Cincinnati Bearcats NCAA Basketball News

Robert Sacre scored 14 points and Gonzaga won the Maui Invitational for the first time in three tries, beating Cincinnati 61-59 in overtime Wednesday night at the Lahaina Civic Center.

Maui Invitational Semi- Final : Cincinnati Bearcats vs #22 Maryland Terrapins . Last game: Cincy: def.#24 Vanderbilt 67-58. MD: def Chaminade 79-51. Leading Scorers : Cincy: Rashad Bishop 12.3ppg. MD: Landon Millbourne/ Sean Mosley 15.0ppg. PF: Cincy: 76.0 ppg.

The Hawaiian shirts. The warm weather. In late November? The annual EASports Maui Invitational prepares to begin yet again.

Yancy Gates scored 17 points and added 13 rebounds and Deonta Vaughn had 16 points to lead Cincinnati to the championship game of the Maui Invitational with a 69-57 victory over No.

Cincinnati forward Lance Stephenson,left, nearly went to Maryland and took it to the Terps, scoring 11 points and grabbing eight rebounds.

Chaminade point guard Steven Bennett ran as fast as he could with the ball in his hands Monday in the opening round of the Maui Invitational.

Yancy Gates scored 12 points in an 18-2 first-half run that set the tone for Cincinnati's 67-58 victory over No.

The list of participants in each year's Maui Invitational reads like half of a Sweet 16 bracket.

Believe it or not, but this one actually could have been a lot worse. Starting three freshmen who were playing their first collegiate road game - in a hostile environment no less - the University of Toledo was routed by Cincinnati 92-68 last night.

For the past two years, Rashad Bishop has been content to quietly play solid defense, grab a few rebounds and distribute the ball to his teammates.

Rashad Bishop scored a career-high 20 points and Cincinnati defeated visiting Toledo 92-68 Wednesday night.

A lot of assists and open shots made up for Cincinnati's soft defense. Rashad Bishop scored a career-high 20 points Wednesday night, and Cincinnati overcame more defensive lapses before pulling away to a 92-68 victory over Toledo that showed the Bearcats still have a long way to go in learning how to stop teams.

The University of Cincinnati basketball team will head to Maui on Friday with a 2-0 record.

Still, Mountain State University is by no means a pushover along the lines of some of the touring teams WVU used to face in exhibitions.

The University of Cincinnati basketball team got the test that coach Mick Cronin was looking for.

The Bellarmine men's basketball team concluded their preseason schedule on Thursday evening with a 76-69 exhibition loss against the University of Cincinnati at Fifth Third Arena.

In league rankings, power shifts to the Midwest 4. Big East: The league may not have a top-seeded team in 2010 after getting three last season , but the strength of the league from 1-16 has gotten better.

Ranking the conferences is always going to be a debate without a real winner. What matters most to someone is open for discussion.

Sporting News' Mike DeCourcy analyzes the buzz entering the 2009-2010 college basketball season, which begins Monday night.

One man's opinion on the top area sports stories from last week: The Skinny: Granted it was just NAIA Campbellsville and Division II Clarion , but the highly anticipated debut of new head coach John Calipari's team at Kentucky didn't disappoint as the Wildcats outscored the two opponents 191-90, first holding Campbellsville to 21.1 percent ...