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Shedding any past reputation as a defensive-minded power, No. 6 Cincinnati caught fire and dominated No. 11 Kansas State 75-61 in Friday's South Region showdown at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California.
The warning shot fired at the rest of the region made the Bearcats the only No. 6 seed to avoid the upset bug this year. It also ended a trend of bad luck, as Cincinnati had lost in the Round of 64 in three of the last four brackets.
Cincinnati (12th in ESPN.com's RPI rankings) hit on a blistering pace right out the gates en route to shooting 62.