Cincinnati was blown out of the (Clear)water by Houston in the opening round of the American Athletic Conference tournament.
That smashing sound you here, that's the sound of the other shoe hurtling back into the ground. While a doom-and-gloom approach isn't the best way to handle a round robin tournament in which one loss isn't an immediate death sentence, UC's loss to Houston yesterday was a swift kick to the teeth. Losing 9-1 to the Cougars, a team that finished with more than 30 wins this season, reinforced just how above the expectations the Bearcats have been playing.