Use this thread to talk about anything game-related.

Date: February 1st, 2014  1:00 PM

Opponent: Toledo   (18-2, 6-1 MAC)

Site: Convocation Center

TV: ESPNU

Radio:  Ohio Radio

Webcast: None

Toledo's media guide, roster and statistics.  

Toledo fan sites: The Rocket Report     The Launch Pad 

Heard they should be pretty good...but I'd only expect 10k or so. Heard the bigger crowd should be for Miami the following week, though.

And I don't think the shirt police will be there. But given all the new security, who knows!

Security was all paid for and brought in by OUPD. From what I can tell, athletics staff hate it and actively try to circumvent them when possible.

The same police chief that brought us the tailgating czars is behind this too. Heard that security checks at other events (volleyball, baseball, etc.) is probably happening next year too.

Seems like a giant waste of university money to me.

If you are currently holding a ticket for the Toledo game, look carefully at the game time. It will say TBA, or in some instances, 6 PM. These are wrong. The game is at 1:00 -- Eastern Standard Time for our Indiana friend -- in order to be featured on the ESPN family member that must resort to sit-in bathtub commercials to fill TV time outs. My advice is to be at the game. If you don't have a ticket yet, go get one. Do not watch this game on television. Nothing has damaged me greater than the indelible image of a naked octogenarian shot at an angle several degrees past appropriate while the red hat halted play. I will gladly watch a relatively sober marketing student try to catch a rubber chicken in a laundry basket to avoid that horror again.

Traffic and weather is irrelevant. A naked octogenarian has made it that way.

This game is also the "Blackout" game. My Mom always said there were only three things that looked good in black: Supreme Court Justices, Model T Fords, and Frank Sinatra. I will once again decline participating in this display. I am opposed to blackouts of any sort since I was in New York City in 1977. My family had arranged for me to purchase a Pontiac from an old friend in The Bronx. It was July, I was already pretty much lost in the city, and then the power went out. I retreated to my hotel room and barricaded the doors and windows while chaos ruled outside. Two days later, I emerged from the room unshaven and reeking of onions for no earthly reason. The dealership had been ravaged and my Lemans was never recovered. I'm wearing green tomorrow.

Toledo may be the greatest team to ever play in the Convo that was ineligible for post-season play the previous year. They are good. Really good. No, I'm serious, Gee. Oh. Oh. Dee. Five guys averaging double figures, and one of them is Amish! They average 75 points per game in conference play and they are among the better free throw shooting teams in the MAC.

When UT lost to Kansas to end their perfect season, most accepted that. When they lost to Western Michigan days later, most rolled their eyes and said that it was all a sham and the Rockets were quickly forgotten about. A couple weeks later, though, they rolled into the JAR and obliterated Akron. The juggernaut talk was quickly reestablished.

If the Bobcats don't bring a 40 minute game to the floor, Saturday will be a long day.

Toledo is the real deal.  Balanced, talented lineup.  Good depth.  Good coaching.  Don't turn it over much.

They get to the line a lot more than their opponents.  They outrebound their opponents, and everyone on their roster is part of that.  They have an excellent assist to turnover ratio.   

The one weakness is defensive FG percentage.  Could partially be due to their pace and taking chances, letting opponents get out in transition.  I think sometimes from what I've seen they will build a lead then get a little careless on the defensive end of the floor. 

While they are the best team in the MAC right now, they're not unbeatable.  Western has already proved that.  They have had a lot of close games.

Defense will be the key tomorrow.  Not getting in foul trouble and letting them beat us at the FT line.  I think our biggest matchup problem is Weatherspoon.  Ric's not around to do it, someone else gotta step up.

juice Brown is a DJ Cooper-type PG.  Can we stop his dribble penetration, which opens up dishing to others? 

Also, I don't think we can afford one of those 2 for 20 days from three.  We're going to need a few of em.

Toledo is the closest the MAC has to a so-called "power" conference team.  Not only do they have five guys averaging double figures, they also get 20 pts a game from their bench.  They don't lose much when they substitute.

I'll be watching the game on ESPNU, but is there really not a webcast of this game?

I honestly find that a little hard to believe. There is a watch link up on the portal through ohiobobcats.com, and I would assume it will also be available through the MAC live streaming website.

Is anyone else terrified of what Juice Brown can do to Stevie/Bean?  If they can't contain him and keep him from getting in the lane at will, able to distribute to Toledo's many talented scorers (and score himself), we could be in trouble.  I'd like to think if we can take better care of the ball and shoot the ball like our guys are capable, we keep this thing tight.  If we're not making shots and Toledo is getting what they want on the offensive end, this could get ugly real fast...and as others have said, there won't be a comeback from down 18 against this team.  If it's a close game, I see the Cats coming out on top.

It still seems odd. The games that have been on ESPN3 this year, were still also available through the Ohio website and the MAC website as well.

Those games were through TWC and picked up by ESPN Fullcourt.  Had they been an ESPN3 exclusive, they would have not have been streamed.

Great story!!  (bobcatsquared, NOT Fake Jeff!  }

Looks like about 4,000 seats left. Good walk up and fairly strong student turnout should be over 9K, maybe push 10K

I guess the combined IQ for Pete and I wasn't high enough for us to figure that out. However, the two of us did combine for over 4,000 major league hits.