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Queens_NYC · 12-29-2022, 07:10 AM

Thursday, December 29th, 2022
9:00 PM
Fifth Third Arena
ESPN2

The Bearcats (8-4, KP #70, NET #111) welcome Tulane (7-4, KP #95, NET #161) to town to kick off UC's final conference slate as a member of the AAC.

The Green Wave are led by 4th-year head coach Ron Hunter and return their 4 top players from the 21/22 squad that finished a program-best 10-8 in the AAC last season.

Among those returnees are 2022 All-AAC 1st team selection 6'0 guard Jalen Cook (20.2 ppg, 5.3 apg), 2022 All-AAC 2nd team selection 6'5 wing Jaylen Forbes (16.8 ppg, 4.6 rpg), and 2022 All-AAC 3rd team selection 6'8 forward Kevin Cross (14.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 3.4 apg).

The Green Wave play fast and rank #34 in Adjusted Tempo per KenPom. They do make the Bearcats' rebounding problems look minuscule as their -5.6 rebounding margin is one of the worst in the nation.

Tulane has played one of the weakest schedules in the country up to this point with no Q1 games on the books so far along just just one Q2 game. All of their wins have only counted as Q4 wins (UC is not much better with just one Q3 win themselves).

The Bearcats will eagerly look to avenge last season's 68-60 loss at Fifth Third to the Green Wave on New Year's Day - a game that saw UC go down by as many as 26 points in the first half.

The Bearcats are 4.5-point favorites at home.

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12-29-2022, 07:10 AM	#1
Queens_NYC Epic Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 1,655	Tulane Thursday, December 29th, 2022 9:00 PM Fifth Third Arena ESPN2 The Bearcats (8-4, KP #70, NET #111) welcome Tulane (7-4, KP #95, NET #161) to town to kick off UC's final conference slate as a member of the AAC. The Green Wave are led by 4th-year head coach Ron Hunter and return their 4 top players from the 21/22 squad that finished a program-best 10-8 in the AAC last season. Among those returnees are 2022 All-AAC 1st team selection 6'0 guard Jalen Cook (20.2 ppg, 5.3 apg), 2022 All-AAC 2nd team selection 6'5 wing Jaylen Forbes (16.8 ppg, 4.6 rpg), and 2022 All-AAC 3rd team selection 6'8 forward Kevin Cross (14.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 3.4 apg). The Green Wave play fast and rank #34 in Adjusted Tempo per KenPom. They do make the Bearcats' rebounding problems look minuscule as their -5.6 rebounding margin is one of the worst in the nation. Tulane has played one of the weakest schedules in the country up to this point with no Q1 games on the books so far along just just one Q2 game. All of their wins have only counted as Q4 wins (UC is not much better with just one Q3 win themselves). The Bearcats will eagerly look to avenge last season's 68-60 loss at Fifth Third to the Green Wave on New Year's Day - a game that saw UC go down by as many as 26 points in the first half. The Bearcats are 4.5-point favorites at home.