The coaches, including Bob Huggins, were honored at halftime of Wednesday's game versus UCLA. Scott Springer, sspringer@enquirer.com
A year ago in Mick Cronin's winningest season as University of Cincinnati men's basketball head coach (31-5), the Bearcats had an identical record to what they have today at 10-2.
They had started 7-2 after back-to-back losses to Xavier and Florida then defeated Mississippi State, UCLA and Arkansas Pine-Bluff to be 10-2 going into their Dec. 21 game with Cleveland State. UC defeated the Vikings and then Memphis on Dec. 31 to finish 2017 at 12-2 and was ranked No.