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UC Basketball is 6-4: A Fries Frame Observation.

Has the Crosstown Shootout lost it’s luster? *rolls eyes* That game and that atmosphere was absolutely fantastic. This is a top three event in the city every single year without question. The first half looked all too familiar. Xavier looked like they were playing a different sport as they have for much of the past…
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Surprised and Disappointed but Grateful

(Featured Image: Sam Greene/The Cincinnati Enquirer) There’s 1:47 left in the fourth quarter. Cincinnati leads 19-17. Desmond Ridder takes the snap and gives it to Mike Warren II. Warren II barrels into the endzone to give the Bearcats a 26-17 lead. The Bearcats pull off a stunning upset in the Rose Bowl. Late in the…
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UC Basketball is 3-2. A Fries Frame Observation:

Forgive me for not posting after the NKU loss. That was a soul-crushing second half. Words couldn’t do scoring eleven points in a half any justice. Ironically enough, Cincinnati scored 63 points in the second half and still lost to Arizona 101-93 Monday night (morning)? I’m crazy enough to stay up into the wee hours…
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UC Basketball is 3-0. A Fries Frame Observation:

(Featured Image credit: Justin Rex/AP Photo) It looked hairy with around five minutes to go as Cincinnati led by just six. The Bearcats closed the game on a 14-2 run to win 87-69. It was a fast start for Cincinnati, building a 23-point lead in the first half. But Eastern Kentucky whittled the lead down…
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UC basketball is 1-0. A Fries Frame Observation:

We made it. It’s officially basketball season. I was lucky enough to visit the best on-campus arena in the city Monday night to watch Cincinnati dismantle Chaminade 98-55. I’m going to attempt (keyword: attempt) to do this after every UC basketball game this year. First of all, how did Louisville almost lose to this team?…
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Please Unblock me, Jon Rothstein

(Featured Image courtesy of Jon Rothstein’s YouTube (a handsome man by the way)) A great atrocity occurred on Friday night. CBS Sports college basketball insider Jon Rothstein blocked me on Twitter. Now Jon catches a lot of flak for being “corny” or a “dork,” but I respect his grind and the fact that he’s truly…
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Five Mid-Major Players to watch in 2022

The Oscar Tshiebwe’s and Armando Bacot’s of the world will get all the headlines with college basketball right around the corner, but these five players from mid-major conferences shouldn’t be overlooked. Sam Vinson, Soph. Guard (Northern Kentucky) Vinson decided to play his college ball close to home and it paid off in year one. The…


