cory deberry: "i just wanted to finish out my last home game strong. we all were together and finished the game out strong." cronin...nearly uncut coming up on sportswrap. reds fell to 3-and-2 in the cactus league today. rockies win 9-3. jon moscot, has a chance to make the starting rotation, pitched three runnings, gave up three earned runs and a homer today... he just wants to win, whatever it takes. jon moscot: "we're a team, we want to win games. we want to do whatever we can to make the team better. if they see us in a position somewhere else as a starter or a reliever or whatever role may be you've got to fill that role and be a good teammate about it." only winning matches, he's winning friends along the way. the story about his special connection to a local rival coming up in sportswrap. coming up on sportswrap... see taft and aiken highlights from their district championships, plus reaction. we also have reaction from several regionals in kentucky. plus, mick cronin makes a tournament case for uc. jer hplaz gfx tricia 2-shot (donkey sound) (el

a senior day buzz will fill fifth third arena as octavius ellis, cory deberry, farad cobb, and shaq thomas take the court for the last game in front of their home crowd number 24 smu is in town and the bearcats need this win to fortify their ncaa tournament resume. senior day for james farr, remy abell, and kevin coker this afternoon. it was a chilly start for xavier. creighton leading by as many as nine points. and xavier had to dig themselves out of a deep hole. clawing their way back towards the end of the half. james farr gives the muskies the lead he finished with 16 points. xu lead at the half 44-41. fire in the second half. myles davis the floater he lead all scorers with 24 points 7 assists. muskies wrapping up the regular season with a 98-93 win. and they take the two seed in the big east tourney next weekend. a rare senior day at rupp arena. its alex poythres day in lexington. and this was a great play. tyler ulis sets the table up for marcus lee' s slam. as uk routes lsu 94-77. on the high school front, the district finals taking place at wright state the winning teams advancing

senior day for cory deberry, farad cobb, octavius ellis and shaq thomas. deberry gets in da-book with da- jam. had 10 points on senior day. bearcats shot one of 19 from deep, we're showing you the one - that's kevin johnson. mick, trying to bottle his emotions. some indigestion too... 2nd half, tay tay goes to work. bearcats up by 9. 8 points and 11 cronin can never rest easy, smu is top 25 for a reason. markus kennedy throws down, mustangs got it down to 3 late. but troy caupain, putting smu to bed. 14 for t-c. u-c gets their first win over a top 25 team, 61-54 the final. so, let's make a case for cincinnati. strength of schedule is low, but if you like rpi, today's win was much needed. both palm and lunardi, calling u-c one of the last four in. here's cronin's case for cincinnati. cronin: "we have the same record as duke. at 22-9, in our league, how we could not make the tournament would be mind boggling to me. our league doesn't get talked about. we don't get respect because people would have to watch more than the bluebloods play a game. that would tak

cory deberry lays it in. it's 15-10 uc. and then the bearcats went ice cold. rob gray junior gets the home roll. houston ends the half on a 23-5 run to lead by 13. 2nd half, bearcats chipping troy caupain buries a triple to raise his tally to 15 points. 54-41 houston late... bearcats get another biggie on senior day against number 24 smu. xavier's senior day is saturday against creighton on fox19 now. our live postgame show follows courtside at cintas. with selection sunday 10 days away... i sat down with trevon bluiett and wondered, if he believes x can win it all. trevon bluiett: "i truly we've been practicing the practices of been consecutively from the first day until now. seeing how much we grind and love to work together. i think we can be very special." jer bam gfx but first... against creighton in two days. up next, middletown christian in a district final. and the reds get tribal on the tribe. the reds futures showcase will so, every high school in cincinnati... no, but a lot. opening day is april 2nd. we have single game on our web let's kick the tir