The Cincinnati Bearcats are a 9 seed and will face the 8 seed Saint Joseph’s Hawks on Friday in Spokane, Washington in the upcoming 2016 NCAA Tournament. We’ll learn about the actual tip off time in the next 24-48 hours.
Like we mentioned this morning, UC making the field of 68 was a no brainer. The Bearcats were ranked 44th and 27th in RPI and BPI respectively heading into the excruciating pageantry that is the Selection Show. Regardless of what you heard from the bracketologists and college basketball analysts, Cincinnati was a lock even with the loss to UConn on Friday afternoon.