Cincinnati's offense has been a sour spot in Big East play. Cincinnati is averaging 0.98 points per possession. Their season average is 1.03. For some reference, Cincinnati averaged 1.05 points per possession in Big East play last season. A big reason why UC has so much trouble scoring is that they don't get much production from the 4 men that primarily play the 4 and 5 spots. Those men are Justin Jackson, Titus Rubles, Cheikh Mbodj and David Nyarsuk. Obviously a lot of the team plays worse during losses. There are no 100-99 losses on the Cincinnati box scores. Since UC has won and lost roughly the same amount of games, let's take a look at the production from those four players the last 16 games. The wins and losses will be put into separate categories. There is also going to be a quick look at the correlation between the big men production and the guard production just because that's interesting. To me at least. 

Cheikh Mbodj

Wins

Pittsburgh

Mbodj 3-8, 6 points. 0-0 FTs. 5 rebounds, 3 offensive. 0 assists. 1 steal. 1 block. 1 turnover. 5 fouls. 19 minutes

Rutgers

Mbodj 0-2, 2 points. 2-2 FTs. 3 rebounds, 1 offensive. 0 assists. 0 steals. 0 blocks. 0 turnovers. 4 fouls. 19 minutes

DePaul

Mbodj 2-3, 6 points. 2-3 FTs. 3 rebounds. 0 assists. 0 steals. 7 blocks. 1 turnover. 1 foul.  21 minutes

Marquette

Mbodj 0-1, 2 points. 2-2 FTs. 1 rebound, 1 offensive. 0 assists. 0 steals. 2 blocks. 1 turnover. 5 fouls. 13 minutes

Rutgers

Mbodj 5-7, 10 points. 0-0 FTs. 5 rebounds, 4 offensive. 1 assist. 0 steals. 2 blocks. 1 turnover. 4 fouls. 24 minutes. 

Seton Hall

Mbodj 2-5, 7 points. 3-4 FTs. 7 rebounds, 4 offensive. 1 assist. 0 steals. 5 blocks. 1 turnover. 4 fouls. 27 minutes

Villanova

Mbodj 1-4, 2 points. 0-0 FTs. 1 rebound. 0 assists. 0 steals. 3 blocks. 0 turnovers. 4 fouls. 21 minutes

Wins total 

Mbodj 13-30, 43%. 9-11 FTs, 81.8%. 35 points. 25 rebounds, 13 offensive. 2 assists. 1 steal. 20 blocks. 5 turnover. 27 fouls. 144 minutes

ESPN's Brett McMurphy dropped some pretty relevant news a few minutes ago. 

What does this mean for the remanants of the Big East football-wise?

The upcoming Big East tournament is going to be the end of an era. It's a damn shame that UConn isn't involved. 

Things are starting to change. I assume that we will see who the 3 teams that would make the Catholic 7, or the Big East, a 10 team league.

I hope the new conference name is not especially stupid. I vote for Conference Scott. Great name. CS. Rolls off the tongue. 

Look, I know that uniforms are for the players and college basketball players have some of the worst taste on earth. You've seen how NBA players dress. There are a lot more college players than NBA players. Maybe I'm just being one of the haterzzzzz but good god, that's a horrible basketball uniform. Camo is ugly as hell. The jersey and pants look like a grade school basketball team where they were provided the jersey and wore the worst shorts imaginable because all the other shorts in the world ceased to exist. 

Let's be honest, Notre Dame got a short straw as well. 

At least their uniform as the same color scheme. Their uniforms are bad, but they aren't jump off the page terrible like Cincinnati's are. I'm going to have to see ND's awfulness in New York for the Big East tournament to get the full experience. 

At least they don't have sleeves. 

You aren't Nike. You are adidas. Why don't you concentrate on making uniforms that buzz for the right reasons. Like they are great looking and great to wear. Not that they are hideous things that people complain about. I guess all buzz is good buzz. This post makes me sound like an old guy telling kids to get off my lawn, but these basketball uniforms are terrible. 

Sean Kilpatrick has been named one of the 30 finalists for the Naismith Award. Kilpatrick is one of 6 juniors to get the honor. Sean is averaging 17.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.2 steals a game. He's the 4th leading scorer in the Big East. He's made the second most 3 pointers and the third most field goals. He leads the conference in attempts in both field goals and 3 pointers. 

Back when Huggins was the coach, we saw guys come on slowly their first couple of seasons before exploding in their junior and senior years. Sean Kilpatrick was a 6th man, a very good player and now the Naismith Award panel thinks he's one of the best 30 in the nation. Kilpatrick has had a lot of honors this season. He's deserved them all. Congratulations, Sean Kilpatrick. Thanks for being a Bearcat. 

Here is the whole list, via CC

Adidas tweeted out previews of the 5 new uniforms that UCLA, Louisville, Baylor, Notre Dame and Cincinnati will wear this March for the conference and post season tournaments. Take a glimpse. I'll update this post when the whole picture is revealed. 

Yes, it is camo. If you look at some of the other previews, you can see that the jersey is the same color as the shorts. Card Chronicle posted this picture of the McDonald's All America game uniforms, which these are said to be similar. 

They would be the ones on the left obviously. If you can't remember, these were the uniforms UC wore last season in March. 

Look, I know that only 12 people wear these uniforms and we aren't any of them. Old people complain about uniforms all the time. But this is some ugly shit.