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Andrew Ruck
3/14/2021 1:02 AM
Can you remember a more dominant run in MAC tourney history? I crunched the numbers on our 120 minutes of play:

Had lead - 116 Min
Led by 10+ - 82 Min
Led by 15+ - 52 Min

We led Kent by 28 with 8 to go
We led Toledo by 18 with 8 to go
We led Buffalo by 19 with 8 to go

What a joy to experience without having any heart attacks. A stark contrast to 05, 10, & 12. You could break it down deeper to really show the complete dominance. All 4 games featured Ohio blatantly running out the shot clock and giving up easy 2s to make the final look closer.

All this playing the 1,2, & 4 seeds...the hardest draw possible. Cheers!
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Jeff McKinney
3/14/2021 1:09 AM
Agree!
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Ziegler79
3/14/2021 3:31 AM
No I can’t but I still got nervous in the second half of the last two games somehow!
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OUVan
3/14/2021 8:38 AM
Andrew Ruck wrote:expand_more
Can you remember a more dominant run in MAC tourney history? I crunched the numbers on our 120 minutes of play:

Had lead - 116 Min
Led by 10+ - 82 Min
Led by 15+ - 52 Min

We led Kent by 28 with 8 to go
We led Toledo by 18 with 8 to go
We led Buffalo by 19 with 8 to go

What a joy to experience without having any heart attacks. A stark contrast to 05, 10, & 12. You could break it down deeper to really show the complete dominance. All 4 games featured Ohio blatantly running out the shot clock and giving up easy 2s to make the final look closer.

All this playing the 1,2, & 4 seeds...the hardest draw possible. Cheers!
It wasn't just the tournament. It was every game, save one, after the February shutdown including #3 seed Akron. The team really is taking on Jeff Boals' personality and Preston and Vander Plas are the perfect leaders to do that.
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Pete Chouteau
3/14/2021 9:10 AM
2002 Kent might be.
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oldkatz
3/14/2021 9:55 AM
Specially pleasing (for me) was how dominant the Cats were in the title game, given what jerks the Bulls were in the Convo during their 20 point win. Karma, baby!
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LuckySparrow
3/14/2021 10:25 AM
This tournament run is what dreams are made of, we were an absolute buzzsaw. Let's keep it rolling!
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bobcatsquared
3/14/2021 10:33 AM
oldkatz wrote:expand_more
Specially pleasing (for me) was how dominant the Cats were in the title game, given what jerks the Bulls were in the Convo during their 20 point win. Karma, baby!
I haven't forgotten that either, oldkatz. It's something I never noticed on TV but stood out when watching the game from inside the Convo. There was nothing (chairs, tables, etc...) separating the two teams except about 30 feet of open space. The UB bench players showed no class from where they were standing, directing it directly at the Ohio bench. Nothing Ohio could do, being destroyed on the floor that Saturday, except wait to turn the tables on the court in Cleveland when it mattered most.
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The Optimist
3/14/2021 10:42 AM
Not sweating out the final moments of any of those games was very weird.
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BillyTheCat
3/14/2021 11:04 AM
bobcatsquared wrote:expand_more
Specially pleasing (for me) was how dominant the Cats were in the title game, given what jerks the Bulls were in the Convo during their 20 point win. Karma, baby!
I haven't forgotten that either, oldkatz. It's something I never noticed on TV but stood out when watching the game from inside the Convo. There was nothing (chairs, tables, etc...) separating the two teams except about 30 feet of open space. The UB bench players showed no class from where they were standing, directing it directly at the Ohio bench. Nothing Ohio could do, being destroyed on the floor that Saturday, except wait to turn the tables on the court in Cleveland when it mattered most.
Yes, they were quite the assholes that day!
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BillyTheCat
3/14/2021 11:06 AM
oldkatz wrote:expand_more
Specially pleasing (for me) was how dominant the Cats were in the title game, given what jerks the Bulls were in the Convo during their 20 point win. Karma, baby!
Same with the dismantling of Kent in the first game. Kent and their behavior starting with their pigmy head coach.
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CatsUp
3/14/2021 11:10 AM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
Specially pleasing (for me) was how dominant the Cats were in the title game, given what jerks the Bulls were in the Convo during their 20 point win. Karma, baby!
I haven't forgotten that either, oldkatz. It's something I never noticed on TV but stood out when watching the game from inside the Convo. There was nothing (chairs, tables, etc...) separating the two teams except about 30 feet of open space. The UB bench players showed no class from where they were standing, directing it directly at the Ohio bench. Nothing Ohio could do, being destroyed on the floor that Saturday, except wait to turn the tables on the court in Cleveland when it mattered most.
Yes, they were quite the assholes that day!
From what you folks are saying I can’t help but wonder if Jeff had a “special pep talk” for his team that we will never see? ;)
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BillyTheCat
3/14/2021 11:12 AM
CatsUp wrote:expand_more
Specially pleasing (for me) was how dominant the Cats were in the title game, given what jerks the Bulls were in the Convo during their 20 point win. Karma, baby!
I haven't forgotten that either, oldkatz. It's something I never noticed on TV but stood out when watching the game from inside the Convo. There was nothing (chairs, tables, etc...) separating the two teams except about 30 feet of open space. The UB bench players showed no class from where they were standing, directing it directly at the Ohio bench. Nothing Ohio could do, being destroyed on the floor that Saturday, except wait to turn the tables on the court in Cleveland when it mattered most.
Yes, they were quite the assholes that day!
From what you folks are saying I can’t help but wonder if Jeff had a “special pep talk” for his team that we will never see? ;)
Jeff didn’t need one, these kids took it serious all on their own, one of the things Coach speaks highly on, their character.
Last Edited: 3/14/2021 11:14:13 AM by BillyTheCat
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JSF
3/14/2021 1:13 PM
It's rare for a team to be able to go through a tournament and not feel threatened at any time. Even the Gonzagas of the world will run across a team pushing them.
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colobobcat66
3/14/2021 2:27 PM
Pete Chouteau wrote:expand_more
2002 Kent might be.
They won by 12, 25 and 11
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GraffZ06
3/14/2021 5:33 PM
colobobcat66 wrote:expand_more
2002 Kent might be.
They won by 12, 25 and 11
Good call on 2002 Kent St.

We won by 22, 7 and 15 - so their margin of victory bested ours 48 to 44.

That Kent squad also got a #10 seed and wound up in the Elite 8.
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bobcat 2000
3/14/2021 7:16 PM
Now this team is seeded 13 and playing Virginia. The bracket they drew gives them a good shot at making sweet sixteen. Virginia will be hard but nowhere near as bad as it could've been. If they win creighton could be their next opponent. They may have to play Gonzaga who would put it all over them. No matter what Jeff boals has done well. I wonder if some larger schools will make offers after the tourney ends. I wonder if he'll stay should that happen. That was the good thing about Larry hunter, he would've stayed on no matter what
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shabamon
3/14/2021 7:19 PM
bobcat 2000 wrote:expand_more
Now this team is seeded 13 and playing Virginia. The bracket they drew gives them a good shot at making sweet sixteen. Virginia will be hard but nowhere near as bad as it could've been. If they win creighton could be their next opponent. They may have to play Gonzaga who would put it all over them. No matter what Jeff boals has done well. I wonder if some larger schools will make offers after the tourney ends. I wonder if he'll stay should that happen. That was the good thing about Larry hunter, he would've stayed on no matter what
Are you Magic Johnson?
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Jeff McKinney
3/14/2021 10:59 PM
bobcatsquared wrote:expand_more
Specially pleasing (for me) was how dominant the Cats were in the title game, given what jerks the Bulls were in the Convo during their 20 point win. Karma, baby!
I haven't forgotten that either, oldkatz. It's something I never noticed on TV but stood out when watching the game from inside the Convo. There was nothing (chairs, tables, etc...) separating the two teams except about 30 feet of open space. The UB bench players showed no class from where they were standing, directing it directly at the Ohio bench. Nothing Ohio could do, being destroyed on the floor that Saturday, except wait to turn the tables on the court in Cleveland when it mattered most.
Yep...I was there the day they blew us out in Athens, and their behavior was embarrassing. Incessant trash talking. Their #5, a little used sub, was even trying to pick fights toward the end of the game. I guess that's why Boeheim says he won't play them again.

I was at RMFH last night, and I didn't notice a single Bull acknowledging the Cats after the game was over.

The revenge tour was complete with victories over Kent, Toledo and Buffalo in Cleveland.
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Andrew Ruck
3/15/2021 10:43 AM
GraffZ06 wrote:expand_more
2002 Kent might be.
They won by 12, 25 and 11
Good call on 2002 Kent St.

We won by 22, 7 and 15 - so their margin of victory bested ours 48 to 44.

That Kent squad also got a #10 seed and wound up in the Elite 8.
Good call on Kent and also a great indication of how this type of dominance can play out in the NCAA tourney.

I was unable to find play by play info of the Kent games but I did see box scores and they were tied at the half in both the quarterinals and the Championship. I suspect if we had the data it would show they were pressed deeper into the 2nd half than we ever were.
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Victory
3/15/2021 11:44 AM
GraffZ06 wrote:expand_more
2002 Kent might be.
They won by 12, 25 and 11
Good call on 2002 Kent St.

We won by 22, 7 and 15 - so their margin of victory bested ours 48 to 44.

That Kent squad also got a #10 seed and wound up in the Elite 8.
I don't think that we are ever going to find game control numbers from 2002 but I think that there was a good chance that Ohio's was higher. We put out foot on everyone's throat at the beginning of each game and let the margins dwindle playing more "not to lose" in the final 15 minutes. Kent has less than a 1% chance to win during the last 13 minutes of the game. Toledo only lost by 7 but ESPN gave them only about a 12% chance at the half had only a 1 or 2 percent chance to win for most of second half. Buffalo's chances were in the single digits after the first 15 minutes through the rest of the game. I don't remember enough about how Kent's games went to begin to compare.
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