The University of Cincinnati celebrated its first non-football NCAA athletic tournament appearance in four years Wednesday afternoon.
Fifth Third Arena houses men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball. Yet, in the Champion's Club on this day, it was an NCAA tournament watch party for men's golf.
Around 1:30 p.m. via the Golf Channel, coach Doug Martin's Bearcats were announced as the No. 7 seed in the NCAA Regional in Las Vegas May 15-17. The course is Bear's Best a par-72, 7,194-yard layout in the northwest portion of town. UC will be joined by Arizona State, Stanford, Virginia, Oklahoma State, Northwestern, East Tennessee State, San Francisco, UNC-Greensboro, Long Beach State, Oregon State, Davidson, Kansas City and Lehigh.