are annoyed by those twits as well.

Anyway, that's all I had to say. I just hang out on this board and a couple of other Big East team boards occasionally to get another viewpoint of college bball/fball and conference realignment in general. I'll continue to hop on here occasionally, but probably try to avoid dwelling on the comments in your smack-talk threads in the future.

It's called the smack thread, dude. Lighten up.

Disclaimer: This is not an admission that I don't HATE that little leprechaun coach.

[drudy23]

I love Shooutout week...that is all.

And yes, I still hate UC.

ELEVATE THE HATE!!!!!

[Kahns Krazy]

There are a lot of people on this board who have an abnormal amount of hatred towards UC. .

This thread is specifically about Mick Cronin. Your coach has earned the hatred. He has been downright shitty to Xavier and the A-10 as a whole, and it will be very enjoyable to watch him get his comeuppance. I think he has been shitty to his players, shitty to his fans, shitty enough to his wife that she left him, and just an overall shitty individual that thinks of himself first, second and third. I've watched him on TV, seen him act in person and even spoken to him briefly, and I think he's an asshole with no redeeming qualities.

I miss Bob Huggins. That guy could be an ass, but he was at least a coaching success and seemed like he had some friends. He could also be funny and I enjoyed listening to his postgame comments. I haven't seen Cronin do or say anything that I thought was worthy of the small amount of oxygen his 87 pound frame consumes. I don't know that I actually wish him to be raped with a cactus, but in a cartoonish way, the idea amuses me. You'd have to find a pretty small cactus.

[drudy23]

This thread is specifically about Mick Cronin. Your coach has earned the hatred. He has been downright shitty to Xavier and the A-10 as a whole, and it will be very enjoyable to watch him get his comeuppance. I think he has been shitty to his players, shitty to his fans, shitty enough to his wife that she left him, and just an overall shitty individual that thinks of himself first, second and third. I've watched him on TV, seen him act in person and even spoken to him briefly, and I think he's an asshole with no redeeming qualities.

I miss Bob Huggins. That guy could be an ass, but he was at least a coaching success and seemed like he had some friends. He could also be funny and I enjoyed listening to his postgame comments. I haven't seen Cronin do or say anything that I thought was worthy of the small amount of oxygen his 87 pound frame consumes. I don't know that I actually wish him to be raped with a cactus, but in a cartoonish way, the idea amuses me. You'd have to find a pretty small cactus.

Now that....is ELEVATING THE HATE!

Public reps.

[Lamont Sanford]

KK -

Lil Mick's wife left him for Curtis Bostic.

She had enough of his little lucky charms. She wanted the mamba!

[XUFan09]

This thread is specifically about Mick Cronin. Your coach has earned the hatred. He has been downright shitty to Xavier and the A-10 as a whole, and it will be very enjoyable to watch him get his comeuppance. I think he has been shitty to his players, shitty to his fans, shitty enough to his wife that she left him, and just an overall shitty individual that thinks of himself first, second and third. I've watched him on TV, seen him act in person and even spoken to him briefly, and I think he's an asshole with no redeeming qualities.

I miss Bob Huggins. That guy could be an ass, but he was at least a coaching success and seemed like he had some friends. He could also be funny and I enjoyed listening to his postgame comments. I haven't seen Cronin do or say anything that I thought was worthy of the small amount of oxygen his 87 pound frame consumes. I don't know that I actually wish him to be raped with a cactus, but in a cartoonish way, the idea amuses me. You'd have to find a pretty small cactus.

Pretty much this. I don't hate UC, just really want to beat them every year, and one of the only players I didn't really like was Yancy Gates (and I bet some UC players share my sentiment on that). I just hate a select number of the fans, probably the very ones that annoy you, Rational, and I despise Mick Cronin.

Bob Huggins = Good for a healthy rivalry, fun to have as the opposing coach. Living in Morgantown for a year and learning more about him, I can respect the man and think he has some really good qualities along with the fun potential to be an ass within the rivalry. His players will jump in front of a bus for him.
Mick Cronin = Poisonous to the rivalry, someone I hope gets replaced sooner rather than later. He's just a shithead.

[chico]

You know when you're at the park or the swimming pool with your kids trying to play with them, and there's always this one kid there coming up to you saying, "look what I can do," and the thing he does isn't really anything special? That's Mick Cronin.

With Huggins, it was personal - for me, at least. I hardly find one redeeming value in the man. Cronin is just an annoying little sh*t.

[Masterofreality]

Bob Huggins = Good for a healthy rivalry, fun to have as the opposing coach. Living in Morgantown for a year and learning more about him, I can respect the man and think he has some really good qualities along with the fun potential to be an ass within the rivalry. His players will jump in front of a bus for him..

Healthy? Wow. How quickly we forget when a guy leaves town. No handshake with Peter Gillen. Now that's healthy. There were a few statements about "ending the rivalry" when he was around...like it may not have been in SucKS "best interest" to continue.

How's this for some reminders?: Cheater, Probationer, No graduater, academic fraud purveyor, thug attractor, criminal ignorer, rapist recruiter, theif protector, hot coat hanger guy coach, kidnapper/assaulter/drug dealer solicitor, bar fighter, bar fighter with FANS, DUI-er, car vomiter, adulterer (allegedly), horse puncher facilitator, unethical behaviorer.

Bob Thuggins has NO Integrity.

[Smails]

Seriously, that's just crass.

How about a pine cone? Less crass but equally as punishing upon exit.

Seriously chief, have some situational awareness.

Message board people= Strange birds in the first place

Xavier Message board people= Fanatical stange birds

Xavier Message board people in the house of smack= Fanactical strange birds with a pass to say whatever they want

Xavier Message board people in the house of smack during shootout week= Batshit crazy...period

Maybe this wasn't best time or place for a lecture on civility...capiche?

[bjf123]

I have to admit that while I don't hate UC (got a number of friends who are UC grads), I've got no respect for Cronin. While he came in to a bad situation and has gotten things turned around, his early on negative comments towards the A-10 and by inference, Xavier, left me realizing he was a petty, jealous, man. I don't remember the exact quote, but it was after UC got beat by a Big East bottom feeder, let's say it was Seton Hall. During the post game interview, one of his responses was along the lines of "You don't think Seton Hall would win the A-10?" The response had nothing to do with the question originally asked, but it was his petty way to try to bring down Xavier and feel better about himself. Had no use for him ever since.

[Kahns Krazy]

Healthy? Wow. How quickly we forget when a guy leaves town. No handshake with Peter Gillen. Now that's healthy. There were a few statements about "ending the rivalry" when he was around...like it may not have been in SucKS "best interest" to continue.

How's this for some reminders?: Cheater, Probationer, No graduater, academic fraud purveyor, thug attractor, criminal ignorer, rapist recruiter, theif protector, hot coat hanger guy coach, kidnapper/assaulter/drug dealer solicitor, bar fighter, bar fighter with FANS, DUI-er, car vomiter, adulterer (allegedly), horse puncher facilitator, unethical behaviorer.

Bob Thuggins has NO Integrity.

All of this is true. That's what was so great about it. You never knew what was next. Bob was a train wreck. Bob was the kind of guy that would wear this:

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/1110/ncb_a_huggins_400.jpg


Honestly, that picture by itself has more value than anything that Mick has ever said or done.

[Kahns Krazy]

I was on the beach last week in Mexico. (Yes, I'm bragging. Neener neener). Apparently in Mexico it's cool to let your dog or horse or whatever shit on the beach. Some friends were taking a surf lesson, so the girl and I were hanging out on the beach watching. About 30 feet in front of us is this hefty pile of dog shit. From our right, four pasty white girls came walking through with paddle boards heading out for an excursion. Girl number three stepped so squarely on doggie number two that the whole pile stuck to her foot. She had no idea it was there because of the board she was carrying. So now this girl is barefoot with a whole pile of sand coated dog shit stuck to her foot. It was so amazingly gross.

If I die today, I'd rather come back as that girl's foot than Mick Cronin.

[Masterofreality]

I was on the beach last week in Mexico. (Yes, I'm bragging. Neener neener). Apparently in Mexico it's cool to let your dog or horse or whatever shit on the beach. Some friends were taking a surf lesson, so the girl and I were hanging out on the beach watching. About 30 feet in front of us is this hefty pile of dog shit. From our right, four pasty white girls came walking through with paddle boards heading out for an excursion. Girl number three stepped so squarely on doggie number two that the whole pile stuck to her foot. She had no idea it was there because of the board she was carrying. So now this girl is barefoot with a whole pile of sand coated dog shit stuck to her foot. It was so amazingly gross.

If I die today, I'd rather come back as that girl's foot than Mick Cronin.

Guffaw, chortle and cackle!! I would rep but Stalin of Cyberspace has his thumb squarely on the oppression button.

[wkrq59]

This thread is specifically about Mick Cronin. Your coach has earned the hatred. He has been downright shitty to Xavier and the A-10 as a whole, and it will be very enjoyable to watch him get his comeuppance. I think he has been shitty to his players, shitty to his fans, shitty enough to his wife that she left him, and just an overall shitty individual that thinks of himself first, second and third. I've watched him on TV, seen him act in person and even spoken to him briefly, and I think he's an asshole with no redeeming qualities.

I miss Bob Huggins. That guy could be an ass, but he was at least a coaching success and seemed like he had some friends. He could also be funny and I enjoyed listening to his postgame comments. I haven't seen Cronin do or say anything that I thought was worthy of the small amount of oxygen his 87 pound frame consumes. I don't know that I actually wish him to be raped with a cactus, but in a cartoonish way, the idea amuses me. You'd have to find a pretty small cactus.

Fantastic, just fantastic. I'd rep but consider this a multi-rep offering. Just superb

[Titanxman04]

I was on the beach last week in Mexico. (Yes, I'm bragging. Neener neener). Apparently in Mexico it's cool to let your dog or horse or whatever shit on the beach. Some friends were taking a surf lesson, so the girl and I were hanging out on the beach watching. About 30 feet in front of us is this hefty pile of dog shit. From our right, four pasty white girls came walking through with paddle boards heading out for an excursion. Girl number three stepped so squarely on doggie number two that the whole pile stuck to her foot. She had no idea it was there because of the board she was carrying. So now this girl is barefoot with a whole pile of sand coated dog shit stuck to her foot. It was so amazingly gross.

If I die today, I'd rather come back as that girl's foot than Mick Cronin.

That might have to be the post of the year.

[chico]

That might have to be the post of the year.

I have to second that.

[Cheesehead]

No way Huggs fits into the suit these days.

[HuskyMuskie]

The posts just in the last 24 hours on this thread have been nothing short of perfect.

Reps to all of you. Just superb.

[blobfan]

I was on the beach last week in Mexico. (Yes, I'm bragging. Neener neener). Apparently in Mexico it's cool to let your dog or horse or whatever shit on the beach. Some friends were taking a surf lesson, so the girl and I were hanging out on the beach watching. About 30 feet in front of us is this hefty pile of dog shit. From our right, four pasty white girls came walking through with paddle boards heading out for an excursion. Girl number three stepped so squarely on doggie number two that the whole pile stuck to her foot. She had no idea it was there because of the board she was carrying. So now this girl is barefoot with a whole pile of sand coated dog shit stuck to her foot. It was so amazingly gross.

If I die today, I'd rather come back as that girl's foot than Mick Cronin.

Someone needs to pin this to the top. THIS is how you talk smack during Shooutout, errrr, Classic week!

Public reps. This was legendary.

[GoMuskies]

Fuck Mick Cronin.

With cacti

[Kahns Krazy]

Icky Micky now says he thinks college basketball players should get paid since it's obviously about money.

Whaaaa? I'm sorry, didn't UC just bail on the old C-USA 7 years ago? What is the difference now? Now that UC is getting the short end of the stick, it's suddenly unfair to the players? Hilarious.

http://www.ronanlyons.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/helen-lovejoy.jpg

[coasterville95]

I love hopw at least one sports show focused on that sound bite out out Cronin's tirade. I have to wonder what his AD thought about him going on TV and proclaiming players should be paid. Isn't that like one of the great untouchables, at least to hear from an official voice of the school.

Mick seems to be a loose cannon at press conferences, remember after the shootout when he led his "And they will have to apologize, wihtout prepared notes, in front of a camera, on TV" press conference, and after the player aplologies they had a Q&A and one of the questiosn was somethign like "Wiould UC be interested in working with Xavier on a joint event" And Mick had "NO" out of his mouth before Whit grabbed the microphone and said "Of course we would"

Though be careful about what you slam Mick for, as Mack just gave the "what kind of sense does it make for football schools to schedule conference games 4,000 miles away" speach himself, and lamenting what that has done to traditional hoops rivalries.

[BMoreX]

Tossup! Bigger wildcard at a press conference: Mark Lyons/Tu Holloway combo or Mick Cronin?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwOJYBYwOhA

[bjf123]

Though be careful about what you slam Mick for, as Mack just gave the "what kind of sense does it make for football schools to schedule conference games 4,000 miles away" speach himself, and lamenting what that has done to traditional hoops rivalries.
I have to agree with Mack. What's going on now makes no sense for traditional college football. Unfortunately, as we all know, money almost always trumps tradition. Rivalries made much more sense when they were, at least to some extent, regional in nature. The Big 10 was always upper midwest schools. The PAC-10 were the big west coast schools. The SEC was truly the conference for the South East. The Big 12 were the plains states and Texas. Now? Who the heck knows?

[outsideobserver11]

I love when my fellow bearcat fans home over here with our holier than thou attitudes. Don't let that guy fool you, UC hates Xavier just like you guys hate us, we have just been too caught up in everything else (conference, football coach, etc.) to get going for this game. It's hard to get pumped for this for a lot of fans when they are all butthurt still about playing Tulane and SMU next year. Reality is, you guys play Fordham and shitstains like that every year and you guys are doing just fine.

And as for Cronin, I can atleast say that he gets the most out of his players; but still kind of feel like his presence in the basketball world is a bit like Gary Busey's in the acting world to most people.

[bjf123]

Public reps for the Mick Cronin / Gary Busey comparison!

[LadyMuskie]

And as for Cronin, I can atleast say that he gets the most out of his players; but still kind of feel like his presence in the basketball world is a bit like Gary Busey's in the acting world to most people.

Beautiful. Just beautiful!

[nuts4xu]

And as for Cronin, I can atleast say that he gets the most out of his players; but still kind of feel like his presence in the basketball world is a bit like Gary Busey's in the acting world to most people.

http://www.thedailyrash.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/busey.jpghttp://nbccollegebasketballtalk.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/mick-cronin.jpg?w=320

[PMI]

Damn, Mini-Busey definitely fits for the little sipper.

[DC Muskie]

Anybody else use Mickey Mouse's voice when doing an imitation of Mick speaking?

I do that all the time.

[blobfan]

Public reps for the Mick Cronin / Gary Busey comparison!

Busey has the Buddy Holly Story. Has Mick contributed something of lasting quality to the college basketball world?

I'm doubtful.

[Kahns Krazy]

Anybody else use Mickey Mouse's voice when doing an imitation of Mick speaking?

I do that all the time.

I do an angry drunken leprechaun voice.

[DC Muskie]

I do an angry drunken leprechaun voice.

High pitched? I think that's all that matters.

[LadyMuskie]

Anybody else use Mickey Mouse's voice when doing an imitation of Mick speaking?

I do that all the time.

This is offensive to Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney, who now might haunt you for eternity. Mickey Mouse is a beloved cartoon character. Mick Cronin is neither loved nor beloved. He is the antithesis of Mickey Mouse - like evil Mickey Mouse.

[boozehound]

Mick Cronin's comments post game were the epitome of douche. I don't think I have ever wanted to beat the shit out of someone as thoroughly (and consistently) as I want to beat the shit out of Mick Cronin. He has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I'm glad Curtis Bostic nailed his wife.

[Juice]

Mick Cronin's comments post game were the epitome of douche. I don't think I have ever wanted to beat the shit out of someone as thoroughly (and consistently) as I want to beat the shit out of Mick Cronin. He has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I'm glad Curtis Bostic nailed his wife.

So I Google searched the word "cuckold" and this picture came up

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[PMI]

He reminds me of Smeagol, just, you know, without a ring.

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[XU 87]

Mick Cronin's comments post game were the epitome of douche.

What did he say?

[blueblob06]

Way to promote the city Mick. After the game he says he hates this game and "this is the most overrated game ever." What a piece of garbage, how do any UC fans like him??? Let's see if their fans start going to games now that they're on the cusp of top 10 in the country or if they're back to not giving a darn about basketball again.

During 55KRC's commercials of the Xavier pre-game show, I switched to 700's UC pre-game (huge mistake). Dan Hoard was talking to Mick and says "you've said before and I've heard that often times fans come up to you and thank you for your speech after last year's game vs XU...blah, blah, blah..." "Oh yeah, people do come up to me and thank me...(or some horseshit response like that)"....hearing it made me blind with rage and stupidity. I have no idea how I didn't drive off the road or hit another car.

[blueblob06]

What did he say?
He said on ESPN after the game, with the camera looking up at him from the floor (somehow, I guess the camera man layed down on the ground) that this is the most overrated game ever. I don't remember if it was during that same interview on the court or in the pre-game, he said he hates this game.

[More Cowbell]

He said on ESPN after the game, with the camera looking up at him from the floor (somehow, I guess the camera man layed down on the ground) that this is the most overrated game ever. I don't remember if it was during that same interview on the court or in the pre-game, he said he hates this game.

Of course he hates it, he has a losing record against X.

[bjf123]

Of course he hates it, he has a losing record against X.

And his mentor Huggy was what, 8-8 or something like that, against us? He just can't stand that they can't routinely beat us.

[XU 87]

He said on ESPN after the game, with the camera looking up at him from the floor (somehow, I guess the camera man layed down on the ground) that this is the most overrated game ever. I don't remember if it was during that same interview on the court or in the pre-game, he said he hates this game.

Wow, the guy wins over the school's crosstown rival and this is what he has to say? This is why the guy is such a PR nightmare. I'm sure ESPN loved hearing that. I'm sure the UC fans who just paid a bunch of money to watch the game and who were so happy they won liked hearing that this game is overrated. I'm sure Skyline liked hearing that this event is overrated.

Do you think Coach K or Roy Williams would say such a thing about their rivalry, even if they had that opinion?

Coaches are supposed to promote their teams and their schedule. Coach Mick is just to obtuse to understand that. I truly believe that his personality, or lack thereof, is one reason attendance is so bad. The UC fans simply don't like the guy.

[blueblob06]

Wow, the guy wins over the school's crosstown rival and this is what he has to say? This is why the guy is such a PR nightmare. I'm sure ESPN loved hearing that. I'm sure the UC fans who just paid a bunch of money to watch the game and who were so happy they won liked hearing that this game is overrated. I'm sure Skyline liked hearing that this event is overrated.

Do you think Coach K or Roy Williams would say such a thing about their rivalry, even if they had that opinion?

Coaches are supposed to promote their teams and their schedule. Coach Mick is just to obtuse to understand that. I truly believe that his personality, or lack thereof, is one reason attendance is so bad. The UC fans simply don't like the guy.

Exactly. I was trying to find what Mick said word-for-word but all I can find is bearcat sites like gobearcats.com and espn1530 defending why he said that by trying to explain what Mick was meaning....here's Mo Egger awful take on it:
"After the game, Mick Cronin said that this was "the most overrated game of the year." It's rubbed some people the wrong way. I get the point he was trying to make. We make such a huge deal out of this game that the result sometimes feels so final. Truth is, it's one game that like all of them, help shape a season but rarely defines it."
Okay, well whether it's true or not, Mick should not be bad-mouthing the game that the schools are making money off of (I know, less $ this yr due to the changes), especially when he's doing it on top of the Crosstown logo live on ESPN2. Way to be the fanbase too. "Hey UC fan, make sure you don't come next year, this game sucks!"

[xucub]

The whole cronin family has an attitude problem. That is why his dad got fired from coaching at Bacon. Only (dim)whit babcock (pee wee hermann look-a-like) would keep somebody like him around.

It is very obvious...x wants the game back on campus....uc - mainly mickey - wants a neutral site. This is the equivalent of the fiscal cliff..call it the crosstown cliff. The game will be played for 1 more year, the parties will not compromise on location, and the series will end.

I hate the fact that my taxes go to that school. And for you uc trolls, just remember that, since we are paying for you, we own you.

[paulxu]

Who is this Mo Egger guy?


it's one game that like all of them, help shape a season but rarely defines it

Well, that certainly explains exactly why I have to read about/hear on the radio/see on the TV, ad fing nauseum about the "brawl."

Idiot.

[bjf123]

He's a local sports talk radio host. Of the ones in town, he's probably the most fair to Xavier basketball. He's also one of the most level headed hosts.


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[UCGRAD4X]

He's a local sports talk radio host. Of the ones in town, he's probably the most fair to Xavier basketball. He's also one of the most level headed hosts.

What does that say about the other j*ck*ffs?

[Cheesehead]

Mick makes Huggins almost likeable.

[Muskied]

If this conference stuff shakes out the way it's headed, Xavier is headed to the new BE, and UC is waiting for hell to freeze over in "Conference America! F Yah!". I expect UC to make a respectable tournament appearance this year, and I can see Mick taking his dog and pony show to a team who will be in a real conference (and in this case means mini dogs and mini ponys, which looks something like this). I mean, he always talks about being disrespected, and I think the fact that he won't be able to boast about his impossible schedule will kill him. At that point, said media types will have to blog about if Central Michigan has a basketball coach they can throw their way, and the next conference tilt with Tulsa....I honestly don't seeing it get any better than this in life.


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[XUOWNSUC]

Who is this Mo Egger guy?



Well, that certainly explains exactly why I have to read about/hear on the radio/see on the TV, ad fing nauseum about the "brawl."

Idiot.

Mo is a ud grad and a uc fan - but he is actually pretty fair when it comes to Xavier. I like listening to him on the radio. He is easily the best in Cincinnati sports radio.

Everybody else (especially lance goose) sucks.

[X-band '01]

Help me out here please - why do people call him Lance Gose or Goose? Isn't that Lance McAlister our resident Butler fan?

[RealDeal]

Mo is a ud grad and a uc fan - but he is actually pretty fair when it comes to Xavier. I like listening to him on the radio. He is easily the best in Cincinnati sports radio.

Everybody else (especially lance goose) sucks.

100% agree, Mo is a good guy and very fair to X. Mack will go on his show where he won't do Lance's. You do the math.

[danaandvictory]

Help me out here please - why do people call him Lance Gose or Goose? Isn't that Lance McAlister our resident Butler fan?

McAlister is his "stage name."

[blueblob06]

Wow....searched the web and found an epic XUH thread of rants about how much of a tool Lance is...this is back when Lance was making ridiculous comments about Xavier after the bullshit game at Butler...

http://www.xavierhoops.com/archive/index.php/t-12752.html

There's so much good stuff in there...this is from Lamont Sanford:
Lance "McAlister" Gose is a douchenuzzle of the highest order.

[bleedXblue]

Cronin is an assclown of the highest order.

Does he have any idea how contradictory some of his comments are ?

First he says this is the "city's" game and it should be celebrated and played downtown.

Then after the game he says the "city's game" is overrated ?

What ?

Telling ESPN it's not that important of game ?


What ?

ESPN is televising the game to a national audience and the two schools are earning big bucks bc of it and he tells them its not really that imortant of a game?

Idiot. Really an idiot.

Cronin is not bright. He may know how to coach basketball, but the guy should run from the microphone whenever it's put in front of him.

This coming on the heels of his embarrassing tirade about college football less than a week after his own school was begging to be taken by the ACC.

[nuts4xu]

I still hate Mick Cronin and his little midget attitude (with all due respect to midget peoples, of course).

[Juice]

Cronin is an assclown of the highest order.

Does he have any idea how contradictory some of his comments are ?

First he says this is the "city's" game and it should be celebrated and played downtown.

Then after the game he says the "city's game" is overrated ?

What ?

Telling ESPN it's not that important of game ?


What ?

ESPN is televising the game to a national audience and the two schools are earning big bucks bc of it and he tells them its not really that imortant of a game?

Idiot. Really an idiot.

Cronin is not bright. He may know how to coach basketball, but the guy should run from the microphone whenever it's put in front of him.

This coming on the heels of his embarrassing tirade about college football less than a week after his own school was begging to be taken by the ACC.


Not only does he say stupid stuff, he sounds like a God damn hillbilly.

[UCGRAD4X]

It is still interesting how commentators are still falling all over themselves about what a great job he did post-brawl, compared to Mack, who screwed the whole thing up. They commented about that very same thing during the broadcast again Wednesday.

[Cheesehead]

Ha, Ha, Ha! Suck it Mick! You lost at home by one point. Merry Christmas to me.

[Juice]

Ha, Ha, Ha! Suck it Mick! You lost at home by one point. Merry Christmas to me.

But New Mexico isn't in the Big East?!

[paulxu]

But New Mexico isn't in the Big East?!

Just give 'em time Everybody gets to the Big East eventually...especially if you're in the west.

[Masterofreality]

Just give 'em time Everybody gets to the Big East eventually...especially if you're in the west.

Won't be the "Big East". The Catholic 7 will get that name. They can call their league "C(rap) USA.

[bleedXblue]

You know it's coming. Mick is going to come out to the media and tell anyone who will listen that he told his team how much more they needed to improve and how they just don't get it. Blah,blah,blah blah......none of it (the loss) will be his fault

[drudy23]

You know it's coming. Mick is going to come out to the media and tell anyone who will listen that he told his team how much more they needed to improve and how they just don't get it. Blah,blah,blah blah......none of it (the loss) will be his fault

He already said exactly that...check the Enquirer...well, assuming you haven't surpassed your weekly article limit.

"Things have come too easy for us so far" or something like that...."I knew it would come back to bite us" or something like that.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

[paulxu]

...well, assuming you haven't surpassed your weekly article limit.

Saving you from countless thousands of ads.

[drudy23]

Saving you from countless thousands of ads.

...and numerous grammar and spelling errors...and pictures with incorrect captions...

[ammtd34]

...and numerous grammar and spelling errors...and pictures with incorrect captions...

... and headlines with no corresponding articles.

[coasterville95]

That last one is what annoys me - if you are going to have a paid metered content delivery system, at least make sure it delivers the content I'm paying for. (if only in terms of virtual tokens towards my limit)

[Kahns Krazy]

You know what I hate almost as much as Mick Cronin? Seeing smack aimed at Xavier on the top of the Xavier smack board.

Bump.

Also, I hate Mick Cronin.

[JimmyTwoTimes37]

... and headlines with no corresponding articles.

And conclusions that are completely opposite of what is true

[Kahns Krazy]

I should add UC fans to the the title of this thread. I'm watching UC/ND and the fans are absurd.

[coasterville95]

What did you think of those new jerseys with the numbering in dark gray on black background. And what was with the road black jerseys at home.

At least you can take some small comfort in their 1-2 big east record thus far.

[coasterville95]

Now we need Brian Kelly and Notre Dame to win the football game. That would just put the cherry on top of the UC fans day!

[LadyMuskie]

What did you think of those new jerseys with the numbering in dark gray on black background. And what was with the road black jerseys at home.

At least you can take some small comfort in their 1-2 big east record thus far.

These jerseys are still far better from the abominations they wore in the tournament last year.

The good news for Cronin is that he won't have to worry about getting shown up in the Big East much longer. He's going to get his wish.

[Muskie1000]

This is what he gets for scheduling crappy schools in the OOC year after year. When he finally starts facing decent schools they can't handle them. I will say I think UC's defense is tough but their offense sucks. If they aren't hitting their 3's, they are done.

[xu95]

Now we need Brian Kelly and Notre Dame to win the football game. That would just put the cherry on top of the UC fans day!

I was actually cheering for UC basketball for the first time this year (I hate to admit I cheer for them against Dayton too) because I wanted ND to go 0-fer last night.

At least my boys from Bama know how to take care of business.

[Kahns Krazy]

I was actually cheering for UC basketball .

Sinner.

[blueblob06]

Congrats Mickey! From the #8 ranked team in the nation and a projected 2 seed on Bracketology (jesus Joey Brackets, why???) to unranked in the AP Poll in just 3 weeks! Hell of a feat!

[Juice]

Congrats Mickey! From the #8 ranked team in the nation and a projected 2 seed on Bracketology (jesus Joey Brackets, why???) to unranked in the AP Poll in just 3 weeks! Hell of a feat!

It's not his fault. He warned his team! This is all on the players.

[coasterville95]

Saturday night he gave his usual "The Big East is a Grueling Gauntlet, and nobody is going to hand you anything" post game speech. I think he has about 5 different standard post games he uses. (Like schools in other conferences go "Here, take this win, he have wins to spare" or "Here, take this win, we just don't feel up to it today") There is also the infamous "I tried to warn them, I really did, but they didn't listen to me" speech that Juice alluded to above.

[X-band '01]

They'll also win a few big games in conference and we'll still get the "I told you so" speech.

Rinse. Repeat.

[Xavier]

Cash hurt his knee last game. He is day-to-day, but in true Mick fashion I expect he will keep cash out tonight, and possibly Syracuse. Two likely losses, anyways, and no Coach in the country likes built in excuses quite like Mick.

[GoMuskies]

36 for Kilpatrick tonight. Did not like.

[Masterofreality]

Marquette played 5 on 8 tonight.

[Cheesehead]

MOR: I thought the very same thing. Gardner gets malled at the end and there was no call and the UC fans are booing the kid while he is writhing around in pain on the floor (stay classy UC fans!). Then Marquette trapped a player in corner area long the sidelines again at the end of the game and the UC player traveled (announcers even recognized it) but again no call. Ridiculous!!!!!!

[Kahns Krazy]

Machock, who is possibly the biggest homer of all time, said UC got away with a foul on a 3 point shooter at the end of regulation, and Whored agreed.

[Kahns Krazy]

I also hated reading Daughterty giving Mick a written blow job in yesterday's paper. Those two mini-people were made for each other.

[bleedXblue]

I also hated reading Daughterty giving Mick a written blow job in yesterday's paper. Those two mini-people were made for each other.

Now thats pretty damn funny

[bearcat23]

This is what he gets for scheduling crappy schools in the OOC year after year. When he finally starts facing decent schools they can't handle them. I will say I think UC's defense is tough but their offense sucks. If they aren't hitting their 3's, they are done.

you cannot really say our nonconference is crappy this year. we beat now 16th ranked and 16-2 Oregon, lost to now 15th ranked and 16-2 New Mexico. Also played Alabama and Iowa State. Sure, we still had teams that shouldn't be allowed to play college basketball on our schedule, but that is just our situation. I will credit XU as they schedule a tough nonconference every year, but that is because you are in the A10 which isn't as strong as the Big East. Our nonconference is harder than yours this year too. You played and beat Butler so kudos for that. Vandy, Tennessee, and Wake Forest are all going to be cellar dwellers in their conferences.

[Muskie1000]

you cannot really say our nonconference is crappy this year. we beat now 16th ranked and 16-2 Oregon, lost to now 15th ranked and 16-2 New Mexico. Also played Alabama and Iowa State. Sure, we still had teams that shouldn't be allowed to play college basketball on our schedule, but that is just our situation. I will credit XU as they schedule a tough nonconference every year, but that is because you are in the A10 which isn't as strong as the Big East. Our nonconference is harder than yours this year too. You played and beat Butler so kudos for that. Vandy, Tennessee, and Wake Forest are all going to be cellar dwellers in their conferences.

ummmm ok. Kudos for you for playing a couple of decent teams. Then you have teams like Tennessee-Martin, Campbell, Maryland Eastern Shore - what??? My point is and I still firmly believe, if Mick would schedule more middle road teams, UC would be more prepared going into Big East play. Do you really think that playing those teams prepared UC for the competition they were about to face? And yes our OOC is down this year but I guarantee you that the cellar dwellers we played are still better competition than a bunch that UC played.

[blueblob06]

you cannot really say our nonconference is crappy this year. we beat now 16th ranked and 16-2 Oregon, lost to now 15th ranked and 16-2 New Mexico. Also played Alabama and Iowa State. Sure, we still had teams that shouldn't be allowed to play college basketball on our schedule, but that is just our situation.

So you're saying you played 2 teams that weren't projected to be top 25 teams this year and went 1-1 and those teams went on to become top 25 teams. And you played a bunch of teams that shouldn't be playing college basketball because it's your situation?
And you say we can't say UC's non-conference is crappy this year. But didn't you basically just say that yourself?

I like how Bama is on your list of good teams UC beat ....They lost at home to Dayton and got crushed by VCU. They've also lost to Mercer and Tulane. Between Dayton and UC fans this year, you'd think Alabama is as good at basketball as they are football.

[bearcat23]

So you're saying you played 2 teams that weren't projected to be top 25 teams this year and went 1-1 and those teams went on to become top 25 teams. And you played a bunch of teams that shouldn't be playing college basketball because it's your situation?
And you say we can't say UC's non-conference is crappy this year. But didn't you basically just say that yourself?

I like how Bama is on your list of good teams UC beat ....They lost at home to Dayton and got crushed by VCU. They've also lost to Mercer and Tulane. Between Dayton and UC fans this year, you'd think Alabama is as good at basketball as they are football.

we cant get teams to play us at fifth third arena. Alabama is the equivalent of vandy, wake forest, purdue, and Tennessee. all 4 of those teams will be in the bottom half of their conference. our nonconference is worse than it looks because when we don't play noticeable names, they are teams like Maryland eastern shore. whether we thought they were going to be good or not. also, people say we aren't ready for BE play, well that is just stupid. top 4 in BE last year. made it to the BE tourney finals so I don't know how they can say that.

[bearcat23]

ummmm ok. Kudos for you for playing a couple of decent teams. Then you have teams like Tennessee-Martin, Campbell, Maryland Eastern Shore - what??? My point is and I still firmly believe, if Mick would schedule more middle road teams, UC would be more prepared going into Big East play. Do you really think that playing those teams prepared UC for the competition they were about to face? And yes our OOC is down this year but I guarantee you that the cellar dwellers we played are still better competition than a bunch that UC played.

im pretty content with the way we compete in the BE. top 4 and double bye last year, made it to the BE tourney finals. beat the most ranked teams in the country last year. I would say that we were prepared last year for the BE. I admitted that we played really really crappy teams this year, but we also played two top 16 teams and beat one of them and lost to the other by 1. I think our nonconference was pretty good this year. I would like to eliminate teams like Maryland eastern shore and replace them with better RPI teams that we would still be able to beat pretty easily.

[boozehound]

we cant get teams to play us at fifth third arena. Alabama is the equivalent of vandy, wake forest, purdue, and Tennessee. all 4 of those teams will be in the bottom half of their conference. our nonconference is worse than it looks because when we don't play noticeable names, they are teams like Maryland eastern shore. whether we thought they were going to be good or not. also, people say we aren't ready for BE play, well that is just stupid. top 4 in BE last year. made it to the BE tourney finals so I don't know how they can say that.

I'm not sure if I buy this. At a minimum I'm sure you could get the Kent States and Daytons of the world to come to 5th 3rd Arena instead of Presbyterian and Maryland Eastern Shore. They could replace the 200+ RPI teams with 100-150 RPI teams pretty easily I think. They just don't want to. I'll bet that once the Big East dissolves their OOC schedule will improve pretty quickly, because it will have they want to be taken seriously.

[XUFan09]

I'm not sure if I buy this. At a minimum I'm sure you could get the Kent States and Daytons of the world to come to 5th 3rd Arena instead of Presbyterian and Maryland Eastern Shore. They could replace the 200+ RPI teams with 100-150 RPI teams pretty easily I think. They just don't want to. I'll bet that once the Big East dissolves their OOC schedule will improve pretty quickly, because it will have they want to be taken seriously.

Yup

[blueblob06]

we cant get teams to play us at fifth third arena. Alabama is the equivalent of vandy, wake forest, purdue, and Tennessee. all 4 of those teams will be in the bottom half of their conference. our nonconference is worse than it looks because when we don't play noticeable names, they are teams like Maryland eastern shore. whether we thought they were going to be good or not. also, people say we aren't ready for BE play, well that is just stupid. top 4 in BE last year. made it to the BE tourney finals so I don't know how they can say that.
I wasn't saying Xavier's non-conf schedule was good. I think both UC and XU's non-conf schedules were far from great this year. Vandy/Wake/Pur/Tenn/Memphis are all down this year vs their normal years so our non-conf slate is not nearly as tough (SOS-wise) as we expected when these games were planned 1-3 years ago. But that's how it worked out.

If UC was trying to play better teams and the only reason they can't is because no one will come to 5th/3rd Arena, they are allowed to schedule road games. As for playing teams with RPIs of 250+ vs say 100 to 200, on both Xavier sites I've seen a lot of UC fans post that they wish UC wouldn't schedule these teams over the years...random thought, have you ever contacted UC's Athletic Dpt to tell them that the fanbase hates how they do this each year? Maybe it won't make a difference but at least then they'd hear your opinions and maybe they'd realize more fans would come see UC play Dayton than Maryland Shore. And it would certainly help bulk up the tourney resume.

[ammtd34]

Daugherty has another article about Mick today, tripping all over himself to priase Mick for... not playing an injured player.

It glosses over that he was 2 for 13 yesterday, so it looked like the knee was bothering him, but it really wasn't, or he looked like it wasn't, but it was, but it really wasn't, or something else that makes no sense.

[Cheesehead]

After watching Marquette get hosed at 5/3rd arena, I rather enjoyed seeing UC take control of the game in the second half, only to lose by 2 points.

[Kahns Krazy]

I hate Mick Cronin and UC, but I'm not going to pick this year to bash Cronin's pathetic scheduling. UC is sitting at 16-4, and they lost those 4 games to schools with a combined 60-14 record, by an average of 2.5 points per loss. Their SOS is respectable.

I think Mick is a sack of turds, but it's hard to argue their results year to date.

[blueblob06]

I hate Mick Cronin and UC, but I'm not going to pick this year to bash Cronin's pathetic scheduling. UC is sitting at 16-4, and they lost those 4 games to schools with a combined 60-14 record, by an average of 2.5 points per loss. Their SOS is respectable.

I think Mick is a sack of turds, but it's hard to argue their results year to date.
I agree that their non-conf schedule is much better than in years past. But if you're gonna list the W-L record of those they lost to, let's also list the W-L record of those they beat. It's 111-104. Take out the 2 game tourney they were in (played Iowa St and Oregon) and it's 82-98.

[xsteve1]

Cronin's a total tool but I have to admit a darn good coach.

[Masterofreality]

Cronin's a total tool but I have to admit a darn good coach.

Anybody can be a good coach against inferior teams and when all 3 refs call everything your way.

[X-man]

Cronin's a total tool but I have to admit a darn good coach.

Ever watched UC's halfcourt offense? Going to the dentist is more fun.

[Juice]

Ever watched UC's halfcourt offense? Going to the dentist is more fun.

He's definitely limited in his off court offense but he does put together a damn good defense every where. If he doesn't have studs on the offensive end, they struggle.

[Kahns Krazy]

I agree that their non-conf schedule is much better than in years past. But if you're gonna list the W-L record of those they lost to, let's also list the W-L record of those they beat. It's 111-104. Take out the 2 game tourney they were in (played Iowa St and Oregon) and it's 82-98.

How have the 4 teams they lost to played 18+ games each, but the 16 they've beaten only averaged 13+ games each? I don't think we are comparing apples and apples.

Take out the best 6 records of the teams Xavier has played, and our opponents are a combined 85-103. P.S. We've lost 5 of those games.

[bearcat23]

I agree that their non-conf schedule is much better than in years past. But if you're gonna list the W-L record of those they lost to, let's also list the W-L record of those they beat. It's 111-104. Take out the 2 game tourney they were in (played Iowa St and Oregon) and it's 82-98.

you cant just take out those 2 games though?

[bearcat23]

Anybody can be a good coach against inferior teams and when all 3 refs call everything your way.

so the reason Cronin is a good coach is because the refs call everything his way?

[bearcat23]

Ever watched UC's halfcourt offense? Going to the dentist is more fun.

the half court offense is absolutely horrific, but he finds ways to get his teams to win. we had no business being not only in the Syracuse game, but in a position where we should have won. Cronin gameplans very well to his strengths and he knows his weaknesses. there are times when I want to rip his head out due to our inability to inbound the ball under the hoop, but I like him a lot. also, it is good for uc fans to not have to worry about their coach leaving after 3 years.

[X-man]

the half court offense is absolutely horrific, but he finds ways to get his teams to win. we had no business being not only in the Syracuse game, but in a position where we should have won. Cronin gameplans very well to his strengths and he knows his weaknesses. there are times when I want to rip his head out due to our inability to inbound the ball under the hoop, but I like him a lot. also, it is good for uc fans to not have to worry about their coach leaving after 3 years.

That's never a problem when you overpay lousy coaches like Cronin.

[blueblob06]

How have the 4 teams they lost to played 18+ games each, but the 16 they've beaten only averaged 13+ games each? I don't think we are comparing apples and apples.

Take out the best 6 records of the teams Xavier has played, and our opponents are a combined 85-103. P.S. We've lost 5 of those games.

I only gave record of the non-conf opponents as I thought that's what the debate was about, didn't include BE opponents. And again, I'm not saying X's schedule is good either, it's not.

[blueblob06]

you cant just take out those 2 games though?
I wasn't taking any out, just showing that other than 2 teams with really good records, the rest of the teams are combined for 82-98. The teams they specifically scheduled to play this year were 82-98; they didn't know who'd be in the tourney when they signed up. Thankfully for UC, they played 2 teams in that with good records.

[PMI]

and he knows his weaknesses.

He knows he's a delusional, smug little yellow-toothed gnome, Smeagol-looking fetus, bite-sized leprechaun, rat weasel who's allergic to taking any kind of responsibility? He sure had me fooled with his whole self-righteous act.

[Kahns Krazy]

I guess Providence joins the long list of schools that would win the A-10

[X-man]

I guess Providence joins the long list of schools that would win the A-10

Although they split their two games with the A10 (beating URI and losing to UMass).

[Masterofreality]

Little Mickey is just disgusting to watch.

Can he never NOT complain on an official's call? The whole half against G-Town, he's holding up 4 fingers at the refs --becaus he thinks that they owe hm four calls.

Just shut the f$&@k up!

[BENWAR]

I hate Mick Cronin more than Bob Huggins!

[gladdenguy]

It seems like the last 4 years Georgetown has always found a way to lose to sUCks even though they have more talent. They will be glad to not see sUCks on their schedule anymore.

Nice win tonight though. Good job Hoyas!!

[Cheesehead]

Nice to see X 's future conference beat UC. Also nice to see unranked.

[Juice]

I hate Mick Cronin more than Bob Huggins!

Agreed. Bob was very hateable (is that a word?) but he also was entertaining to watch and funny in his Huggins way. Mick is just a short piece of shit with a huge Napoleon complex.

[JimmyTwoTimes37]

http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab82/NBow37/MickCat_zps99be7ebc.jpeg

[Cheesehead]

That cat is actually better looking than Mick.

[SM#24]

I hate Mick Cronin more than Bob Huggins!

I hate Mick Cronin more than Al-Qaeda

[Masterofreality]

No way you can hate YTG more than Thuggins. NO F-ing Way.

Thuggins is a cheat, an adulterer (allegedly) a DUI convicted SOT, and a guy who built a college basketball career on guys who couldn't get into any other program because those criminals couldn't read or write.

The Jaundiced Leprechaun is just a sad, sad little paranoid man.

[gladdenguy]

I have to agree that I hate Mick more than Thuggins. At least Thuggins knows he's a fat redneck drunk. Mick is loser....his dad is a loser....and he thinks he's sweet.

[Nigel Tufnel]

I have to agree that I hate Mick more than Thuggins. At least Thuggins knows he's a fat redneck drunk. Mick is loser....his dad is a loser....and he thinks he's sweet.

Agreed. Huggs was a great villain...one I could appreciate. Listening to him give interviews while at UC, I often found myself grinning or laughing at him. I think he relished being a villain...I know I relished him being one. Cronin....I just genuinely don't like how he throws his players under the bus and NEVER...NEVER places any of the blame on himself. Just a couple of weeks ago, Huggins apologized at an alumni breakfast for his team's play...placed the blame on himself. Cronin doesn't have the spine to so such a thing.

[RealDeal]

I'm torn, I think both are douchebags.

[Kahns Krazy]

Agreed. Bob was very hateable (is that a word?) but he also was entertaining to watch and funny in his Huggins way. Mick is just a short piece of shit with a huge Napoleon complex.

Bob also had a track record of success to go with his attitude. Mick assumed the Huggins swagger with none of the results. Huggs' firs 6 years: 139-57 (.709 pct) , 8 NCAA wins, a final four and an elite 8. Mick:113-88 (.562) 3 NCAA wins. Not to mention Huggs took a team that was sub .500 in the previous ten years and hadn't been to the NCAA's in 13 years to a final 4 in three years. Mick took a team that had been to the NCAA's in 14 of the previous 15 years and promptly sat out of the big dance his first 4 years. Mick didn't even crack the .500 mark as a coach until midway through his 5th year, but he was a punk ass bitch from the start.

[chico]

Just a couple of weeks ago, Huggins apologized at an alumni breakfast for his team's play...placed the blame on himself. Cronin doesn't have the spine to so such a thing.

If that's true then maybe Bob has finally found religion, because he absolutely never placed the blame on himself when he was at UC. The guy would start every answer with, "well, you know, if they'd have just listened to me..."

Huggins was just plain nasty evil. You don't see Cronin getting in drunken bar fights, openly cheating on his wife, or puking on the side of his car. Cronin's just a wannabe with a Napolean complex thrown in for good measure.

[SM#24]

Huggins was just plain nasty evil. You don't see Cronin getting in drunken bar fights, openly cheating on his wife, or puking on the side of his car. Cronin's just a wannabe with a Napolean complex thrown in for good measure.
Ill advised for someone in his position, but evil ?

[PMI]

No way you can hate YTG more than Thuggins. NO F-ing Way.

Thuggins is a cheat, an adulterer (allegedly) a DUI convicted SOT, and a guy who built a college basketball career on guys who couldn't get into any other program because those criminals couldn't read or write.

The Jaundiced Leprechaun is just a sad, sad little paranoid man.

I hate Mick much more than I hate Huggins. Huggins is all those things, sure, but he doesn't pretend not to be. He is who he is and he knows it. I was actually on WVU's campus the night they had the Bob Huggins Roast, and all the people who went said it was absolutely incredible, as both Huggins himself and many of his close friends ripped him apart for those things. Huggy Bear is the kind of villain that is fun to have on the other side to me.

Cronin, however, brings nothing to the table whatsoever. He is a worthless little shit who deserves no respect or admiration. I hate that more.

[chico]

Ill advised for someone in his position, but evil ?

Do I really have to list all the things he's done? We'd be here all day.

How quickly we forget.

[Masterofreality]

Do I really have to list all the things he's done? We'd be here all day.

How quickly we forget.

This. This....and THIS.

[Juice]

If that's true then maybe Bob has finally found religion, because he absolutely never placed the blame on himself when he was at UC. The guy would start every answer with, "well, you know, if they'd have just listened to me..."

Huggins was just plain nasty evil. You don't see Cronin getting in drunken bar fights, openly cheating on his wife, or puking on the side of his car. Cronin's just a wannabe with a Napolean complex thrown in for good measure.

Well that's because Mick's wife was cheating on him.

[PMI]

I have no doubt that if Cronin weren't a shoe-in lock to get his ass kicked 100% of the time, he'd have been in his share of bar fights. The guy is as likable as an STD. I also have no doubt that if he could pull it, he'd have cheated on his wife. But he's as good looking as the naked mole rat. To me it isn't so much about what Mick has done when you consider what he's incapable of doing.

[GoMuskies]

I lean to Mick sucking slightly more at life than Huggins. Pretty amazing when you think about it.

Andy Kennedy is probably tied with Huggs just above Mick.

[LA Muskie]

I don't think it's even a close call. Huggs is a hot mess, but far more likeable than Cronin. And that's saying a lot, because I'm not sure Huggs has ever been "far more likeable" than anyone, ever before.

[Juice]

I have no doubt that if Cronin weren't a shoe-in lock to get his ass kicked 100% of the time, he'd have been in his share of bar fights. The guy is as likable as an STD. I also have no doubt that if he could pull it, he'd have cheated on his wife. But he's as good looking as the naked mole rat. To me it isn't so much about what Mick has done when you consider what he's incapable of doing.

I have seen the YTG making out with a 20 something year old chick in a downtown bar. I didn't get to see how good or bad looking she was because they were seated inside a booth/VIP type section. I laughed my ass off as I walked past and realized who it was.

[chico]

Cronin doesn't have the balls to pull off some of the crap Huggins did. Now, you may see that as him being the lesser of the two, but I see it as him just being a punk who wants to be like big bad Huggins but can't pull it off. The fact that Huggins did the crap he did, ran the program he did, let loose a reign of thugdom across Clifton, makes it no contest.

I don't hate Cronin so much as I mock him. The guy's a cartoon character. Li'l Mick with him mom sticking up for him when his team gets in a fight. I can't possibly hate that more than the thing that is BeelzeBob. Maybe he's been marginalized since he's moving more into irrelevance every day, but that doesn't distract one bit from what he has done. But I guess to each his own.

[PMI]

Cronin doesn't have the balls to pull off some of the crap Huggins did. Now, you may see that as him being the lesser of the two, but I see it as him just being a punk who wants to be like big bad Huggins but can't pull it off. The fact that Huggins did the crap he did, ran the program he did, let loose a reign of thugdom across Clifton, makes it no contest.

I don't hate Cronin so much as I mock him. The guy's a cartoon character. Li'l Mick with him mom sticking up for him when his team gets in a fight. I can't possibly hate that more than the thing that is BeelzeBob. Maybe he's been marginalized since he's moving more into irrelevance every day, but that doesn't distract one bit from what he has done. But I guess to each his own.

To each his own for sure. I totally agree with your description of the drunk and the little weasel, yet I come to the opposite conclusion in who I hate more. Huggins is a fat, stinking, drunk, shameless redneck asshole who doesn't pretend to be anything other than a fat, stinking, drunk, shameless redneck asshole. I find his act, while certainly a threat to society, to be somewhat amusing in my own sick way. And believe, I have no love lost for the guy, but this is just in comparison to my least favorite person in college sports, Mick Cronin. That little rat shit wiener deserves to get his ass kicked more than anyone else I've ever seen, and I've seen some bad ones. I guess to me, it comes down to hating what I can't respect, and if there's a poster child for what I could never respect, it's Mick Cronin.


I have seen the YTG making out with a 20 something year old chick in a downtown bar. I didn't get to see how good or bad looking she was because they were seated inside a booth/VIP type section. I laughed my ass off as I walked past and realized who it was.

This makes me want to laugh, cry, and puke all at the same time. I imagine you, sir, are very fortunate you did not see the face of whatever wretched, shameless beast would stoop to that. Whatever he was paying her could not have been enough.

[XUFan09]

I guess to me, it comes down to hating what I can't respect, and if there's a poster child for what I could never respect, it's Mick Cronin.

That pretty much sums it up. I don't want Mick at UC because I can't even enjoy hating him. He is a parasite on college basketball, and I wish he would just go away.

[Cheesehead]

Mick is a little dick and Bob is a bigger dick. I just can't believe Huggins is still alive.

[94GRAD]

Mick deflecting the blame again.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130219/SPT0101/302190132/Cronin-UC-s-scoring-hurt-by-uncalled-fouls?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p

[Pluto]

and I agree completely with the college game being way too physical. The problem is there is no consistency in calling fouls. There needs to be a central agency that oversees the refs instead of this bs league by league crap that is going on right now.

[danaandvictory]

Mick deflecting the blame again.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130219/SPT0101/302190132/Cronin-UC-s-scoring-hurt-by-uncalled-fouls?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p

That's an unbelievable assertion from Cronin, given that his team's entire stock in trade is aggressive, physical defense.

[X-ROX]

Haha, what a tool. If I was a bearcat fan, I'd be calling for his head. They'd lose every game they have left if the refs started calling every foul. What a dumbass.

[PMI]

That's an unbelievable assertion from Cronin, given that his team's entire stock in trade is aggressive, physical defense.

My God! Does he not remember how he got the Bearcats back on the map?!?! So now that you have a guard-oriented team, it's time to address this problem? This guy is un-freaking-believable! The way he whines makes Jim Boeheim look like a member of Seal Team 6. I can't believe anybody on this planet takes that little bastard seriously. It is LITERALLY ALWAYS somebody else's fault with him.

[coasterville95]

Don't coaches get sanctioned for speaking badly about the officiating. That's why coaches tend to dance around it, like after our Richmond game when Byron and Joe were goading Mack into talking about the officials, Mack instead replied "I guess suddenly we are a team that fouls a lot"

A co-worker, who happens to be a UC fan, but can't stand Mick Cronin, was also making fun of Cronin for this, and when I said something about possible sanctions, he replied "Well, Cronin is easy to overlook!" (yup, making the short jokes as well)

[Cheesehead]

Even the UC fans on the FB comments are ripping Mick. Glad to see even UC fans see him as a whiny little bitch.

[outsideobserver11]

Even the UC fans on the FB comments are ripping Mick. Glad to see even UC fans see him as a whiny little bitch.

Yea we are getting a bit tired of him. The problem isn't surprising though considering he recruits guys that are long and athletic and fit his defensive scheme perfectly, but then throws them out there on offense and essentially tells them to figure it out. It's like we have 2 plays:

Cashmere Wright dribbles, Jackson sets screen, Cash chucks up 3
Cash passes to Kilpatrick, he chucks up 3 regardless of where he is on the floor and where defenders are.

A prime example of his offensive ineptitude is watching them come out of a timeout. I swear they must be playing tic-tac-toe on that board for 2 minutes.

[BMoreX]

Fall to .500 in Big East and 10th in the standings after the OT loss at UConn.

[Juice]

Fall to .500 in Big East and 10th in the standings after the OT loss at UConn.

I don't think UC is particularly that good, but they're definitely better than 10th in the Big East. Mick is screwing the pooch down the stretch here.

[Cheesehead]

I turned that gameon w/UC up by 6 or 7 with about 3:30 left in regulation. I said to myself, I bet UC blows this thing. Sure enough, they came through. I must admit Napier was hitting shots out of his butt but UC's offense is pathetic. If they don't hit outside jumpshots, they are done.

Anyway, I enjoyed it.

[Masterofreality]

And they now have to go to ND.

Welcome to a sub.500 league record, Mickey!

[outsideobserver11]

Not just that. Finish with:

At ND
Vs. UCONN
At. Louisville
Vs. South Florida

[bleedXblue]

UC is going to be a bubble team

Better finish with a .500 record on the BE or I think they may be out

[gladdenguy]

I don't think they will be a bubble team. Their worst 2 losses are at Providence and St. Johns at home.....which really aren't that bad (Its not like they lost to Wofford and Vandy at home). They also have wins over Marquette, Villanova, @Pitt, Oregon, and Iowa St.

I do love their losing streak right now. Unfortunately, I know come NCAA tourney time they will play great to make this season as a Xavier fan even more devastating.

[Cheesehead]

I don't think they will be a bubble team. Their worst 2 losses are at Providence and St. Johns at home.....which really aren't that bad (Its not like they lost to Wofford and Vandy at home). They also have wins over Marquette, Villanova, @Pitt, Oregon, and Iowa St.

I do love their losing streak right now. Unfortunately, I know come NCAA tourney time they will play great to make this season as a Xavier fan even more devastating.

Let me enjoy my moment, Gladden. Damn it, man!

UC still sucks. They just do.

[PMI]

I don't think they will be a bubble team. Their worst 2 losses are at Providence and St. Johns at home.....which really aren't that bad (Its not like they lost to Wofford and Vandy at home). They also have wins over Marquette, Villanova, @Pitt, Oregon, and Iowa St.

I do love their losing streak right now. Unfortunately, I know come NCAA tourney time they will play great to make this season as a Xavier fan even more devastating.

I don't know, GG. I don't see them doing much in the tournament. They are so offensively challenged.

[Masterofreality]

"F$&@k them.....Really..... F$&@k them."

-Bobby Thuggs

[X-ROX]

Check out CBS Sports NCAA BBall front page. Has a pic of ND's Cooley up against King Kenny with headline of UC vs ND watch live.Surprised they couldn't find any good pics of Uc vs ND....

[UCGRAD4X]

Check out CBS Sports NCAA BBall front page. Has a pic of ND's Cooley up against King Kenny with headline of UC vs ND watch live.Surprised they couldn't find any good pics of Uc vs ND....

Are you really that surprised? They only play them twice each year. Really?

It's more like somebody at CBS thinks Cincinnati Basketball and thinks Xavier - not those other guys.

Borecats score 15 points in the first half! And start off 2nd half with an airball from CW.

[Masterofreality]

SucKS runs no offense.

It's either Burlap Wright trying to drive one on one, jacking a 3 or them leaving it up to Kilpatrick to throw in a 3.

They are now at the TV timeout after the 16 mark in the second half- that is 24 minutes of basketball- and the boyz in black have a grand total of 18, that's Eighteen big points.

Impressive, Mickey.

[Masterofreality]

Honestly, what would you say was a better game?

X vs VCU on CBSSN yesterday, or SucKS vs ND on CBS today?

I'd say the former. And CBS' network game yesterday was Georgia vs South Carolina. WTF?

No wonder college basketball ratings are down on TV.

[Masterofreality]

Spanarkle's best compliment of the day for SucKS: "Good no shot there by Jackson".

Yeah, that just happened.

[UCGRAD4X]

Looks like Jackson just gave up. Took himself out by making a useless 5th foul.

[UCGRAD4X]

Final

ND 62
uc 41

uc now under .500 BE

[DC Muskie]

Good effort UC.

[Retire FiftyTu]

Lance McAlister‏@LanceMcAlister

Mick, 700 WLW #Bearcats "i thought the game was unfairly officiated, and that is all I'll say on that."

What a puss. You lost by 20, the refs had nothing to do with the fact that your team can't score worth shit.

[Juice]

As it stands right now, UC shouldn't make the tourney. They have utterly imploded. And dayton wouldn't even make the A10 tourney. So even in a down year for X things aren't too bad.

I HATE dayton.

CBS Sports still has them in.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/21761795/poppin-bubbles-which-teams-are-suddenly-in-trouble

[Cheesehead]

Lance McAlister‏@LanceMcAlister

Mick, 700 WLW #Bearcats "i thought the game was unfairly officiated, and that is all I'll say on that."

What a puss. You lost by 20, the refs had nothing to do with the fact that your team can't score worth shit.

That's Mick's MO. Always deflect and blame others. Never admit your offense sucks or that you got out-coached. He's such a weasel.

[muskienick]

That's Mick's MO. Always deflect and blame others. Never admit your offense sucks or that you got out-coached. He's such a weasel.

I just gained some additional respect for Lance. Unfortunately, the next time he speaks to the Mickster on his show he'll be groveling as though he's the next coming of John Wooden.

[XUFan09]

I just gained some additional respect for Lance. Unfortunately, the next time he speaks to the Mickster on his show he'll be groveling as though he's the next coming of John Wooden.

Were you basing that off "What a puss. You lost by 20, the refs had nothing to do with the fact that your team can't score worth shit."

I just doublechecked on Twitter, because I was wondering myself, but that was actually RetireFiftyTwo who said that, not Lance.

[Retire FiftyTu]

Were you basing that off "What a puss. You lost by 20, the refs had nothing to do with the fact that your team can't score worth shit."

I just doublechecked on Twitter, because I was wondering myself, but that was actually RetireFiftyTwo who said that, not Lance.


Yeah, I added the part about Mick being a puss. Lance just said the part in the quotes.

[XUFan09]

Yeah, I added the part about Mick being a puss. Lance just said the part in the quotes.

And I approve ;-)

[Cheesehead]

Mick getting ripped online too,

The great actor Tom Hanks once said in the movie A League of Their Own, “There is no crying in baseball.” The same rule pretty much applies in every sport, including basketball. Apparently Cincinnati Bearcats coach Mick Cronin did not see that movie or he thinks that rule doesn’t apply to him.
In the Bearscats 21-point loss to No.25 Notre Dame Sunday, Cronin was shown arguing with the refs, yelling at his players and just displaying strange facial expressions. He was given a sideline warning by one ref after a little exchange. This isn’t really bizarre behavior for Cronin, in fact he usually acts a little goofy on the sideline of any game.
What was strange was his comments after the game about the officiating. He told ESPN radio, “I thought the game was unfairly officiated, and that is all I’ll say on that.” He then added, “I didn’t think it was real fair today. But we didn’t play well.”

Really Mick? I am sure the Big East and Cincinnati’s athletic director wont be too happy you decided to call out the refs. Although Cronin has mentioned a couple times this season that he thinks college basketball has gotten too physical, calling out the refs after a game look petty.
Cincinnati had 20 fouls called on them during the game, Notre Dame had 15. Not too bad of a deference. Most teams know when you play a road game that the home team is going to get the majority of the calls, it is the nature of the beast. But the Bearcats were 5-12 from the free throw line, so it isn’t like they were taking advantage of the calls they did get.
Louisville coach Rick Pitino, who mentored Cronin as an assistant before he took the Cincinnati job, says coaches should not argue with refs. It isn’t worth it, plus it makes the players think they can argue with the refs. It sounds like Cronin needs some more lessons from his old boss.
Cincinnati is likely headed to the NIT, unless something changes, but Cronin better be careful he doesn’t lose his job in the process. I am sure there will be an apology from the coach to the refs by tomorrow.


Read more at http://www.rantsports.com/ncaa-basketball/?p=44930#axxzYOQIVP2JfGLp.99

[GoMuskies]

Smooth 3-15 (1-9 from three) from some guy I've never heard of for UC today. No big deal, though, just a game against a top 10 team on the road for a bubble team. There was no reason for that no one to come up big tonight.

[Cheesehead]

UC keeps losing, which makes me feel somewhat better about X's season.

[D-West & PO-Z]

One of the announcers said UC has been one of the most disappointing Big East teams this year. Luckily this won't be an issue next year for UC as they won't be in the Big East. They can be one of the most disappointing teams in the _________ conference. The new CUSA perhaps?

[paulxu]

Can we call it the little east?

[X-band '01]

How about the Metro/Great Midwest 3.0?

[_LH]

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130310/SPT0101/303100121/Big-East-Tournament-gets-fond-farewell

UC never played in the "real" BE either Mick. Once UC, South Florida and DePaul were added in 2005, the "real" BE was dead. Sour grapes for little Mick.

[X-band '01]

If the Gnome thinks that the tournament isn't going to go on just because UC and the football schools are no longer part of the party, he needs to go hump a cactus.

Have fun in the America 12/ACC Junior.

[coasterville95]

Sounds like its sour grapes from the football schools. The Villanova coach quote is the only one that seems to acknowledge it will still go on. Cronin is already starting his "Whem the Big East was the Big East" schtick. In other words after years of puffing his chest over how brutal the bBig East was, not he will be givving it the same derisive treatment he usually reserves for the A-10.

Have fun with those thrilling conference games against Tulane, Houston, etc.

[Masterofreality]

Reality Check....

Two of the New/Original Big East schools, Marquette and Georgetown tied for the regular season BE Championship. They will still be in the true New Big East next year. SucKS, UCon and S Fla were no where near the top. Oh, and Creighton won their league and basically has everyone back.

And, of course, Koch cannot mention that the Tournament WILL continue in MSG....with XAVIER in it, can he?

New Big East > than the jaundiced Leprechaun's Big East.

[coasterville95]

With the type schools Americas 12 is signing on, maybe they can move their tournament from historic Madison Square Garden to something more appropriate: historic Cincinnati Garden

Though they may as just well move it to the Fed Ex Forum.

[DC Muskie]

UC should take comfort that they had hand in destroying the old BE.

That should be a legacy to be proud of!

[boozehound]

UC should take comfort that they had hand in destroying the old BE.

That should be a legacy to be proud of!

At least they got into a power football conference though! Oh, wait a minute. They didn't.

[Masterofreality]

This is what it has come to for SucKS.

They are hoping for three of the best schools in a league to leave, so they can join the sloppy remnants of the league that those best schools left.....thereby remaining second rate themselves.

That is sure something to aspire to.

[Masterofreality]

Nothing would make me happier than seeing The Borecats bounced out immediately on Wedensday. They play the very first game and how great would it be for their last visit to MSG to be their shortest?

[danaandvictory]

Nothing would make me happier than seeing The Borecats bounced out immediately on Wedensday. They play the very first game and how great would it be for their last visit to MSG to be their shortest?

MOR, you've clearly forgotten when they lost by double digits to 0-18 DePaul in the first game of the BET, leading to Lance Gose's infamous radio rant where he accused Deonta Vaughn of shaving points. A classic of its genre.