Cincinnati’s incredible defense had a weak point last season: the Bearcats weren’t always able to shut down shooters from deep.
The identity of the Cincinnati Bearcats begins and ends with defense. Everybody knows that. However, despite its prowess, UC was not a perfect defensive machine last season.
While the Bearcats made it so opponents were almost wasting their time trying to score in close to the rim, with UC ranking third in the country in opponent two-point field goal percentage (.413), they did not do as good a job of keeping foes from taking and making shots from long range.