The Crosstown Shootout will be played in January or February this year, according to someone who told CBS Sports who told Jon Rothstein who told the whole world via Twitter. The annual rivalry game will be contested at Fifth Third Arena this year, a venue widely considered to be one of the top dozen or so places to play college basketball in the city of Cincinnati.
The last time the Shootout was contested as a break in conference play was two years ago, with UC also hosting. That was the Dee Davis Game, so called because Dee Davis went full Dee Davis all over the Bearcats, punctuating the contest with a last-minute three that will be the shot everyone remembers even though the game was actually later won from the free throw line by Trevon Bluiett.