B12 Board
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I loved watching Taco. You guys should have beaten Duke.
I know all these mergers are are based on FB, but a lot of us Cyclone fans are pretty solid basketball fans because for a lot of years that was all we had.
That was probably the most deflated I’ve been after a game ever. Nobody expected that and all we heard before the game was how Zion was going to dunk on Taco, and we were so close to pulling it off. Ugh, gives me PTSD just thinking about it hahaha.
UCF fans actually do show up and pack the arena when our team is really good, but due to football, if our team is mediocre, we have a really hard time attracting fans. Hoping B12 basketball teams can help with that, as the only teams in the AAC our fans cared about was Cincy, Memphis, Houston, and UConn. Sometimes usf because of the rivalry, but they suck. We aren’t a horrendous program though. Pretty decent arena with a decent brand and decent fanbase when we’re good.I know all these mergers are are based on FB, but a lot of us Cyclone fans are pretty solid basketball fans because for a lot of years that was all we had.
Iowa State is notorious for going on the road to half empty stadiums and losing.
Didn't you guys get screwed out of beating a #1 seed Duke in the tournament a few years ago?
Once you're in the B12 if we maintain our status as the best league that could do wonders for UCF's basketball recruiting. ISU even takes advantage of our much smaller isolation by recruiting the northern midwest harder than any other B12 school, UCF could do the same in the SE.
Basketball is much easier to be good. With all the talent in FL, you should not have an issue.
If you can go from MAC to Big 12 is such a short time based on football, basketball is not an issue
A while ago I would’ve said yes, but most of our fanbase is loyal to UCF first. We’ve come a long way in 30 years. Especially for football, it’s now mostly diehard UCF fans and the amount of gator or fsu fans is very small. Basketball is mostly the same way, except our fanbase doesn’t care about it as much as football, so we rely more on bandwagon fans when we’re good. Although they do show up.
The last few years we’ve actually surprisingly recruited pretty well, got some 4 stars and high 3 stars, and we even have a 5 star from Orlando on our roster. But with Dawkins it seems that except for that one magical year, we always have a high floor and low ceiling, no matter how talented the team. This is Dawkins make or break year. If he doesn’t make the tourney or at least the NIT, he’s gone.
Good, you can promise a better contract to your next coach with B12 money. There should be a ton of opportunity to become a basketball power in Florida right now. UF and FSU aren't great, Miami is but Larranaga is old and was on the hot seat before their run this year. He can't have much time left. That leaves UCF a nice vacuum if you find a coach who can take advantage of it.
