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Preview: Cincinnati looks to defeat ECU for third time in first round of AAC Tournament

The University of Cincinnati men's basketball team boarded a plane Tuesday night. The Bearcats' destination: Fort Worth, Texas.

Cincinnati (17-14, 7-11), as the eighth seed, will open the American Athletic Conference Tournament on Thursday against ninth-seeded East Carolina (15-14, 6-11).

The bad news: UC begins tournament play having lost five straight games, seven of its last eight and nine of its last 12.

The good news: Cincinnati begins tournament play against a team in ECU it beat twice in the regular season.

"You're going to break down every aspect of the last two games and every possession," first-year UC coach Wes Miller said.