The University of Cincinnati men's basketball team is a few bounces and a couple better late-game stretches away from being 5-0 this season. But the reality is the Bearcats are 2-3 after back-to-back losses.
Cincinnati rallied from a 12-point deficit Wednesday night against South Florida and had a chance to win or at least send the game into overtime. Instead, UC opened American Athletic Conference play with a 74-71 loss in what was the 500th game at Fifth Third Arena.
"We need to become more solid in several areas," Cincinnati coach John Brannen said. "I thought we were there, or at least we were trending in that direction for Tennessee.