Tuesday, January 7, 2003
Conference calls beckon for UC, XU, UK
The Cincinnati Enquirer
With the preliminaries out of the way, the Cincinnati, Xavier and Kentucky men's college basketball programs begin conference play this week.
The Bearcats (9-3) open Conference USA play against DePaul at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Shoemaker Center. The Blue Demons (8-2) lost by 31 points to Notre Dame and by three points at St. Joseph's.
Xavier (9-3), ranked 19th and coming off a 65-58 loss at top-ranked Alabama, opens Atlantic 10 play at 7 p.m. Tuesday against Richmond at Cintas Center. The Spiders are 8-5 with a Dec. 17 victory over then-No. 21 Stanford, which beat the Musketeers 63-62 in the second game of the season.
Richmond is coming off a 68-62 loss to 23rd-ranked Wake Forest.
Kentucky is coming off a close-call 83-75 victory over Ohio on Saturday at U.S. Bank Arena.
The 20th-ranked Wildcats (9-3) open Southeastern Conference play at rival Tennessee at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The Volunteers (7-2) haven't faced a ranked team this season, and their losses are at Texas A&M and West Virginia.
UC, Xavier and Kentucky also have league games Saturday.
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