Cincinnati Bearcats

The University of Cincinnati Bearcats remained fifth in the BCS standings released Sunday night, trailing Florida, Alabama, Texas and Texas Christian. Here's a Q&A about the BCS and UC's place in it.

"The only teams I watch are TCU and Boise State," Cincinnati Bearcats coach Brian Kelly mentioned the other day. "I really don't care about those other teams. Look, we know about Florida, we know about Alabama, we know about Texas. If I'm ever sitting down reading the paper or trying to get some information, I want to know about TCU and Boise."

The University of Cincinnati Bearcats remained the No. 5 team in the country in the newest BCS standings, as well as the Associated Press poll and USA Today coaches' poll.

The Cincinnati Bearcats (0-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) open their 109th season of basketball and fourth under head coach Mick Cronin on Monday, Nov. 16 vs. Prairie View A&M (1-0, 0-0 SWAC) at 7:30 p.m. EST in Fifth Third Arena. The game will air on 700 WLW with Dan Hoard and Chuck Machock handling the call. The game will not be televised but a webcast will be available through GoBEARCATS.com's CATSVISION All-Access.

Behind a team hitting percentage of .356 and nine blocks, the University of Cincinnati volleyball team continued its winning ways at home with a 3-0 win over St. John's University Sunday afternoon at Fifth Third Arena. Junior Stephanie Niemer (Erlanger, Ky./St. Henry) led all players with 11 kills and did not commit an error en route to a .456 hitting percentage as UC extended its home winning streak to 27 matches.

The University of Cincinnati men's and women's cross country teams finished 16th and 13th, respectively, at the 2009 Great Lakes Regional hosted by Indiana University at the Indiana University Championship Cross Country Course Saturday afternoon.

Dublin (Ohio) Coffman junior quarterback Cole Stoudt was having a great year before a broken leg ended his season prematurely. Stoudt, son of former Steelers quarterback Cliff Stoudt, is drawing a lot of attention from college recruiters. Bill Greene caught up with Stoudt and filed this report.

Not knowing what to expect on his visit to Cincinnati, Scout.com Class of 2011 4-star linebacker Trey DePriest was surprised by what he saw. Bearcat Insider has the latest from the Springfield, Ohio product.

With all the talk of style points and close calls over the past two weeks people seem to forget that when all is said and done “All anyone will remember are the wins” when they look back at the Bearcats 2009 season down the road.

Source: Bearcatnews.com Staff

Source: UC Athletics Department

Source: Chicago Tribune