Kansas 1/11 2:00 PM ESPN+

[red_n_black_attack]

The 'Cats take on #11 Kansas on a cold Saturday afternoon. I hope the streaming quality is good.

[GoBearcats31]

Beat ASU by 19 tonight

[swilsonsp4]

Beat ASU by 19 tonight

The Jayhawks trailed at the half, 42-36, then clamped down on the Sun Devils, holding them to 13 points in the 2nd half. ASU hit a late basket to get to 13.

[Carthage World]

While teams like Iowa State and Houston are elite because of their coaching/culture/style of play, I think Kansas has the most talented top 8 of any team in the league.

Flory Bidunga has been playing 17 minutes/game off the bench since the start of Big 12 play and is shooting an insane 82.4% from the field on the season. He's only shooting 47% (7/15) from the foul line though.

[sedz]

While teams like Iowa State and Houston are elite because of their coaching/culture/style of play, I think Kansas has the most talented top 8 of any team in the league.

Flory Bidunga has been playing 17 minutes/game off the bench since the start of Big 12 play and is shooting an insane 82.4% from the field on the season. He's only shooting 47% (7/15) from the foul line though.

That's what happens when more than half your shots are dunks and 84% of attempts are at the rim.

[leo from jersey]

"I see no cracks in the armor in terms of the confidence of the team," John Cunningham said. How about jump shots, scoring and post defense as well as FT shooting. Of course Cunningham is the one responsible for hiring this staff.

[GoBearcats31]

UC asking fans to wear white for a "white out"

ESPN+ broadcast team: Roxy Bernstein, Kevin Lehman

[leeraymond]

Cincinnati is not likely to be good enough for 40 minutes to win this one. Kansas has insane conference numbers, They are outscoring their conference opponents by 23, they are out-rebounding teams by 14, they are holding teams to 55 points a game, teams are only shooting 32.6% from two, and 25.7% from three. UC, with its defensive and shooting woes (not to mention the .52% free throw average and that conference opponents are outscoring UC on the free throw line by 8 (15.3 to 7.3)), will give Kansas some resistance but will be dominated somewhere in the game to take the loss. UC will be 0-4 after this one.

[Gmann]

Cincinnati is not likely to be good enough for 40 minutes to win this one. Kansas has insane conference numbers, They are outscoring their conference opponents by 23, they are out-rebounding teams by 14, they are holding teams to 55 points a game, teams are only shooting 32.6% from two, and 25.7% from three. UC, with its defensive and shooting woes (not to mention the .52% free throw average and that conference opponents are outscoring UC on the free throw line by 8 (15.3 to 7.3)), will give Kansas some resistance but will be dominated somewhere in the game to take the loss. UC will be 0-4 after this one.

I hate to say it but I have to agree. I don't see much of a chance of winning this one especially since Miller has shown no propensity to coach upset victories.

[London 'Cat]

I hate to say it but I have to agree. I don't see much of a chance of winning this one especially since Miller has shown no propensity to coach upset victories.

Another game that I don’t expect the ‘Cats to win. I do want them to look like a BigXII team however. If they can play well, I won’t be upset about a loss.

[bearcatjd]

Hopefully Kansas has seen the last few games & will come in overconfident & we kick their butts like last year.

[sedz]

Kansas has a very good defense (#4 in the country), but it's conservative. They don't turn you over and they'll let you shoot the three. Their strength, much like Baylor, is in keeping opponents away from the rim. Baylor, Arizona, Kansas, BYU, Texas Tech, and Iowa St are all top 20 nationally at defending the rim. We can't just take what the defense gives us or making jumpshots is the only way we'll score in this conference. We have to get to the rim against good defenses, and that means spreading the floor, off ball screens, and misdirection.

I just want to see some different offensive schemes. Even if we lose by 20 again. We're never going to be an efficient offense unless we modernize.

[GoBearcats31]

Supposedly "Vegas" has UC as a slight favorite

[Carthage World]

Supposedly "Vegas" has UC as a slight favorite

Currently +1.5 and 134.5 o/u.

Vegas predicting a 68-67 (or 68-66) Kansas win.

[leeraymond]

Kansas has a very good defense (#4 in the country), but it's conservative. They don't turn you over and they'll let you shoot the three. Their strength, much like Baylor, is in keeping opponents away from the rim. Baylor, Arizona, Kansas, BYU, Texas Tech, and Iowa St are all top 20 nationally at defending the rim. We can't just take what the defense gives us or making jumpshots is the only way we'll score in this conference. We have to get to the rim against good defenses, and that means spreading the floor, off ball screens, and misdirection.

I just want to see some different offensive schemes. Even if we lose by 20 again. We're never going to be an efficient offense unless we modernize.

I agree with you. Kansas is not only good at defending the rim, they are also good at defending the three-point line (teams in conference play are only shooting 25.7% from the three-point line). It appears that if UC wants to win this one, they may have to hit some tough shots against a pretty good defensive team. Is that likely? We will see.