A quad-1 win was not in the cards Tuesday night for the Cincinnati Bearcats. On one of their better shooting nights of the season, the Bearcats ran into a team that was counting by threes instead of twos.

A huge home matchup awaits Cincinnati basketball on tonight against Texas Tech. Neil Meyer and I dove into that matchup coming off a 2-0 week for UC hoops and touched on some of the latest football news along the way.

Cincinnati Bearcats basketball hosts Texas Tech Tuesday giving them a chance at a Quad 1 win. Here are three keys from reporter Scott Springer.

JT Toppin scored a game-high 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds while Christian Anderson added 18 points to lead the visiting Texas Tech Red Raiders to an 81-71 Big 12 win over the host Cincinnati Bearcats Tuesday night.

It will be extremely difficult to knock off the Cougars in the mountains. BYU is 9-1 at home and 2-1 in Quad 2 games, as Cincinnati fits that distinction being a team ranked outside the NET's top 30. The Bearcats are 2-1 against BYU since the 1949-50 season, winning by an average of 11 points.

The No. 25 Texas Tech Red Raiders (13-4, 4-2 Big 12) visit the Cincinnati Bearcats (12-5, 2-4) Tuesday. Tip-off from Fifth Third Arena is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET (ESPNU). Let's analyze BetMGM Sp

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