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Xavier vs. Cincy Hoops: The Best Rivalry There Is?

By David Lewis and Stacy Decker of Crosstown Shootout

Thursday, December 11, 2008

David Lewis and Stacy Decker are editors of the Cincy-college-hoops-scene-and-more blog Crosstown Shootout. The Crosstown Shootout game can be seen at 8pm Saturday on ESPN2. When the first basketball game between Cincinnati and Xavier was played in 1927, it was to celebrate the opening of XU's Schmidt Field house. That building still stands on Xavier's campus. It's old, beat up and has many scars from its 81 years. It's a lot like the Crosstown Shootout. In years past there have been som ...

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