Villanova (8-9) vs. Cincinnati (13-4)

Filed under Game Preview on January 13th, 2012

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Reputations will be at stake at Fifth Third Arena on Saturday as Cincinnati welcomes Villanova in a Big East bout. Tip-off is at 12:00 EST and it will be shown on Big East Network, WKRC.

Villanova is 14th in the Big East and Cincinnati is in 3rd. Both teams continue to jockey for position. The Wildcats are at 8-9 overall as well as 1-4 in the Big East. The Bearcats maintain a record of 13-4 with a 3-1 record in the conference. Villanova is 1-5 on the road and Cincinnati is 8-3 at home. The RPI has the Wildcats ranked #107 and the Bearcats at #110. Villanova has lost four of its last five games. Last season, the Wildcats beat the Bearcats 72-61. In four seasons, Villanova has a record of 3-1 against Cincinnati, and 1-1 at Fifth Third Arena.

• AP voters think more highly of Villanova and have put us in the AP Top 25 more often over the past 10 years than Cincinnati (94 vs 60).
• Maalik Wayns is ranked 8th in the Big East in points and ranked 7th in the Big East in assists
• Villanova waxed Cincinnati by 11 points the last time they played (Jan 09, 2011).
• Villanova is a better free-throw shooting team (75.9% vs 64.6%) than Cincinnati this season.

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