I think it's pretty simple. Up until X joined the Big East, UC was the biggest game on the schedule every year and combine that with the fact that Huggins UC teams were generally really damn good, it made for something relevant on the national stage.
It's not relevant on the national stage anymore...no one outside cincinnati cares, mainly because uc isnt relevant.
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Thread: It’s Shootout time!
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12-07-2019, 07:37 AM #51
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12-07-2019, 08:11 AM #52
When I first started following Xavier the game was always in November or December. Lenny Brown's shot was in November. The classic 1999-2000 game against Kenyon Martin's team was in December. I know ESPN moved it a few times so it would line up with Rivalry Week, but I always thought that more often than not it was played prior to conference play. After looking it up, though, I see that you're right. It was almost always later in the year prior to the A10 era.
Moving it may have had SOMETHING to do with it, but it was still pretty heated when it was in November and December. I think playing it ON THIS DAY in December is kind of a bad call, but if it were say...Monday, or next week, or sometime last week, or on virtually any day other than this one the national spotlight would at least be a little brighter."You can't fix stupid." Ron White
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12-07-2019, 08:45 AM #53
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12-07-2019, 11:49 AM #54
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Who cares about the national spotlight. We know what we have here.
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12-13-2019, 11:32 PM #55
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For those looking for holiday gifts: My "neighborhood" Skyline was sold out of basketballs, but was quick to track some down for me. Picked up two. It seems that quite a few "Shootout" balls were sent way north of the city to various locations, and didn't sell as well (imagine that). If you are still looking, Skyline was very helpful, just ask.
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