Before Saturday's 61-58 UC win over St. Louis, during the Senior Day celebration, the families of Bobby Brannen, Ruben Patterson, D'Juan Baker and Brent Petrus were handed pictures of their sons in action.
Petrus might want to exchange his for one of the dunk he threw down in the second half.
''Does anybody have one?'' Petrus asked.
It came with 8:55 left, after he picked up a steal near midcourt, and was part of a 13-5 run that gave UC an eight-point lead, the largest of the game. A 6-foot-4 guard who joined the Bearcats after playing for the football team, Petrus had scored 28 baskets for the Bearcats, but never a dunk.
''I've been wanting one all year,'' Petrus said. ''I think I might even have traveled.''
It put him one ahead of 6-7 Bobby Brannen.
''I get asked about it,'' Brannen said. ''It's one of those things when I'm out on the court, it doesn't really cross my mind.''
High Camp
UC's Brannen and Ruben Patterson are among the players invited to April's Portsmouth Invitational, the first major pre-draft camp sanctioned by the NBA scouting service.
Roughly 40 of the nation's top seniors are invited to Portsmouth.
Fletch update
There was no change in the physical condition of UC center Ryan Fletcher that kept him benched after playing six minutes against UNC Charlotte with a soft cast on his broken left hand.
''When you're down 18,'' coach Bob Huggins said, ''it's tough to put in a guy with one hand.''
Up next
As it was in each of the league's first two tournaments, UC is the No. 1 seed in the Conference USA tournament, which begins Wednesday at Shoemaker Center with four first-round games. The Bearcats' quarterfinal game will be Thursday at 7 p.m. against the South Florida-Louisville winner.
Lady Bearcats upset Tulane
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