Angered by an $85,000 charge for postponing last season's men's basketball game against Temple, the University of Cincinnati has canceled next season's makeup game and further infuriated Temple.

        The schools' athletic directors have feuded over what restitution UC should make for canceling last season's game because of overscheduling. UC athletic director Bob Goin now says his school will never again play the Owls, a common nonconference opponent during the 1990s, during his tenure.

        “Originally, we agreed to compensate them for a postponement,” Goin told the Enquirer through a UC spokesman. “They elected to tax us for a cancellation. So we paid that ($85,000) figure and canceled the game.”

        Temple officials say the schools had a handshake agreement that UC would make two visits to Philadelphia and reimburse the Owls for expenses from last year's canceled game. But Goin bristled when Temple athletic director Dave O'Brien sent a bill for $85,000 — three times the amount agreed upon by UC president Dr. Joseph Steger and Tem ple president Dr. David Adamany, Goin said.

        O'Brien, who was unavailable for comment Tuesday, has called Goin's move “unconscionable” and was appealing to Steger to intervene and make UC return the game next season.

        “Bob Goin won't return my calls,” O'Brien told ESPN.com. “I'm still hopeful that somebody at Cincinnati will show some class and understand that we had a deal, a very fair deal. Hopefully, there will be some sani ty and someone else at the university will not support the action of the athletic department.”

        UC was supposed to return a game to Temple after the Owls played at Cincinnati during the 1999-2000 season. But Cincinnati overscheduled last season by one game; the NCAA has a maximum of 28 regular-season games.

        To conform, UC canceled in October its Jan. 20 game at Temple. Goin said UC originally had agreed to cover reasonable costs — such as reprinting schedule cards — that Temple incurred. UC was not to cover lost revenue for the game, which Goin said would be made up with the extra visit from the Bearcats.

        The Bearcats chose to put off the Temple game until the 2001-02 season instead of getting rid of one of their three guaranteed home games last season, for which they pay a lower-profile school to come in for a single-game series.

        Temple tried to find another home game but couldn't, instead playing a road game at DePaul. O'Brien said his school would have generated $100,000 for the home game.

        “We were stuck,” O'Brien told ESPN.com. “We had built our home schedule around Cincinnati. To say it was a disappointment was the biggest understatement of the year.

        “There were three home games on Cincinnati's schedule which were "buy' games. It was their scheduling error, so why did we have to be the game to go? We had already sent out our season-ticket applications.”

        To appease fans, Temple offered tickets for the Duke home game, which was played off campus at the First Union Center.

        “Cincinnati loses $300,000 for a home game, and they said they couldn't afford it, but what about my budget?” O'Brien told ESPN.com. “When you make a mistake, you pay the price. Our building lost money, rent, concessions and parking. Now we're right back where we were last year, but fortunately it's July rather than October.”

        Temple reportedly has talked to Minnesota, Auburn and Charlotte about filling its home vacancy. But that might not get the game on national TV, which was supposed to happen with UC.

        The Bearcats also are looking for a game but could stay at home instead of going on the road.

        UC and Temple met nine times in eight years before last season. Temple had won three straight in the series.

UC feuds with Temple, cancels game Jones leaves UC for good

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