Cincinnati Bearcats, Navy
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Wes Miller is seeing someone no one on the outside has seen for the half decade he's been coaching at Cincinnati.
Xavier grad student Tre Carroll made the most of his first and last Crosstown Shootout, making clutch play after clutch play. Carroll finished with 30 points to lead both teams. Though Tre just made one trey and was only 1-for-6 on free throws, he only missed nine of his 23 shots.
Coming off a KenPom.com -killing defeat to an Eastern Michigan team that Louisville beat by 41, the Bearcats needed a major correction for Tarleton State. They came into the game with an initial NCAA NET ranking of 154, 153 spots behind a team they defeated in an October exhibition.
The Bearcats are betting underdogs for the first time this season on Friday night against No. 6 Louisville. The line has settled at Louisville -7.5 with a point total sitting at 162.5 points. Cincinnati and U of L enter this neutral-site contest at ...