Basketball Notebook: Ohio falls to UMass in third straight road game
By JIM RYAN | Dec. 18, 2012The Bobcats fell to 7-4 on the year with an 85-76 loss to Massachusetts Wednesday. Read our chronological coverage of the Bobcats' loss below.
The Bobcats fell to 7-4 on the year with an 85-76 loss to Massachusetts Wednesday. Read our chronological coverage of the Bobcats' loss below.
We’re a quarter of the way through the 2012-2013 NBA season and you know what that means, it’s time for Posting Up's first annual Quarter Awards. While content has been slow lately, thanks to the ever-daunting Finals Week, the break should bless you with plenty of posts.The Quarter Awards are the NBA's standard yearly awards, handed out a quarter of the way through the season. The Sixth Man of the Year, Most Improved Player, Defensive Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and MVP awards will all be doled out in this post. Is one fourth of the way into the season too early to hand out awards? Probably. But, is fun to read? Of course.
When Massachusetts coach Derek Kellogg signed on with the team in 2008, he inherited a shell of the team that went 25-11 the previous season and bested Syracuse and Florida on its way to the National Invitational Tournament final.
The Bobcats fell to 7-3 on the year with a 50-49 loss to Winthrop on Saturday. Read our chronological coverage of the Bobcats' loss below.
A former Ohio linebacker, known for tearing up opponents’ backfields throughout his collegiate career, has been accused of vandalizing a field in his hometown of Kearny, Neb.
Pregame
It was a pair of freshman who sealed the deal for Ohio Sunday, securing a 79-72 victory against Morehead State in a high-scoring overtime thriller.
The Bobcats improved to 7-2 on the year with a 78-61 win against Oakland Saturday. Read our chronological coverage of the Bobcats' victory below.
Five-straight series splits have the Ohio hockey team itching to sweep a series and end the 2012 portion of its schedule.
Ohio coach Frank Solich would earn a $37,000 bonus if he were to lead the Bobcats to an Independence Bowl win later this month. One of the men who signed that stipulation into place, though, will pocket nothing more than the peace of mind that comes along with a program win.
After losing five consecutive games, Ohio coach Semeka Randall decided she needed to shake things up for Thursday’s game against Eastern Kentucky to get the Bobcats back into the win column — and it worked.
The points of emphasis for Ohio heading into Saturday’s game against Oakland resemble a fat-tip marker rather than a well-sharpened pencil, as the Bobcats have been burned from all angles in their past two games — both losses.
If the Bobcats were to rephrase Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You,” it would likely end up being “All I Want for Christmas is No Practice.”
Ohio waited until Thursday morning to make a return flight from Memphis. It was probably a good thing, as the Bobcats couldn’t have handled much more turbulence than they experienced in their blowout loss to the Tigers Wednesday.
Pregame
What does a tiger do when it takes a little tiger snooze? It takes a couple days to focus on itself instead of preparing for its opponent — at least that’s the case for the Memphis Tigers, which welcome Ohio to their home arena Wednesday after taking 10 days away from game action.
After Ohio’s Dec. 2 loss to Detroit, the fifth straight for the team, Ohio coach Semeka Randall indicated that a change in the Bobcats’ starting rotation would likely occur.
With a fresh starting line-up and in-game approach, Ohio will look to turn the page tonight against Eastern Kentucky and record its first win since the season-opener, after losing five straight games.
The Bobcats fell to 6-2 on the year with an 84-58 loss to Memphis Wednesday. Read our chronological coverage of the Bobcats' second-straight loss below.