http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/school/64 Recent Yardbarker Articles: Cincinnati Bearcats en-us I’m back courtside once again for the finals of the 2009 EA Sports Maui Invitational. We’re about 15 minutes from tip-off for the game between the Gonzaga Bulldogs and the Cincinnati Bearcats. The game can be seen live on ESPN. I’ll be giving you constant updates on this one as it goes but I’ll also [...] Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:00:48 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Maui_Invitational_Championship_Game/1633676 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Maui_Invitational_Championship_Game/1633676 Cincinnati (Bearcats, 39,667 students, Cincinnati, OH) 69, NO. 21 MARYLAND 57Greivis Vasquez scored a game-high 19 points, dished out four assists and had three steals, but Cincinnati got 17 points and 13 rebounds from Yance Gates in the win over No. 21 Maryland in a semifinal matchup of the EA Sports Maui Invitational.Deonta Vaughn had 16 points to lead the Bearcats into the championship game. Lance Stephenson added 11 points for Cincinnati.Gates scored 10 of his 17 points during a decisive ... Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:21:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/TUESDAY_NIGHT_HOOPS_THREE_LOSSES/1630370 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/TUESDAY_NIGHT_HOOPS_THREE_LOSSES/1630370 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/TUESDAY_NIGHT_HOOPS_THREE_LOSSES/1630370 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/9/9/9901b07e7f6b013cc1db3d4da1abf5885fa5e1e5/small/GettyImageProxy.ashx_requestUrl_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f73621259.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d17A4AD9FDB9CF1937BD3C0E55AC062E4C7E40B7587F298F0.jpg The Cram Session is a semi-daily melange of last night's most important hoops action. Feel free to skip the next 200 words or so. Long story short: Posting will be lighter than usual the next few days. Happy Thanksgiving. Hey, it's the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. We all know what that means. You will sit around in your cubicle (or your desk in your window office; look at you, Mr. Master Of The Universe) and pretend to be doing things. The depths of this deception know no bounds. Yo... Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:36:53 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Cram_Session_Dagger_site_news_with_a_dash_of_hoops/1630085 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Cram_Session_Dagger_site_news_with_a_dash_of_hoops/1630085 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Cram_Session_Dagger_site_news_with_a_dash_of_hoops/1630085 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/f/1ff52f584e569b7db3497547fad5484b4cec5cfe/small/9c.jpg 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. 21 Maryland on Tuesday at the Lahaina Civic Center. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:38:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Bearcats_on_upset_run/1627752 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Bearcats_on_upset_run/1627752 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Bearcats_on_upset_run/1627752 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/c/ec6f2dbef0fe71217739b0a7846a877b4ea1c8a8/small/PicImg_NCAA_BASKETBALL_FEB_2149.jpg 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. 21 Maryland on Tuesday at the Lahaina Civic Center. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:38:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Bearcats_make_Maui_final_after_stunning_Maryland/1627709 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Bearcats_make_Maui_final_after_stunning_Maryland/1627709 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Bearcats_make_Maui_final_after_stunning_Maryland/1627709 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/c/ec6f2dbef0fe71217739b0a7846a877b4ea1c8a8/small/PicImg_NCAA_BASKETBALL_FEB_2149.jpg 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 Maryland (No. 22 ESPN/USA Today, No. 21 AP) on Tuesday. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:36:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Gates_big_in_2nd_half_Cincy_sinks_No_22_Terps/1627664 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Gates_big_in_2nd_half_Cincy_sinks_No_22_Terps/1627664 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Gates_big_in_2nd_half_Cincy_sinks_No_22_Terps/1627664 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/c/ec6f2dbef0fe71217739b0a7846a877b4ea1c8a8/small/PicImg_NCAA_BASKETBALL_FEB_2149.jpg Yancy Gates scored 12 points in an 18-2 first-half run that set the tone for Cincinnati's 67-58 victory over No. 24 Vanderbilt on Monday in the first round of the EA Sports Maui Invitational. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:31:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Bearcats_claw_out_upset/1621011 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Bearcats_claw_out_upset/1621011 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Bearcats_claw_out_upset/1621011 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/c/ec6f2dbef0fe71217739b0a7846a877b4ea1c8a8/small/PicImg_NCAA_BASKETBALL_FEB_2149.jpg Yancy Gates scored 12 points in an 18-2 first-half run that set the tone for Cincinnati's 67-58 victory over No. 24 Vanderbilt on Monday in the first round of the EA Sports Maui Invitational. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:31:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Gates_unranked_Cincy_knock_off_No_24_Vanderbilt/1621061 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Gates_unranked_Cincy_knock_off_No_24_Vanderbilt/1621061 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Gates_unranked_Cincy_knock_off_No_24_Vanderbilt/1621061 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/c/ec6f2dbef0fe71217739b0a7846a877b4ea1c8a8/small/PicImg_NCAA_BASKETBALL_FEB_2149.jpg It's early still, but we already have a clubhouse leader for the inevitable "officiating controversy of the week involving an undefeated team," courtesy the review booth in Cincinnati's 24-21 win over West Virginia and the indisputable evidence if found to overturn an apparent goal line fumble by Cincy's (otherwise brilliant) Isaiah Pead in the second quarter. Gee, I don't see anything to dispute here, do you? Pead's stretch went down in a first half in which Cin... Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:48:16 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Hopefully_the_Big_East_got_this_weeks_replay_row_out_of_the_way_early/1563043 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Hopefully_the_Big_East_got_this_weeks_replay_row_out_of_the_way_early/1563043 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Hopefully_the_Big_East_got_this_weeks_replay_row_out_of_the_way_early/1563043 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/f/af110796f5575675f002759ef1eeb970f2902590/small/West_Virginia_v_36e7.jpg Cincinnati running back Isaiah Pead rushed for a career-best 175 yards on a career-high 18 carries—meaning for one night this season, the unbeaten Bearcats morphed into a running team. Following Cincinnati's 24-21 victory over West Virginia, Pead spoke with Sporting News' Mike DeCourcy and other reporters: Q: Was this the game plan coming in, to give you the ball that often? A: The game plan was how it's been all year. Jake (Ramsey) went down, "next man in" as t... Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:49:11 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Cincinnati_RB_Pead_039He_was_just_probably_caught_up_in_the_fire_039/1562364 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Cincinnati_RB_Pead_039He_was_just_probably_caught_up_in_the_fire_039/1562364 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Cincinnati_RB_Pead_039He_was_just_probably_caught_up_in_the_fire_039/1562364 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/e/8e894b0793fd86041bc5225a1b995bb1b5a85da5/small/Louisville_v_Cincinnati_61b4.jpg Quarterback Zach Collaros will start for fifth-ranked Cincinnati against West Virginia on Friday night, with Tony Pike expected to play as well for the first time since he hurt his non-throwing arm. Coach Brian Kelly announced Collaros will be his starter Tuesday. The sophomore backup has played spectacularly and kept the Bearcats (9-0) in the national title conversation while Pike heals from surgery to replace a metal plate in his left forearm. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:14:22 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Collaros_will_start_for_Cincy_but_Pike_will_play/1540200 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Collaros_will_start_for_Cincy_but_Pike_will_play/1540200 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Collaros_will_start_for_Cincy_but_Pike_will_play/1540200 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/6/866423d09b07a6be467268973c799580b793926b/small/Louisville_v_Cincinnati_04d9.jpg In my head, I have a montage of Brian Kelly sitting behind a rich mahogany desk in his study, staring into the distance in intense contemplation, getting up to stare out the window with a snifter of brandy in one hand, exhaustively scrutinizing sheets of statistics with a magnifying glass, and finally emerging, gavel in hand, to confidently hand down the verdict about his starting quarterback on Monday: CINCINNATI (AP)—After a day of deliberation, coach Brian Kelly decided that Tony Pi... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:39:10 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Is_Tony_Pike_getting_Pipped_Of_course_not_but_he_can_still_use_another_week_on_the_bench/1538926 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Is_Tony_Pike_getting_Pipped_Of_course_not_but_he_can_still_use_another_week_on_the_bench/1538926 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Is_Tony_Pike_getting_Pipped_Of_course_not_but_he_can_still_use_another_week_on_the_bench/1538926 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/2/7/27166e5dc418318a34a952c1663fc6190c8170ff/small/Cincinnati_v_South_9ad0.jpg In my head, I have a montage of Brian Kelly sitting behind a rich mahogany desk in his study, staring into the distance in intense contemplation, getting up to stare out the window with a snifter of brandy in one hand, exhaustively scrutinizing sheets of statistics with a magnifying glass, and finally emerging, gavel in hand, to confidently hand down the verdict about his starting quarterback on Monday: CINCINNATI (AP)—After a day of deliberation, coach Brian Kelly decided that Tony Pi... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:39:10 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Tony_Pike_isnt_getting_Pipped_he_just_needs_another_week_of_rest/1539741 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Tony_Pike_isnt_getting_Pipped_he_just_needs_another_week_of_rest/1539741 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Tony_Pike_isnt_getting_Pipped_he_just_needs_another_week_of_rest/1539741 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/4/543a2bdd52e66758ea2aacf622e1a2753ffd3a52/small/Cincinnati_Bearcats_v_6082.jpg This week: The UConn Huskies travel to Cincinnati, OH to take on the #5/4/7 Cincinnati Bearcats Saturday night at Nippert Stadium at 8:00 p.m. on ABC. Here are the rosters for the Huskies and the Bearcats. The Line/Prediction: According to Rivals.com, the Bearcats are 17 point favorites and the over/under is 52. My prediction is Cincinnati 27 UConn 21. Tickets: The game [...] Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:06:47 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Paw_Prints_UConn_Huskies_4_4_1_3_Cincinnati_Bearcats_8_0_4_0/1512110 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Paw_Prints_UConn_Huskies_4_4_1_3_Cincinnati_Bearcats_8_0_4_0/1512110