Absolutely--outcoached every game, every year. Dude freezes in big situations. Amazing effort by OUr guys. Hadaway was chill for the most part and Simmons and Pavs were sensational. Kelly out for much of 2nd half as well. Miami earned it and deserve the accolades. But OUr guys stepped up. We can certainly beat Kan't State if we play that way.

What a tremendous basketball game. That was fun.

We couldn't have played harder or better.

Miami is good but theyre the punks we knew they were. I still think Akron beats them in Cleveland.

Now Im worried we just spent everything we had on the floor tonight and might not have anything left in the tank next week. We shall see.

Agree about UMASS. I think this will be tricky for Miami at 11 AM.

As for Ohio…this was our Super Bowl tonight. No way will they shoot from 3 against Kent like they did against Miami.

Was soft for sure, but he never got in front of him. Thought it was an easy call for the ref to make. Bottom line…it wasn’t the only possession of the game where Sheldon “D” cost Ohio big time.

From a neutral perspective, that had to be one of the best college basketball games of the season. Best game in the Convo in what, 10 years? 15 years?

I've been telling folks that I think UMass will be the surprise team of the tourney. Every time I've watched them this year it seems to me they are the most talented team on the court, but they lost a lot of those games. Unlike Miami they haven't played well as a team. If they play to their potential in the tournament, I think they'll make a big splash. They can easily beat Miami, IMHO.

Great game that would have been electric if Pavs' shot at the end of regulation goes down.

A problem for Ohio all year has been the mismatches other teams take advantage of when we switch nearly every time on picks. Or, and this happened way too many times this year, we start defensive possessions with wrong matchups.

Their was one second-half possession when we were tied and Simmons was guarding Perry (a freshman) early in the shot clock. I told my son that Perry will demand the ball out beyond the arc, will have his teammates clear that side of the court, and will then take Simmons off the dribble for a layup. That was exactly what happened with Perry (did I say he's a freshman?) ending up with an and-one for a 3-pt play.

But it happened too many times this year and especially v. Miami tonight, where their guards take our bigs off the dribble or their 6-8 player posts up our guard for an easy look around the basket.

Pavs played only 2 years as a Bobcat, but his play and effort makes him one of my all-time favorite Bobcat. He gets the attention of the other teams' defensive effort, gets bullied most nights, doesn't say a word or complain to the refs, plays 37 minutes a night (45 tonight), and gave a herculean effort in his final game in the Convo against a 30-0 team. Thanks, Pav.

I'm looking forward to their big dance game.

They won't have MAC refs to give them 41 free throws like they had last night. Get ready for the hashtag #EXPOSED after they get blown out.

WE saw a foul by Miami, and the refs did not call it on .12 seconds left in the game.

The Trent jersey retirement and Akron 2013 were equal in atmosphere to last night IMO. To a slightly lesser extent but almost there were 2011 Miami 3OT and Toledo 2014.

If we played in all games like we did tonight our record would be more like 25-6.
We played like a different team tonight. Where has this team been.





GO BOBCATS

+1,000,000

Yep, feel for Pavs, too. He's an excellent PG. His size gives some of it away on the defensive side, but we had an elite MAC PG for two years and squandered it. Pavs and Simmons are a combo that should that have been much better, and we just didn't have the right guys around them.