Bad Day for the Big "Least" conference

[Dallas Brave]

DePaul, Cincinatti, and South Florida all lose on Friday.

For Cincinatti, whose streak of 42 home opener victories was snapped by Belmont, Marcus Sikes logged only 18 minutes but still pulled down 7 rebounds - tied for 2nd most on the Bearcat team, but the other two players logged many more minutes.

Recap and Box Score of Cincinnati / Belmont game

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/gamecenter/recap/NCAAB_20071109_BEL@CIN

[Da Coach]

Cincy clobbered at home by Belmont!

It must have been pretty ugly, note this quote from the article--

It was so disgusting for the home crowd that Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson left his courtside seat with 1:45 to go. The Bearcats are in their second season digging out from the mess caused by Bob Huggins' ouster and the school's decision to go a full season with an interim coach. Cincinnati went 11-19 and ended up last in the Big East last season under Cronin, who had to cobble a roster together on the fly.

[tornado]

"cobble a roster"

Gimme a break....they still have the recruiting power of the Big East and landed a Top 25 recruiting class, including the very TOP junior college player in the country two years ago, John Williamson, and numerous other very fine recruits....

Add to that, there were a few decent 3-Star and 4-Star players left over when they fired Huggins....so the "cupboard was not bare"!

If Cronin continues to do this bad, he can't keep using excuses.

[Braves4Life]

Go Big Valley

Valley goes 4-0 Friday!

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/scoreboard?d=2007-11-09&refresh=0&c=mvc