UCLA 79 Cincinnati 67

Final

UC hung in there for most of the game but just too much talent for UCLA.

UC played hard. This is a game where UC not being in a better conference hurt imo. UCLA plays at such a fast up and down pace, UC hasn't played anyone close to what they do. It's hard to play against. They did the same thing to UK the first time. Hopefully UK has better luck this second time.

Great season by UC.

Really impressive 2nd half for UCLA. Ball stole the show.

Solid season for UC. 30 wins aint bad.

Nice season for the Bearcats.

Very good season for UC. Bad seeding had them playing a team they should not have faced in round 2. The committee messed up on seeding this year IMO.

For example, Florida St. and UC are about even in my eyes. FSU got a 3 seed. UC got a 6. Yes, FSU had a lot of top 50 wins because the ACC was ranked so high, but FSU also had two bad losses and UC had none. Close enough between the two that there should not be a 3 seed separation.

Very good season for UC. Bad seeding had them playing a team they should not have faced in round 2. The committee messed up on seeding this year IMO.

 

For example, Florida St. and UC are about even in my eyes. FSU got a 3 seed. UC got a 6. Yes, FSU had a lot of top 50 wins because the ACC was ranked so high, but FSU also had two bad losses and UC had none. Close enough between the two that there should not be a 3 seed separation.

There wasn't much UC could do. That conference was so bad. The loss late in the season ruined any chance of them getting anything above a 5 IMO.

There wasn't much UC could do. That conference was so bad. The loss late in the season ruined any chance of them getting anything above a 5 IMO.

Minnesota and Iowa St. should not have been seeded higher than UC. That gets them to a 5. I agree, hard to get them to a 4 seed because the conference didn't get them enough top 50/100 wins.

Have said it for years: UC teams coached by Mick Cronin never going to go very far in the postseason. He just doesn't have it. Bearcats will have to have a coaching change if they ever want to break the cycle.

Great season Bearcats.

Have said it for years: UC teams coached by Mick Cronin never going to go very far in the postseason. He just doesn't have it. Bearcats will have to have a coaching change if they ever want to break the cycle.

They just lost to what could end up being the eventual national champion with arguably the best player in college basketball and you get on here and post this garbage? Give UC any other 6 seed's draw and they are still playing next week end.

UCLA should have been a 2 seed at worst with UC likely a 5 seed if the committee seeds both properly. This loss had ZERO to do with coaching. Simply beat by a better and more talented team who shot over 60% in the second half with 11 3's for the game.

They just lost to what could end up being the eventual national champion with arguably the best player in college basketball and you get on here and post this garbage? Give UC any other 6 seed's draw and they are still playing next week end.

 

UCLA should have been a 2 seed at worst with UC likely a 5 seed if the committee seeds both properly. This loss had ZERO to do with coaching. Simply beat by a better and more talented team who shot over 60% in the second half with 11 3's for the game.

Why is it garbage? Mick-led teams have been doing this in the tourney for years. It's probably personal if you are a UC fan, but for someone looking at them from the outside, it's chronic underachievement.

Have said it for years: UC teams coached by Mick Cronin never going to go very far in the postseason. He just doesn't have it. Bearcats will have to have a coaching change if they ever want to break the cycle.

They need out of that crappy conference more than a coaching change. Might need both.

UC had a great season and shouldn't hang their heads over this one.

Why is it garbage? Mick-led teams have been doing this in the tourney for years. It's probably personal if you are a UC fan, but for someone looking at them from the outside, it's chronic underachievement.

Exactly what have they been doing in the tourney? They have lost to better teams for the most part. If you want to call 30 wins (second most in program history) and a second round loss to a 30 win UCLA team underachieving, then we obviously have different opinions of "underachieving."

But since Mick's teams consistently underachieve, let's take a look at his post season results:

2011: 6 seed

#6 UC 78 #11 Missouri 63

#3 UConn 69 #6 UC 58

UConn went on to win the national championship

2012: 6 seed

#6 UC 65 #11 Texas 59

#6 UC 62 #3 Florida State 56

#2 Ohio State 81 #6 UC 66

Ohio State beat #1 Cuse in the Region final to advance to the Final 4 before losing by 2 to Kansas.

2013: 10 seed

#7 Creighton 67 #10 Cincinnati 63

Creighton was led by lottery pick, Doug McDermott

2014: 5 seed

#12 Harvard 61 #5 UC 57

2015: 8 seed

#8 UC 66 #9 Purdue 65

#1 Kentucky 64 #8 UC 51

In case you forgot, this was an undefeated final 4 UK team with 8 future pros.

2016: 9 seed

#8 St Josephs 78 #9 UC 76

St Joe was led by Deandre Bembry...1st round #21 pick..this was the game where Ellis dunk at the buzzer to send it to OT was waved off.

2017: 6 seed

#6 UC 75 #11 Kansas State 61

#3 UCLA 79 #6 UC 67

So in 7 tournament appearances, Mick is 5-7 with just ONE LOSS to a team that was a lower seed and 3 of those losses coming to final 4 teams (UCLA still TBD). I wouldn't exactly call that underachieving considering the teams he has lost to in the tournament.