Cincinnati Bearcats basketball took on BYU in Provo in a Big 12 road contest Saturday night. Here is what we learned from beat reporter Scott Springer

It will be extremely difficult to knock off the Cougars in the mountains. BYU is 9-1 at home and 2-1 in Quad 2 games, as Cincinnati fits that distinction being a team ranked outside the NET's top 30. The Bearcats are 2-1 against BYU since the 1949-50 season, winning by an average of 11 points.

Fresh off a comeback victory vs. Colorado, Coach Katrina Merriweather's Bearcats are in Tucscon against Arizona Wednesday night at 8 p.m. (Eastern). A win would give them three straight in the Big 12 for the first time.

Cincinnati Bearcats basketball tips off a two-game road swing in Utah with BYU Saturday night. Here are three keys from beat reporter Scott Springer.

The Bearcats dropped another conference conference game on Saturday night 80-52 to BYU. The Cougars stifled Cincinnati's offensive sets all game and used hot three-point shooting (15-24) to cruise to what tied for the worst losing margin of the Wes Miller era.

Cincinnati faces BYU. Our college basketball odds series has our Cincinnati BYU prediction, odds and pick for Saturday.