When the brackets came out on Sunday for the 2011 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, I was taken aback by the fact that the UConn Huskies could face the Cincinnati Bearcats in the second third round of the tournament.
Was the selection committee just being cruel to UConn because of the NCAA sanctions or was that how the cookies crumbled when they were choosing the brackets? After all, the Big East did get 11 teams into the tournament but I didn’t figure any of them would play each other until at least the Sweet 16
Nonetheless, UConn still needed to win against Bucknell, which they did and the Bearcats needed to win against Missouri, which they did also.
So now, the Huskies will get to face a familiar Big East foe in the Bearcats on Saturday night at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. The game is scheduled to start at approximately 9:40 p.m. and will be televised nationally on TBS. Winner goes to the Sweet 16 in Anaheim, CA where they’ll face the winner of San Diego State and Temple.
In case you were wondering, UConn beat Cincinnati 67-59 back in late February in Cincy.
