Naticat

>Between 6.5 and 7.5 hours to Manhattan from IL. Thats not soo bad I guess, it must be farther from Kansas city than I had thought.

Oh dont worry! The red and black clothes in the closet arent going anywhere.

Roughly how long does it take to get to Manhattan from our side of the river?

I just got off the phone with Taj, he wants to join us for KState vs Mizzou :-)

There was a guy to our right, and roughly 5 rows down who got in trouble for standing up with about 1-2 minutes left. He turned to the two ladies behind him and said "Youre at a basketball game, stand up and cheer".....Then Lisch hit the 3......everyone stands up, he turns to the ladies and said "Come on, I know you can do it" and the ushers were called on the guy.

Redick is better as well.

No, 5 years ago I would say the same.

Gus Johnson, who I think is great at calling games (Although when he gets excited he screams like a wild animal) said Morrison was the best player in D1 hoops after he hit that game winner against Ok St. I disagree, I said it before last night, and believe it more afterwards, I would take Rudy Gay over Morrison any day of the week.

Armein Kirkland for Tommie Lidell. In fact I'll trade you every Bearcat not named Hicks,White or Downey for him. I can only imagine the great things he's going to be doing when he's a senior. Kevin too.

What a jerk! A program has a few years of success and now their players think theyre a national power. I got news for you Adam, you play for Gonzaga, not Duke, Not North Carolina, Not Uconn etc. Your mid major school plays in a mid major conference, I would love to see Gonzaga play in the Big Ten,Big East,Acc or SEC and see what kind of record they put up each year. It wont be long, and the Gonzaga "super-cool trend" will die off, and the Zags will return to where they came from.

Mrs Nati and I have a date with the UC Bearcats and Syracuse Orange on 1/14. You, Steve and Slu nick are more than welcome to join in on the fun. The cats are staating to get the hang of things right now. Lots of new faces so it will take a bit longer, Its a shame Nancy had to ruin things but we shall return! Atlantic City? Oh no, you dont want me there. We'd likely not even make it to a single game. How about if you just come to St Louis next year, then join myself, Roy, Vtime,Aj,Skip,Kevin Footes and a whole bunch of other people when the Cats invade the Illinois State redbirds!

Im pulling for Tommie to make Adam look silly. Roy just laughs at me. Hey Taj, you going to the game? Im kinda thirsty.

says different in regards to Mayo. "O.J. Mayo: Mayo, a 6-6 point guard, is the LeBron James of the class of 2007 -- so clearly above his peers that there hasn't been a serious challenger to his throne since he was in eighth grade. Mayo, who will be 19 when he graduates from North College Hill (Ohio) High outside Cincinnati, surely won't want to turn 20 in prep school. Which means he has two choices: Start considering a college, or spend this summer reclassifying himself for the class of 2006. Bob Huggins: The Cincinnati coach has been undermined by president Nancy Zimpher, who has limited his contract through the 2006-07 season -- but our guess is Huggins will land Mayo for 2007-08. And if Huggins lands Mayo, Zimpher will be fired before Bob Huggins." Full story can be found here http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/8586708

Kenyon and Dontonio were denied.

Dont think that I was just being kind to do the powerwashing. Nothing comes for free. Guess who's going to be at my house in a week or so to paint my unborn child's bedroom? I'll give you a hint...it isnt me.

Correct, Goins is going to retire. No one seems to understand what the hell Nancy Z is doing. I say this....If you want to fire Bob Huggins, fire him when he breaks the law and drives drunk. And frankly, I dont think she'd hear a whole hell of alot from the city/students/alumni. Dont run him out a year later cause Roy Bright carries a gun and Vincent Banks' dad has AIDS and Vince decided he should be in Georgia and not Ohio. She should call her friend Miles Brand up and find out what happens when you jerk a coach around. Winning the Big East year in and year out would be great. But we all know that just isnt going to happen. I really think the team(s) will be better prepared for March even when theyre finishing 3rd-4th in the conference then they were dominating CUSA. As I said before, will UC make the next 14 NCAA's? Probably not. But I'll bet the early exit's arent as often either. Hey Taj, How about those kind words from Roy regarding the Cats? Hell If I didnt know any better, I'd think there's more of me rubbing off on him since I moved, rather than his plan of him brainwashing me. Or maybe he's just being overly nice since I was busting my ass powerwashing his house today with his lovely wife and Billiken son.

Mr Naticat has been out of town. Visiting his family in Indiana, sorry I wasnt able to answer your question in a more timely manner. Now, Tom and Gruehls could answer your question better than I (Since this has got to be the big story in Cincy, not the Reds). But here's what I gather.....From Bob's press conference last night. Nobody in the athletic dept is being extended until a new AD is at UC......(Of course he's the only one on the hotseat Im sure) He said he wants to fulfill his obligations. He also reminded people that in 1993 he only had one year remaining on his contract and everything worked out OK. He Said that he's confident that everything will work out. As I said, the other two could probably give you more local detail, all I know is what Ive read (Which is probably what you've read). Bob's got two years to kick ass and take names in the Big East so that there's no way Nancy Zimpher and the new AD can turn him down.

Taj1879 is still around,might even be wearing that hockey jersey. Who would have ever thought that Taj would ignore,and not give praise to coach Huggins for what might have been one of his best, if not the best, coaching jobs ever this past season. Wins 25 games and advances to the second round without a true center and only Eric Hicks to back it up. Oh no, Taj wants to talk about Roy Bright and Vincent Banks. Reminds me of something else..... "Were gonna talk about....practice......come'on man!" The Roy Bright situation is what it is. Why would one of the students who walks on water at UC feel the need to carry around a gun? Hell I dont know. At least give Bob credit for telling him to hit the road, 5 years ago he would just be suspended. Vincent Banks is a head scratcher. I heard Andy Kennedy on the radio yesterday. Neither he or Bob were happy with Vincent's decision. He didnt go into detail about what the hell is going on either. He did say that they knew this was going to happen for a couple weeks, thus the signing of the PG from Louisville. Rumors are something about Banks' mom/or dad is doing very bad health wise. The move to the Big East will bring some change. We all know UC wont win the conference championship every year and go to the ncaa every year. Those trips will probably be spaced out a little bit now. But I also think they'll be better prepared for longer tournament runs as well. "Were gonna talk about.............practce" Feel free to have me out for UC vs Georgetown

Tell the Billiken faithful about Jihad! In Jihad I trust!

Notre Dame is the next nearest to Depaul and Marquette. Then theyre looking at about 400 miles to Cincinnati and roughly 550 to Pittsburgh

How he found all this out? Ya know, Team photos, orange jumpsuites etc,cause he couldnt have seen the Cats play yet. I bet it was all his inside sources, like the one who said Huggins was stepping down in April. Or maybe it was Crean, since theyre like best friends. Perhaps it was Izzo, cause you know he and Izzo go way back. Hell I bet John Wooden is his granfather. "Cincy – To save money, instead of taking team photos Cincy is just using each player’s police mug shot in the programs. What makes this even more economical is that this year Coach Huggins’ photo is included with the rest of the team. Now there’s a coach who knows how to relate to his players. Unfortunately, Huggy Bear’s new found camaraderie with his pack of felons spells doom for MU on this day, and while it’s a tough loss I do have to admit Cincy’s new orange jumpsuit warm-ups are pretty cool. MU 21-6" -Mojo

Yeah Im still married, been a whole 3 weeks so far! No little Nati's on the way yet, hopefully there will be one next year. I wont be taking the trip to Memphis either, as I will not have the time to get off of work. Im using most of that time up in feb when we take our late honeymoon to florida to fulfill one of my dreams of going to a Daytona 500. I figure im swapping the confrence tournament for that and the Final 4 (Cousin has me a ticket). Dont think I'll be attending very many Big East tournaments either as Im sure the $$$ for tickets,and a week in NY is much greater than that of CUSA and the cities of Louisville/Cincinnati/Memphis. You should come back to your old stomping grounds the weekend the Cats are here. One of your other favorite Cat fans may be here as well.

Oh I understand your point, In fact I agree with you, and it bothers me none. It's almost fun being hated, never a boring day in Bearcat world weather it be in season or off. I found it rather funny that UC would be #1 least rootable, yet 2 teams I literally cannot stand to see sucessful make the top 5 most rootable.

Better email this guy, I think the SI webmaster got his subject headings mixed up. Cause I can think of 10 times as many reason to root for UC over the likes of Wake and Xavier.

Last year, UC ran a "test game" for this for free, It was actually SLU @ UC. Apparently it worked out great now that they have put together a full padkage. For me I had no problems with the webcast (I have DSL). I even ran it at full screen and it looked just fine and ran smooth. Its a great thing for out-of-towners like myself. I know somewhere in this thread someone asked about how many people could get the service or something of that nature, well the UC package is available for the first 400 to sign up. Bearcat Update! The season is 3 days old, and the Cats have had one surgery (Nick Williams) and one transfer (Mike Pilgram). Good to see Basketball season is back! Hey TAJ, You want to order UCVision too?