It will be extremely difficult to knock off the Cougars in the mountains. BYU is 9-1 at home and 2-1 in Quad 2 games, as Cincinnati fits that distinction being a team ranked outside the NET's top 30. The Bearcats are 2-1 against BYU since the 1949-50 season, winning by an average of 11 points.

Cincinnati Bearcats basketball took on BYU in Provo in a Big 12 road contest Saturday night. Here is what we learned from beat reporter Scott Springer

Cincinnati Bearcats basketball hosted Arizona State Saturday afternoon as they acheived their first Big 12 home win of the season.

The Bearcats are road underdogs on their trip to face BYU Saturday night at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN2. Fanduel Sportsbook has BYU favored by 4.5 points as of this writing, with the point total set at 137.5.

The Cougars routed Cincinnati 80-52 Saturday night at the Marriott Center in Provo, moving to 13-6 on the season and 4-4 against Big 12 competition. BYU bested Cincinnati’s elite defense. Going into the matchup,

Richie Saunders scored 21 points to lead BYU to an impressive 80-52 victory over Cincinnati in Provo, Utah, on Saturday night. Egor Demin added 15 points, seven assists and five rebounds as the hot-shooting Cougars (13-6,

The Bearcats dropped another conference conference game on Saturday night 80-52 to BYU. The Cougars stifled Cincinnati's offensive sets all game and used hot three-point shooting (15-24) to cruise to what tied for the worst losing margin of the Wes Miller era.