Texas 1/9 7:00 ESPN+

[BearKatz]

Losing to Texas Tech puts them a little in desperation mode...

15pts from Lakhin
10 & 10 from Bandaogo
And 15pts from James of the bench and we win!

UC 77 - Texas 72

[GoBearcats31]

I didn't realize until the last couple days that Texas isn't as good (or at least not playing as well) as I thought.

Is there a psychology term to describe when you get more nervous about a game and the prospect of the opponent playing well when the opponent has not been well of late and/or is likely to be playing desperately (kind of like how many assumed Xavier would be harder to beat despite their struggles including a bad loss immediately before the UC/XU game vs. had they won that prior game)?

The combination of Texas needing a good win and UC having yet to stack multiple big wins together in the Wes era = a tad nervous

[Rufus]

I'm cautiously optimistic. If the energetic 'cats come out to play, 76-72 good guys. If not, 82- 69 Tex. Here's to the former outcome. Go 'cats

[Lobot]

Multiple reporters and bracket people out there last night stating that Texas shouldn't be in the polls at all after last weekend.

[GoBearcats31]

Palpable buzz https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/sta...76892018659437

[GoBearcats31]

4.5 point favorites per ESPN

[GoBearcats31]

Springer preview https://www.cincinnati.com/story/spo...y/72113769007/

[Dr.kenneth noisewater]

Game preview of sorts https://gobearcats.com/news/2024/1/8...r-tuesday.aspx

TV: Matt Schumacker and Kevin Lehman
Radio: Dan and Terry (shoutout to Dan who made it from the late finish in Utah Saturday night/Sunday morning to broadcast the Bengals on Sunday...hope he is sleeping in today)

Dan Hoard is a treasure.

[GoBearcats31]

Game preview of sorts https://gobearcats.com/news/2024/1/8...r-tuesday.aspx

TV: Matt Schumacker and Kevin Lehman
Radio: Dan and Terry (shoutout to Dan who made it from the late finish in Utah Saturday night/Sunday morning to broadcast the Bengals on Sunday...hope he is sleeping in today)

[cpawstoney]

ESPN picked UK, followed by Duke for the main network and #3 Houston at ISU for the Deuce. My question is does anyone know if we (the Big 12) have any basketball tie-ins to Fox like football? It seems to me that Big12 basketball seems to only be on ESPN networks or streaming, yet football was on Fox/FS1.

Fox/FS1 has broadcast rights for Big East. Stream Big 12 sports and exclusive live events all year - ESPN+

[GoBearcats31]

NET:
Cincinnati 24
Texas 60

KenPom:
Cincinnati 27
Texas 39


Texas has been ranked as high as #12 this season. With their 11 point home loss to Texas Tech on Saturday and a 21-point loss to a strong Marquette team, that 1-point neutral win over Louisville in November no longer seems like UL playing a great game but rather Texas possibly not being so good. They are 1-3 in Q1/Q2 games, compared with UC's 1-2 -- so their profiles may not have looked too different had UC not upset BYU on Saturday night. In other words, this seems very winnable but would be a very Cincinnati sports thing to get everyone pumped after one game and think the corner has been turned only to see the opposite in the follow-up game. Would be great to get to 2-0 ahead of a road game at Baylor.

[red_n_black_attack]

If anyone can explain why this game is on ESPN+, I'm all ears.

ESPN picked UK, followed by Duke for the main network and #3 Houston at ISU for the Deuce. My question is does anyone know if we (the Big 12) have any basketball tie-ins to Fox like football? It seems to me that Big12 basketball seems to only be on ESPN networks or streaming, yet football was on Fox/FS1.

[GoBearcats31]

As a reminder, Frank Haith is on staff