UC Bearcats coach Jerrod Calhoun has group in ESPN ‘Feast Week’ video games

• The Cincinnati Bearcats basketball group will take part in a Thanksgiving week match in Orlando.
• New coach Jerrod Calhoun confirmed six difficult non-conference video games are already scheduled.

No precise date or time has been set but, however new Cincinnati Bearcats basketball coach Jerrod Calhoun may have his group in a vacation occasion this fall.

On the Friday, April 4, “Mo Egger Show” on ESPN 1530 from the Final Four in Indianapolis, the brand new UC coach mentioned the Bearcats might be taking part in Thanksgiving week in Orlando. That has been generally known as ESPN Invitational “Feast Week” lately on the State Farm Fieldhouse at ESPN Wide World of Sports at Disney World.

“We’ve got six (non-conference) games,” Calhoun advised Egger. “All really, really good games. We’ll be in Orlando for Thanksgiving. Those teams will be announced, but they’re all Power Fours. It’s going to be a phenomenal tournament. We (Utah State) played in it two years ago, so I’m very familiar with those guys. They do a great job.”

Last 12 months’s occasion featured a four-team occasion (BYU, Dayton, Georgetown, Miami Hurricanes) and two different brackets that includes non-Power Four colleges. UC would play two video games within the occasion.

It might be a busy vacation week for Bearcats followers because the UC soccer group has a Saturday, Nov. 28, sport in Provo in opposition to the BYU Cougars to wrap up their common season.

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Calhoun additionally talked about one other sport with Clemson (impartial), together with the Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout with Xavier at Fifth Third Arena, the return sport at Dayton, and a return with Louisville.

“Six really difficult games, so we’ve got to be very strategic with the rest of the schedule,” Calhoun mentioned.

UC returns to UD Arena for the primary time since Dec. 4, 2004, within the upcoming season battle with the Flyers. UC beat Dayton 74-62 final Nov. 11.

On Nov. 21, UC misplaced to No. 6 Louisville at Heritage Bank Center 74-64. The return sport might be at Louisville’s outdated stomping grounds, Freedom Hall.

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Although gamers have entered, the portal won’t be formally open till Tuesday, April 7. It’s technically a recruiting lifeless interval, so any potential guests could not go to till Friday, April 10. In-person, off-campus evaluations are permitted from April 10-30.

Calhoun has met with the latest UC gamers and is being cautious about his strategy.

“I really want guys that want to be here,” Calhoun mentioned. “That’s the biggest part about building a program. It’s all about relationships. It’s got to be a trust. To me, we’ve got to have guys that are dying to put the Bearcat uniform on and it means something.”

He’s additionally met with donors and workers and continues to take a look at the schedule.

“Scheduling is a part of each team’s success,” Calhoun mentioned. “We have to make sure we’re doing our part, putting our guys in a position to be successful.”