Sentences with phrase «willamette bearcats»

Cincinnati looked exposed against a Miami (Ohio) team that hasn't won any of its past 20 contests, proving we may still need to see more of the Bearcats to get a true sense of how good they are.

Cincinnati's Bearcats tagged the same teams 77 - 63 and 84 - 69, with Jim Ard scoring 31 points against the Tigers and adding 21 more against the Eagles.

In his collegiate debut (and the Bearcats» season - opener) he orchestrated a 58 - 34 blowout of a solid Toledo squad, but UC still managed to drop this week.

The Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team might have finished with a 24 - 32 record but they might have had the most fun of...

Furious for two years because they were ranked second to Ohio State, the Bearcats again beat State in the NCAA basketball finals.

«For the most part, somebody from Florida» controls the Bearcats» aux, Alabama native Cunningham says, «until it's White Boy Wednesday.

In the last 10 minutes of the first half Ohio State's vaunted offense could score only three baskets against the Bearcats.

shouted the Bearcats» joyous backers as the final seconds of the game ran out, and there wasn't a doubt last Saturday night that they were.

The Bearcats had taken up the challenge that their win over Ohio State in last years's NCAA finals was a fluke.

After five and a half minutes of play UCLA was still watching the Bearcats warm up.

It was only Cincinnati's Bearcats, the team that shook up Louisville, which had every right to smile.

But the Bearcats beat the Wunderkinder from the West.

Zach Collaros, the Bearcats starting QB, is listed as probable with a leg injury.

Furthering the case for Cincinnati are the system plays that have been triggered on the Bearcats.

That's how Ohio State Coach Fred Taylor would describe the basketball game in which OSU lost the national title to Cincinnati's Bearcats

If the Shockers win, they'll share the title and take the top seed in the league tournament thanks to a season sweep of the Bearcats.

The Bearcats dominated early in the 1950s and moved to Division I, but when head coach Sid Gillman left to take over the Los Angeles Rams, they cranked through nearly four bowl - free decades, threatening to make noise but rarely making a ripple.

Can the Bearcats begin establishing their identity and avoid falling to 1 - 2 in advance of conference play?

Biggest question mark: The Bearcats» run game was horrendous; can Mike Boone rediscover the explosive potential he showed in 2014 - 15?

A 3 - 1 start begat a 1 - 7 finish; after a 31 - 19 win over ECU, the Bearcats lost four straight by an average of more than three touchdowns.

It is one of the more startling quirks of recent college football history, a what - if of a what - if: for a couple of confusing minutes late on December 5, 2009, the Cincinnati Bearcats were headed to the BCS Championship.

The Bearcats went 9 - 4 in 2013 and 2014 and showed upside capable of double - digit wins.

But four returnees started at least two games last year, including backup guards Will Steur and Keith Minor, and the Bearcats have a few three - star youngsters.

Even though Purdue ended its three - game skid by surviving the Penn State Nittany Lions «visit on Sunday night, the Boilermakers now occupy the lead spot on seed line No. 3, ahead of the North Carolina Tar Heels, a Cincinnati Bearcats squad that lost twice last week and the Pac -12-leading Arizona Wildcats.

The Bearcats» defense, meanwhile, faced the opposite problem.

Sabres forward Ville Leino channeled his inner Soccer player: Cincinnati Bearcats have some cool uniforms for Belk Bowl: Complete @belkbowl ensemble...

Winner: Cincinnati - Not many people know this, but the bearcat is actually a binturong, which is a viverrid from Asia.

But after four straight years of at least nine wins, the Bearcats trailed off in Tuberville's last two years.

In last year's Cincinnati preview, I said, «With the bounces that went against UC in 2015, the rough - draft talent that will show up in uniform in 2016, and the massive number of tossup games that the Bearcats will play this fall, this might be the biggest wildcard team in the country.»

Though the Bearcats do have to replace a solid safety in Zach Edwards, everybody else is back in the secondary.

The formerly third - seeded Texas Tech Red Raiders, victorious over Oklahoma on Tuesday night, now find themselves on the two line, as they swapped places with the Cincinnati Bearcats.

The Bearcats hadn't ever finished a season ranked until two years before.

The Bearcats outgained the Cougars by 162 yards (in 18 fewer plays), and Gunner Kiel threw for 523 yards and four scores.

The Bearcats got within three points, but their last ditch stalled near midfield.

After sleep - walking through most of two dreadful performances versus bad FCS teams (Delaware State, Fordham) and really only looking good once all season (a romp over Pitt in the season opener), the Bearcats were bitten by a tricky road trip to Toledo on Saturday.

And lord knows that the Bearcats are inefficient enough that Rutgers should leave town still undefeated.

The Bearcats led by double - digits before the under 4 timeout of the first half, and led by 22 points with less than 11 minutes to go in the game.

Related: Rice unveils patriotic helmet for Armed Forces Bowl Related: Michigan unveils special jersey and helmet for Outback Bowl Related: Cincinnati Bearcats unveil new helmet for Belk Bowl

According to ESPN, Torrance Gibson, a former five - star QB prospect, will be following Fickell to the Bearcats:

A fivesome of junior receivers has combined for 2,797 yards, the line keeps Kiel upright (25th in Adj. Sack Rate), and the Bearcats rank 14th in both Passing S&P + and Passing Downs S&P +.

If Cincinnati's offense shows up, Texas won't have much of a chance, but if you've watched the Bearcats recently, that may not be a big worry for Longhorn fans.

The Bearcats won by 38 but lost in the next round to UCLA, making it possible for a kid who picked the first 16/1 upset in the history of the NCAA Tournament to finish in the top 10 of a contest on a major national website.

«About the closest the Bearcats have come to bingo, however, is six straightMetro Conference losses.

Nevertheless, nit - picking types can manage to find things about the Bearcats that warrant a little concern.

While the timing of the game isn't a problem for the Bruins, it is an interesting issue for the Bearcats, and one East Coast NCAA tourney teams have had to deal with a lot recently.

The Bearcats lead the nation's colleges in total defense.

SoberingThought Do you see the irony in Kansas State's dismissing point guard Mario Taybron forviolating its substance - abuse policy when it just hired coach Bob Huggins (Inside College Basketball, June 5), 19 of whose Cincinnati players or recruitswere charged with crimes as he led the Bearcats onto NCAA probation for lack ofinstitutional control?

The Bearcats have spent $ 300 million to improve athletic facilities since 2005 and signed a $ 50 million apparel contract with Under Armour this year.

Hey @adidasHoops thanks so much for the official Wisconsin Bearcats warmup!

The fact is that if Cincinnati's bench is inferior (as most benches are), it matters less with them than with many teams because: 1) the take - it - slow and do - it - right style of play lessens fatigue and 2) the Bearcats rarely get into foul trouble.