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Cincinnati Bearcats Basketball Betting Underdogs in Clemson Matchup

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By Russell Heltman | Last updated Dec 21, 2025 9:58 AM ET

The Bearcats basketball team is a slight betting underdog this afternoon in the Greenville Invitational against Clemson in South Carolina. Clemson enters the game a 5.5-point favorite with a point total sitting at 141.5.

UC got off the mat betting-wise on Wednesday and covered easily against Alabama State in an 88-51 win. It moved them to 7-4 overall and 3-8 against the spread. Clemson is 9-3 overall and 6-6 against the spread this season as they try to springboard their way into the AP top 25, as Georgia did with a win over UC.

The Bearcats are 0-3 straight up as betting underdogs this season.

Cincinnati gets Jizzle James back for another game here after he made his season debut on Wednesday with 16 points on 6-9 shooting from the field. He may be why the market moved slightly Cincinnati's way after Clemson opened as a six-point favorite.

"I feel like this game helped us a lot," UC forward Baba Miller said after the win over Alabama State. "Just to regroup and find our rhythm again. Now we have a few more days of practice to prepare for Clemson, a really good team. We're going to give it everything we have to keep taking the right steps."

UC can capture that elusive first Quad 1 win of the season by pulling off the upset Sunday.