The Official #21 Tennessee @ Cincinnati Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN2

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#21 Tennessee Volunteers: 7-2 (0-0 SEC)

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Cincinnati Bearcats: 6-4 (0-0 AAC)

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GAME 10 | TENNESSEE at CINCINNATI - Dec. 18, 2019 | 7:01 p.m. ET | Fifth Third Arena (12,012)

Line: UT: -1
O/U: 130

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CIncinnati Game Notes

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THE SERIES

• Tennessee trails its all-time series with Cincinnati, 1-5, dating to 1952.
• The teams met in consecutive seasons in the early 1990s, with the Bearcats sweeping both games. The Vols' lone win in the series came at home on Dec. 10, 1956.
• The Vols are 44-40 all-time against current members of the American Athletic Conference.
• Rick Barnes is 0-1 against the Bearcats, as his Texas squad fell to Cincy in the 2012 NCAA Tournament.
 
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STORYLINES

• Fifth Third Arena underwent an $87 million facelift prior to last season. From Knoxville, Cincinnati is a four-hour drive north, as 256 miles of Interstate 75 separate the two programs.
• The Bearcats are set to visit Thompson-Boling Arena on Dec. 12 next season.
• In its history, Cincinnati has made six Final Four appearances and won consecutive national championships in 1961 and 1962.
• After a recent nine-day break between games, Tennessee now finds itself playing three games in eight days leading into the holidays.
• This is the second of back-to-back games against AAC opponents for the Vols. Tennessee hosted Memphis last Saturday.
• This is also Tennessee's first true road game this season. The Vols were 7-3 in true road games last year.
 
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LAYUP LINES

• Tennessee is ranked No. 21 in both the AP and the coaches poll this week.
• Tennessee leads the SEC and ranks fifth nationally in scoring defense, allowing only 55.3 ppg.
• Per KenPom.com, the Vols are ranked 12th nationally in adjusted defensive efficiency.
• True freshman Josiah-Jordan James has scored in double figures in each of UT's last two games and shares the team lead with 12.0 ppg during that span.
• James leads the Vols and ranks 11th in the SEC with 6.6 rebounds per game. He is the top-rebounding freshman in the league.
• Lamonté Turner leads the SEC and ranks seventh in the country with 7.1 assists per game.
• John Fulkerson is shooting a team-best .650 from the field (39 of 60) while averaging a career-best 11.1 points per game.
 
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ABOUT CINCINNATI

• Cincinnati is under the leadership of new head coach John Brannen. Brannen was hired following the departure of former head coach Mick Cronin. Brannen spent the last three years at Northern Kentucky, guiding the Norse to two of the last three Horizon League Tournament championships.
• Cincinnati is coming off of back-to-back American Athletic Conference championships and is in the midst of a streak of nine consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.
• The Bearcats have had an up-and-down start to the year. They currently sit at 6-4 coming off of back-to-back losses to crosstown rival Xavier and at home Saturday to Colgate.
• Heading into this season, junior Keith Williams was expected to make strides coming off a 2018-19 campaign that saw him average 9.9 ppg, 3.2 rpg and 1.1 apg. Thus far he has not disappointed in terms of scoring. Through 10 games, he is the Bearcats' leading scorer, averaging 13.2 ppg, while also chipping in on the defensive end, averaging 1.4 blocks and 1.3 steals per game.
• Cincinnati has seen a consistent starting five for all but two games thus far, with statistical leaders all coming from their five of Chris Vogt, Keith Williams, Jarron Cumberland, Tre Scott and Chris McNeal.
• Notable UC alumni include George Rieveschl who invented the first antihistamine known as Benadryl.
• Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, taught aerospace engineering at Cincinnati from 1971-80.
 
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i'd rather blame that slip-up on the edhist (sp??) the good doc scripte or the lack of keyboard talent or possibly or the sneezing fit I had 20-plus minutes ago
 
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Interesting that the oddsmakers call this basically even with the Vols a 1 pt favorite. CBS computer rankings have UT at #25 and UC at 110.
 
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Sea Ray said:
Interesting that the oddsmakers call this basically even with the Vols a 1 pt favorite. CBS computer rankings have UT at #25 and UC at 110.
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That’s like the NET ranking. At this point not that accurate. Cincy is ok and they’re playing at home.
 
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golfballs said:
That’s like the NET ranking. At this point not that accurate. Cincy is ok and they’re playing at home.
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Not really. He's under new coaches struggling section

John Brannen, Cincinnati Bearcats:
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The Bearcats made the NCAA tournament in Mick Cronin's final nine seasons at Cincinnati, but they're going to need to do a lot of work in American play to get a bid. They lost to both Ohio State and Xavier, which isn't reason for concern, but a loss to Bowling Green in the Virgin Islands -- and needing overtime to dispatch Valparaiso and UNLV -- raises some eyebrows.

The season-long ... something ... with AAC Player of the Year Jarron Cumberland hasn't helped, either. He has battled a couple injuries and missed a game due to a "coach's decision." This was arguably the new power-conference coach most likely to make the NCAA tournament in year one, but it isn't a lock so far.
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