Fries Frame

“I just wanted this bad for my teammates,” a teary-eyed David DeJulius said after a heart-wrenching loss to Xavier after just his second game as a Bearcat. His 16 points and late-game heroics nearly willed Cincinnati to a win. At that moment, it didn’t take a Philadelphia lawyer to surmise that David DeJulius was just…

And with that, the greatest rivalry in sports has come to an end. Memphis and Cincinnati might not ever meet again. Most people remember Cincinnati beating Memphis four times in one season during the 91-92 season, but my lasting memory from this heated affair is Logan Johnson (shoutout LoJo) stepping in front of a pass directed to…

21 days. I know the seven of you reading this have been on the edge of your seat over the past three weeks wondering where I’ve been. But I’m back after a brief hiatus and excited to write about a win. Let’s forget about the last few weeks. From beating UCF in Fifth Third (yay)…

If you had told me on Friday night that Cincinnati would hold an 11-point lead over third-ranked Houston with just under eleven minutes to go, I would have liked to have known what psychedelic you were using. Yet somehow, the Bearcats were right there. Toe-to-Toe with the best team in the country. That lead eventually…

I’ve missed the last few games. For that, I apologize, and I’ll penalize myself by giving myself a pay cut. Cincinnati walked into Moody Coliseum for the last time as a member of the AAC and held off SMU for a 54-52 win. This was a get on the plane and apologize for nothing type…

UC played at Wichita for the final time in AAC play on Thursday. I’ll never forget UC clinching an AAC regular season championship on that floor in 2018. Good times. There was much less at stake on Thursday night, but Cincinnati picked up a much-needed 70-61 win. The Bearcats started fast, jumping out to a…

Well, there goes the momentum. After rattling off four wins in a row, Cincinnati dropped an ugly one at Temple 70-61 on New Year’s Day. Thankfully it’s the last time they will have to play at Temple for the foreseeable future. This game was essentially lost at the end of the first half. Cincinnati led…

Let’s dust off the two-week-old cobwebs and get to work. Hand up, I missed the Detroit (Mercy) entry of the Fries Frame. That’s on me. This leads me to this AAC conference slate opening win over Tulane. That was satisfying. UC trailed 2-0, took a 5-2 lead, and then never trailed, culminating in an 88-77…

LaSalle coach Fran Dunphy was back on the sideline to face Cincinnati Saturday. Surprisingly he can’t win AAC coach of the year even though it felt like he won it every year at his previous stop. The Bearcats handled the former Temple headman’s bunch 78-60. It was one of the better all-around defensive performances of…

In December 2020, Travis Steele walked out of Fifth Third Arena with a narrow win in the Crosstown Shootout over Cincinnati. Two years later as the head coach at Miami (OH), his team was on the losing end of a 103-76 beating. When UC runs the make-shots offense, they’re good. Really good. Now Miami (OH)…