Here's the times/channels for the local teams in the NCAA Tournament...

Thursday: 6:50, TBS, Lexington: No. 1 Louisville vs. NC A&T-Liberty winner
Friday: 2:45, CBS, Philadelphia -- No. 7 Creighton vs. No. 10 Cincinnati
Friday: 4:10, TBS, Dayton -- No. 1 Indiana vs. LIU Brooklyn-James Madison winner
Friday: 7:15, CBS, Dayton -- No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 15 Iona

COMPLETE SCHEDULE

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Nearly six months after Xavier's 76-53 win over the Bearcats ended in a brawl at Cintas Center, school officials at Cincinnati and Xavier re-evaluated aspects of a series that began in 1927 and has been played every year since the 1945-46 season. The end result has the two schools playing at US Bank Arena, at least for the next two years, and has the series being renamed from the Crosstown Shootout to the Skyline Chili Crosstown Classic.

COMPLETE ARTILCE (WCPO.com)

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After an embarrassing brawl at the end of last year’s Crosstown Shootout between the Cincinnati Bearcats and Xavier Musketeers at the Cintas Center, the game will reportedly be moved to US Bank Arena for the next two years, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Neither school has confirmed the move and the two issued a joint statement in a press release yesterday stating that no official agreement has been reached and announcement will come at a later date.

The paper states that the rivalry game will be played on Dec. 18, 19 or 20 and will be televised on one of the ESPN channels, with an official announcement expected in June. 

The last time UC and XU played each other at the downtown arena was Jan. 29, 1987 when the building was known as Riverfront Coliseum and served as UC’s home court.

MY TAKE: I don’t have a problem with the move, but I don’t believe that moving it to a neutral location where the fan base will be closer to 50/50 is going to help make it a less hostile environment. I definitely side with keeping the game around more than suspending indefinitely altogether.

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The 2012 Cincinnati Bearcats football schedule has been released...

Thu., Sept. 6 PITTSBURGH (8 p.m., ESPN)
Sat., Sept. 15 Delaware State
Sat., Sept. 29 vs. Virginia Tech 1
Sat., Oct. 6 Miami (Ohio)
Sat., Oct. 13 Fordham
Sat., Oct. 20 at Toledo
Sat., Oct. 27 at LOUISVILLE (8 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2)
Sat., Nov. 3 SYRACUSE
Sat., Nov. 10 at TEMPLE
Sat., Nov. 17 RUTGERS
Fri., Nov. 23 USF (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
Sat., Dec. 1 at CONNECTICUT (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)

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Between Syracuse being without Fab Melo and North Carolina point guard Kendall Marshall’s broken wrist, projecting the remainder of the NCAA Tournament gets tough. Let’s be honest though after shredding my brackets on Saturday I wasn’t that good on my first crack last week at the beginning of the tournament.

With that in mind is here are my updated Power Rankings heading into the Sweet 16:

1. Kentucky
2. Michigan State
3. Ohio State
4. Syracuse
5. North Carolina
6. Kansas
7. Baylor
8. Louisville
9. Marquette
10. Cincinnati
11. Indiana
12. Florida
13. NC State
14. Wisconsin
15. Xavier
16. Ohio

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Here are some interesting numbers for this year's field of 16 in the NCAA tournament:

OHIO PROUD
-The Buckeye State becomes the first state ever to field four Sweet 16 teams with Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio State and Xavier all still alive.

BY CONFERENCE
Big East (4)
Big Ten (4)
ACC (2)
Big 12 (2)
SEC (2)
A-10 (1)
MAC (1)

BY SEEDS
1 seeds (4-Kentucky, Syracuse, North Carolina, Michigan State)
2 seeds (2-Kansas, Ohio State)
3 seeds (2-Marquette, Baylor)
4 seeds: (3-Louisville, Indiana, Wisconsin)
6 seed (Cincinnati)
7 seed (Florida)
10 seed (Xavier)
11 seed (N.C. State)
13 seed (Ohio)

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Thursday, March 22
7:15 – 1 Syracuse vs. 4 Wisconsin (Boston) - CBS
7:47 – 1 Michigan St vs. 4 Louisville (Phoenix) - TBS
9:45 – 2 Ohio State vs. 6 Cincinnati (Boston) - CBS
10:17 – 3 Marquette vs. 7 Florida (Phoenix) - TBS

Friday, March 23
7:15 – 3 Baylor vs. 10 Xavier (Atlanta) - CBS
7:47 – 1 North Carolina vs. 13 Ohio (St. Louis) - TBS
9:45 – 1 Kentucky vs. 4 Indiana (Atlanta) - CBS
10:17 – 2 Kansas vs. 11 NC State (St. Louis) - TBS

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Here's a look at the opening round matchups and times of local interest:

COMPLETE SCHEDULE (CBSSports.com)

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Tuesday, March 6 – First Round
(ESPN2/ESPN 3D)
No. 16 DePaul (12-18) vs. No. 9 Connecticut (18-12) - Noon
No. 13 Pittsburgh (16-15) vs. No. 12 St. John’s (13-18) - 2 p.m.
 
(ESPNU/ESPN 3D)
No. 15 Providence (15-16) vs. No. 10 Seton Hall (19-11) - 7 p.m.
No. 14 Villanova (12-18) vs. No. 11 Rutgers (14-17) - 9 p.m.

Wednesday, March 7 – Second Round
(ESPN/ESPN 3D)
DePaul/Connecticut winner vs. No. 8 West Virginia (19-12) - Noon
Pittsburgh/St. John’s winner vs. No. 5 Georgetown (22-7) - 2 p.m.
Providence/Seton Hall winner vs. No. 7 Louisville (22-9) - 7 p.m.
Villanova/Rutgers winner vs. No. 6 USF (19-12) - 9 p.m.

Thursday, March 8 – Quarterfinals
(ESPN/ESPN 3D)
8/9/16 winner vs. No. 1 Syracuse (30-1) - Noon
5/12/13 winner vs. No. 4 Cincinnati (22-9) - 2 p.m.
7/10/15 winner vs. No. 2 Marquette (25-6) - 7 p.m.
6/11/14 winner vs. No. 3 Notre Dame (21-10) - 9 p.m.
 
Friday, March 9 – Semifinals
(ESPN/ESPN 3D)
Thursday afternoon winners - 7 p.m.
Thursday evening winners - 9 p.m.
 
Saturday, March 10 – Championship
(ESPN/ESPN 3D)
Semifinal winners - 9 p.m.

*All games played at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY

PROJECTED WINNER: SYRACUSE (TeamRankings.com)

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Heading into the final week’s action things are taking shape for local teams and their post-season outlooks. Here is a look at how CollegeHoopsNet.com breaks things down as of Tuesday (2/28):

LOCAL TEAMS
Kentucky - #1 seed
Ohio State - #3 seed
Indiana - #4 seed
Louisville - #5 seed
Murray State - #5 seed
Xavier - #11 seed
Cincinnati - #12 seed (play-in)

BUBBLE WATCH
Last In: Arizona, Texas, Mississippi St, Cincinnati

First Out: South Florida, St. Joseph's, VCU, Dayton

Further Four: Tennessee, Oregon, Colorado St, NC State
 
Dropped Out Of Field (at-large): NC State

New (at-large): Arizona

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
(Multiple Bid Leagues)
Big East - 9
Big Ten - 7
ACC - 5
Big 12 - 6
SEC - 5
A-10 - 3
MWC - 3
Pac-12 - 3
WCC - 3
CUSA - 2
MVC - 2

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