Know Your Opponent: Xavier Musketeers
It's Crosstown Shootout day. Absolutely one of the best days of the year. Tonight at 7 on ESPN2, the Cincinnati Bearcats put their 14-0 record on the line against the 8-4 Xavier Musketeers. The Muskies have lost their long home winning streak, have had...
Posted: 1/6/2011 12:00 AM in Bearcats Blog
Bearcats Breakfast (Shootout Edition)
Crosstown Shootout. 7 p.m. Tonight. 13,176. Fifth Third Arena. ESPN2. This is going to be fun. For one day the Bengals blunderous press conference and Reds offseason silence takes a distant back seat to college hoops. So, there is only
Posted: 1/5/2011 11:28 PM in GoBearcats.com
One Shootout later, Thomas a different player
Ibrahima Thomas made his Cincinnati debut last year in the Crosstown Shootout. He's developed as much since that game as any other player on the Bearcats. CINCINNATI - Don't think Ibrahima Thomas didn't understand rivalries because he hails from Dakar,...
Posted: 1/5/2011 3:59 PM in GoBearcats.com
Bob Knight to Call Shootout
Bob Knight and Dave Pasch will be on the call tomorrow night. That's really not interesting at all since Bob Knight is horrible on the mic, but this post is just an excuse to post this. I got it from my friend Raphielle Johnson's twitter. You should follow...
Posted: 1/5/2011 3:59 PM in Bearcats Blog
Top 5 Crosstown Shootout Memories
The final top 5 leading up to the Crosstown Shootout tomorrow night is a personal list. As you can tell by the header, this list contains my top 5 memories of the Crosstown Shootout. There are so many different reasons to love this game. It's nearly always...
Posted: 1/5/2011 3:23 PM in Bearcats Blog
It's Skyline Time
As if trying to devise a way to stop Xavier's Tu Holloway isn't tough enough, UC head coach Mick Cronin received another difficult task this week when Pete Rose called his cell phone before the sold-out Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout.
Posted: 1/5/2011 2:55 PM in GoBearcats.com
Hate Week; Crosstown Shootout Preview Edition
This is the last non conference game of the year for UC. It is nothing but Big East battles for the rest of the season. So while I very much dislike the idea of having such an emotionally charged game take place within the flow of conference play, it
Posted: 1/5/2011 1:24 PM in Down The Drive
Cronin to his players: Keep your cool
Things got a little testy in last year’s Shootout when Rashad Bishop and Jordan Crawford got into a spat, with both players drawing technical fouls. Mick Cronin says the Bearcats have to do their best not to let that happen again. “The last thing the...
Posted: 1/5/2011 11:38 AM in UC Athletics Blog
3 keys to UC victory against Xavier
KEEP TU HOLLOWAY OFF THE LINE: XU has four players averaging in double figures, but Holloway is far and away the heart of the Musketeers’ offense, averaging 21.3 points per game. One of his strengths is driving to the basket and drawing fouls. UC must...
Posted: 1/5/2011 10:53 AM in UC Athletics Blog