Like most Xavier fans, and probably fewer UC fans year by year, I love the Crosstown Shootout. I love the hype leading up to it, I love watching the old highlights recycled every year like a fond holiday tradition- familiar, and yet somehow more enjoyable as each year goes by, I love the absolutely raucous atmosphere in whichever venue hosts the game, I simply love everything about it. There are many rivalries that claim to be the best in college basketball, a claim spouted by fanbases from the Duke-UNC tilt on the east coast, to Kentucky-Louisville in the midwest all the way to UCLA-Arizona out west, but none of them can claim the top spot with any validity while this rivalry still exists.
Why I love UC (in a way)
