One of the disadvantages of March Madness is the lack of information we typically have on the opposing team. For example, the Iowa basketball team hasn’t played Cincinnati in 14 years, and they have just two common opponents from this season. That limited amount of overlap makes it incredibly difficult to put together an expectation for this game, but fortunately, I had the opportunity to do a Q&A with a Cincinnati Bearcats insider.
JT Smith of The Front Office News was kind enough to give me some insight into this Bearcats team, and let me forewarn you, I left our conversation feeling significantly less excited about this matchup than I did when I wrote three reasons why the Iowa basketball team can beat Cincinnati.