It’s never a bad time to reminisce in the beauty of the old Big East tournament.
The day was March 8, 2012, and a feisty Cincinnati Bearcats squad was in the midst of solidifying the program as a regular in the NCAA Tournament. UC had only made the tournament once out of the previous six years, but had made pit stops in the NIT and CBI. At one of the many heights of the Big East, 2012 was the first time Cincinnati found itself as a true contender for the coveted tournament — something that it hadn’t achieved since joining the conference.