Men's Basketball Breakdown: Iowa vs. Cincinnati
Breaking down Saturday's men's basketball game between Iowa and Cincinnati.
Game facts
Time and place — 8:10 p.m., United Center, Chicago.
TV — BTN (Brian Anderson, play-by-play; Shon Morris, analyst)
Radio — Hawkeye Radio Network
Records — Iowa 8-3, Cincinnati 7-4
Rankings — Neither team is ranked.
Series — Cincinnati leads, 6-3.
The lineups
Iowa — Luka Garza (C, 6-11, 22.4 ppg.), Connor McCaffery (G, 6-5, Soph., 8.1 ppg.), CJ Fredrick (G, 6-3, Fr., 10.5 ppg.), Joe Wieskamp (G, 6-6, Soph., 12 ppg.), Joe Toussaint (G, 6-0, Fr., 6.7 ppg.) or Ryan Kriener (F, 6-10, Sr., 5.3 ppg.)
Cincinnati — Tre Scott (F, 6-8, Sr., 8.9 ppg.), Chris Vogt (C, 7-1, Jr., 12.7 ppg.), Mika Adams-Woods (G, 6-3, Fr., 6.2 ppg.), Keith Williams (G, 6-5, Jr., 13 ppg.), Jarron Cumberland (G, 6-5, Sr., 12.8 ppg.)
The analytics
NET — Iowa 29, Cincinnati 91
KenPom — Iowa 20 (Adjusted offense, 2; adjusted defense, 106); Cincinnati 61 (Adjusted offense, 61; adjusted defense, 55)
Sagarin — Iowa 20, Cincinnati 55
What to watch
The Hawkeyes will play their first game since guard Jordan Bohannon underwent hip surgery that will end his season.
Toussaint is Bohannon's likely replacement. He's been able to ease into his freshman season, but now he's going to see more significant minutes.
The game is a rematch of last March's NCAA tournament first-round game, when the Hawkeyes rallied from a 13-point first-half deficit to win, 79-72.
Cumberland is a difficult matchup if he's into the game, but he's disappeared at times this season.
The Hawkeyes are 4-2 in what was expected to be a critical 7-game stretch heading into Christmas. Another neutral-court win would help the resumé.
