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Bearcats coach Cronin: This may be program's best defensive team ever

No. 8 Bearcats prepare to face tough Houston team/ Tom Groeschen

Mick Cronin thinks his 2017-18 University of Cincinnati basketball team may be the best defensive unit in school history. The UC coach especially will need such play here soon.

The No. 8-ranked Bearcats mostly have ripped through their American Athletic Conference basketball schedule, going 8-0 in the league and winning by an average of 20.4 points in those games.

Things are about to get much tougher, beginning when UC (19-2, 8-0 AAC) plays host to Houston (16-4, 6-2 AAC) on Wednesday at 7 p.