There aren't many upsides to a home loss for the University of Cincinnati men's basketball team other than they have a chance to right the ship Wednesday night. Appropriately enough, the ship must be righted against the PIrates of East Carolina.
ECU has dropped two straight in the American Athletic Conference and is 1-3 in the league. Like UC, they own a road victory at Wichita State. Both teams have lost to Temple. If you're looking for bright spots from UC's Houston loss, well the Cougars are the top-ranked team in the country now for the first time since 1983.