UC Bearcats, Jerrod Calhoun seek sellout vs. Big Ten’s Minnesota

Coach Jerrod Calhoun’s new Cincinnati Bearcats squad will be challenged significantly more this week as they host their first power conference opponent, Minnesota, Monday, Nov. 9.

In two games, the Bearcats have played somewhat sluggish opening halves, only to rebound and pull away in the final 20 minutes, beating American by 26 and Green Bay by 17. Helping in those wins were a combined 36 steals.

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“We want to be a Top 10 team in the country at stealing the basketball,” Calhoun said. “We’re averaging 18 a game. That’s pretty good, no matter who you’re playing. We’ve got to score the ball better in transition.”

The squad Green Bay coach Doug Gottlied called a “mid-major-plus all-star team,” will have to turn it up a notch against a Big Ten team and hope the Fifth Third Arena fans respond by cranking up the volume.

“The Big 12 is the best conference in college basketball, but if you want to be great, show up,” Gottlieb said of UC fans. “He’ll get this thing turned around because winners win. He was great at Youngstown, great at Utah State and I would expect no less here at UC.”

Cincinnati Bearcats head coach Jerrod Calhoun works the sideline during the game against the Green Bay Phoenix Nov. 5. UC won 81-64.

Twyman-Stokes Classic

The game will be the Twyman-Stokes Classic, honoring former Bearcat and Cincinnati Royal Jack Twyman, who became the guardian of teammate Maurice Stokes when a life-changing injury ended Stokes’ NBA career. Twyman’s No. 27 is retired at UC, and he’s a Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer. They are the namesake of the NBA’s Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award.

Jack Twyman watches TV with Maurice Stokes in 1959. Twyman, a former UC Bearcat, played with Stokes for the NBA’s Cincinnati Royals. When Stokes became disabled due to a blow to the head, Twyman became his legal guardian and remained so until he passed in 1970.

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