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Cincy (21-2) has now won 14 straight and is 10-0 in the AAC. Even though he was playing sick, Kilpatrick scored 18 on USF (he averages 19.5). He moved into third place on Cincinnati's career scoring list. "The guy's going to be -- knock on wood -- the second guy in the history of this program to score over 2,000 points," coach Mick Cronin said. #1 is Oscar Robertson

 

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Mar 2012 article by The Columbus Dispatch on Basketball in Ohio:

Ohio has become better known for basketball than for football. Those toy miniature footballs that some hospitals stick in the cribs of Ohio newborns? Maybe they should be orange and round instead? After all, the Buckeye State is being billed by national media as a basketball behemoth.

And they are loving it in Columbus, Athens and Cincinnati. It’s hard to believe, isn’t it,” Hayes said, referring to the state being the center of the college basketball universe. “I think it’s attributable to the Midwest work ethic. And the talent pool is obviously huge.”