When UH played WSU in Houston, the referees were pretty scrutinous, calling lots of traveling and light contact. Cincy does play tougher, so it'll be interesting to see how much contact they allow, and whether it disrupts UH like it has pretty much everyone else so far. Rob Gray stepped out of his shooting funk for a couple games but seems to have relapsed into it again. If the Cincy D focuses on him and smothers him, I don't look for him to break out of the slump, so it will come down to how hot will Davis, Davis Jr., and Brooks will be shooting, and whether Brady has gotten his confidence back to work the low post. White is a freshman who has been stepping up his game quite a bit, but this is going to be a real test for him also.

The Coogs don't have to win this one in Cincy to stay in contention for a NCAA berth, we still get them again later in Houston. But if the Coogs do pull off the upset, I'm curious whether the NCAA would penalize Cincy versus rewarding the Coogs, the way they penalized shocktop for losing to UH.