Cincinnati Bearcats miss NCAA Tournament in The Crown in Las Vegas

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Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark on Crown Basketball Tournament

Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark on Crown Basketball Tournament

Not hearing your college basketball team’s name called on NCAA Selection Sunday can be disheartening, but there’s always time for “rejection redemption.” In the past that came in the form of the National Invitation Tournament, which still exists, but now there’s a new option being marketed: The College Basketball Crown.

Monday morning, it was announced that Cincinnati Bearcats basketball will play April 1 at 3 p.m. (Eastern) against DePaul in the first-round of the Crown tournament. A win would put them against the Oregon State/UCF winner April 3 at 7 p.m. Both games will be at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

UC’s possible path to a semifinal game later in the week would be against the winner of Colorado/Villanova vs. Tulane/USC.

More bracket details will be published shortly.

As confirmed by Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark last week at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championships, the Big 12, along with the Big East and Big Ten, are obligated to provide two teams each to the new tournament in Las Vegas that will be televised on FS1 and Fox.

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“It is the top two (Big 12 teams) that don’t get into the tournament,” Big 12 Commissioner Yormark confirmed Tuesday in his press conference. “We’re excited to be part of The Crown. We think it’s going to be a first-class opportunity for our student-athletes to showcase their talents. Fox is a wonderful partner of ours. They’ve been doing football with us for quite some time and next year they distribute basketball games for the first time in years. We’re excited to be in the Fox family and I think their tournament’s going to be off the charts. I will be in Vegas to kick things off.”

Of the Cincinnati Bearcats interviewed after their Big 12 second-round loss to Iowa State, junior forward Josh Reed was the most optimistic about having a…

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