Is Cincinnati our rival now?

[socal613ws]

Seems like everytime they play it's decided by 2pts.
2014- easy missed layup to tie by Sean Kilpatrick
2015- Boatright buzzer beater

I love seeing both these teams go at it for a 3rd year in a row, very physical matchup.

 

[Drew]

FWIW we discussed this back in January in this thread: http://the-boneyard.com/threads/is-cincinnati-our-modern-day-biggest-rival.86843/

 

[1999.2004.2011]

Seems like everytime they play it's decided by 2pts.
2014- easy missed layup to tie by Sean Kilpatrick
2015- Boatright buzzer beater

I love seeing both these teams go at it for a 3rd year in a row, very physical matchup.

While Cincy maybe our biggest conference rival, any game against them is extremely ugly basketball...

 

[Hankster]

While Cincy maybe our biggest conference rival, any game against them is extremely ugly basketball...

It is. They are big and tough. We played them twice and got a beat down the last. KO and staff have to do deep research if we have any plans to winning this game.

 

[Huskyforlife]

FWIW I respect them more than any other team in our confrence, but I don't consider them rivals.

 

[mauconnfan]

ACCReigns is our rival!

kobe is our friend

 

[willie99]

they are this week

I think Napoleon is calling every ref working the tournament and complaining about how they're screwing the Bearcats

 

[captainron2]

Will there be an ad in the paper and a banner?

 

[HuskyHawk]

While Cincy maybe our biggest conference rival, any game against them is extremely ugly basketball...

I would love to see some nice ACC or Pac 10 refs on Friday. Cinci plays a nasty, brutish thug style, and like the Pitt teams that used to play it in the Big East, will find themselves losing in any tournament game with normal officiating. They get away with loads of body fouls because they avoid arm contact.

 

[SaeHusky]

Will the big 12 presidents be watching this game?

 

[deedougie]

Will the big 12 presidents be watching this game?

Imagine if the winner of the game got invited to the Big 12. Now THAT would be a real winner-takes-all game!

 

[socal613ws]

I would love to see some nice ACC or Pac 10 refs on Friday. Cinci plays a nasty, brutish thug style, and like the Pitt teams that used to play it in the Big East, will find themselves losing in any tournament game with normal officiating. They get away with loads of body fouls because they avoid arm contact.

Uggh I've had enough of pac 12 refs, they're the worst and poorest officials in any conference I feel.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Uggh I've had enough of pac 12 refs, they're the worst and poorest officials in any conference I feel.

You've never seen ours. I would say, "no blood, no foul", but I'm not sure they don't require a compound fracture. We rejoice when a conference game has a score that gets into the 60's.

If anyone wants to understand how Temple was terrible out of conference and lead the league in conference, that's how. Cinci is right there with them.

 

[Matrim55]

FWIW I respect them more than any other team in our confrence, but I don't consider them rivals.

Bump.

They're getting closer. Hopefully we both make a deep tourney run so we can see what's up.

 

[Tenspro2002]

At this point, yeah. Who else?

Hopefully we can continue our rivalry in the XII.

 

[uconnphil2016]

It's our only match up that at all resembles Big East style basketball--just an all around backyard brawl.

 

[Sonofabeach]

Imagine if the winner of the game got invited to the Big 12. Now THAT would be a real winner-takes-all game!

I think both these teams should be in the Big12

 

[CL82]

UCF... But Cinci is usually a good game.