Lance McAlister with Brooks Downing -- 11/14/25

Lance talks with Brooks Downing to talk about next week's matchup between UC and Louisville in men's basketball

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And Louisville.

Speaker 2 (00:01):
They've met on the basketball court the hardwood one hundred times. Well,
buckle up for number one oh one. One week from
tonight they square off of the Hoops Classic at Heritage
Banks Center. Six point thirty tip BDG Sports put it
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(00:23):
That would be Brooks, Downing Brooks. How are we doing
doing great, Lance, how are you doing? I'm fantastic, man,
oh man. I mean these teams they've matched up and
squared off over the years in the Missouri Valley and
the Metro and Conference USA and the Big East and
the American Man, how exciting it must have been to
get these two back together this.

Speaker 3 (00:40):
Time, Like, like, why were we been having to do this? Right?
I mean, that's play one hundred times? Why would they stop?
So this was really a no brainer and a tip
of the hats of the coaches. West has been up
for anything, and that's awesome if he rebuilds that aircat program,

(01:01):
and then Pat Kelsey, you know, hey, this is a
coming home party for him. So this was about the
easiest thing we had to convince him of ever.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
Yeah, you know, that's a great point because in this
day and age, you got it. You can have the idea,
but you got to have coaches who are interested in willing.
And I've heard Pat talk to me. Pat grew up
going to then Riverfront Coliseum. He knows that place like
the back of his hand.

Speaker 3 (01:21):
Oh. Absolutely, I mean, you're right. It's so hard to
schedule these days, and there's so many different factors and
the conferences and the transitions and then the net rankings,
and you're looking at all this data and trying to
figure out. But at some point you go, hey, it's
Louisville and Cincinnati, you're an hour apart. You don't have
to charter a plane. You know, this is easy to do,

(01:44):
and you make it a two year deal and next
thing you know, it all falls into place. But it
is a hassle. Our group we schedule probably someone in
the neighborhood of seventy five to one hundred and twenty
five games a year, all in November December, and this
was one of the easier ones we had, and we're
able to get done this past year. Myself, Glynn Fisters,
some of our friends there in Cincinnati all pitching in

(02:06):
and jumping in because it's a natural rivalry that needs
to stay relevant and needs to stay current. And I'm
so excited about next Friday Night because not only are
they probably both going to be ranked now both undefeated,
Louisville's gonna be top ten, and then you've got just
that Friday night excitement that goes into the weekend right

(02:27):
before the holiday. This thing's gonna pack out. I can't
wait to see here at His Bank Center.

Speaker 2 (02:32):
Well, and here's what I really love. You know, there's
a lot going on this time of year, holidays are
coming up, but you can't beat an attention grabbing matchup
in November that's gonna feel like a March match up.

Speaker 3 (02:43):
That's exactly right, because a lot of times it's one
thing to go out. And I applaud Cincinnati for keeping
the Dayton Series going that we got those two teams
together a couple of years ago right there at HBC
if you remember, yep, and they kept it going. Obviously
they played just the other day. But it's to have
an environment that's a neutral site that's going to have

(03:04):
a pretty split crowd because Louisville's you know, their fan
base is rejuvenated now with Pat Kelsey, they're coming up.
Cincinnati is going to show up because you also have
two marquee players in this deal that everybody wants to watch.
This mckel brown junior that went for twenty nine against
Kentucky the other night in that big win, and then

(03:25):
obviously Sean Baiev for Cincinnati the other five star. I mean,
these are two pros that you're going to be entertained
by two top ranked teams, coaches that you know, like,
what's not to like about this?

Speaker 1 (03:40):
And Brooks? This is a two year series, correct?

Speaker 3 (03:44):
Correct? It goes back to Louisville next year. The plan
is to play it at Freedom Hall, where the Cards
used to play before they open the Young Center. Be
the first time back in that historic building. And of
course Cincinnati fans know that well because in all those
one hundred games they played at a ton of them
there at Freedom Haul.

Speaker 2 (04:03):
For those listening who want tickets, want to be there
one week from tonight for the hoops class and get
Heritage Bank Center six thirty tip. How do they go
about getting tickets?

Speaker 3 (04:12):
Log on? Simple to do either Heritage Bankcenter dot com
or even easier Ticketmaster dot com and you can take
out your seats. We still have plenty of good seats.
What happens this time of year, Lance, is people a
little bit slow to transition to basketball, and then all
of a sudden you have a big game that pops
up and ticket sales late will come in hard and strong.
But there's a lot of really good seats left right now.

(04:34):
If you go on again, ticketmaster dot com games at
six thirty pm next Friday night, November twenty first, at
the Heritage Bank Center.

Speaker 2 (04:43):
Oh I love the six thirty start time. You can
hang out downtown at the banks, you can go to
the game. After the game, you get the rest of
the evening and hang out at the Banks and have fun.
A full night of basketball and find you can't beat.

Speaker 3 (04:53):
That checks every Lance Council box.

Speaker 1 (04:58):
No doubt about it. Hey, Brooke City is great.

Speaker 2 (05:00):
Here in your voice, congrats on all the success and
reeling in this big one to present to the city
on a week from tonight.

Speaker 1 (05:07):
We're fired up about it. In great catching up with.

Speaker 3 (05:08):
You, well, thanks for having me on. I'll hope see
you down.

Speaker 2 (05:11):
There all right, take care, all right, there you go,
Brooks Downing b d G Sports one week from tonight
Hoops Classic Classic Heritage Bank Center, six thirty tip between
now and then, Let's see Louisville number twelve in the
country right now is home to Ohio tomorrow and West

(05:32):
and the Bearcats are home on Sunday against Mount Saint Mary's.
That is a six o'clock tip if I remember correctly,
all right, week from tonight, number one one, and think
of that Missouri Valley Metro Conference, USA Big East, the
American I mean, heck is a kid. I was there

(05:53):
at Heritage Bank Center then the Riverfront Coliseum watching Pat
Cummings and the Bearcats, and and you see in Louisville
back at that time, and they're getting together again. One
week from tonight, we'll get together with Scott Springer. Let's
talk a little UC basketball and football. He's also checking
in from a high school game he's covering, and I'll
ask him for a preview of that as we continue.
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