Full breakdown on how to fill out your bracket. From the biggest upsets to the Cinderella story, and all the favorites in the NCAA Tournament. Locked On anchor Kainani Stephens is joined by Locked On SEC’s Chris Gordy, Locked On Bets host Lee Sterling, and Locked On Zags host Andy Patton to break it all down. They also turn to some local experts of the Kentucky Wildcats, Auburn Tigers, Ohio State Buckeyes, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Wisconsin Badgers, and more to help prepare you f...
Mar 15, 2022•50 min•Ep. 64
When will the Cincinnati Bearcats move to the Big 12 conference? Plus, Alex touches on an observation he made, and Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports made too, about the attendance at the American Athletic Conference tournament compared to other Power Five and Big East tournaments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 14, 2022•21 min•Ep. 63
Alex has more fallout from the Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball season ending with a loss to Houston in the AAC quarterfinals. What comes next for the program? Could they get back to the tournament next year? Plus, Alex looks ahead to the NCAA Tournament starting this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 14, 2022•28 min•Ep. 62
Alex recaps the Cincinnati Bearcats 69-56 loss to the Houston Cougars in the quarterfinals of the AAC Tournament. What's next for the program? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 12, 2022•14 min•Ep. 61
The Cincinnati Bearcats beat East Carolina in the first round of the American Conference Tournament! Now, can they upset top-seeded Houston? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selectio...
Mar 11, 2022•27 min•Ep. 60
Alex previews today's Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball AAC First Round Tournament game vs. East Carolina. Alex then talks about the importance of the Cincinnati Bearcats football program still having the tight end tandem of Josh Whyle and Leonard Taylor. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this ...
Mar 10, 2022•32 min•Ep. 59
Alex talks about why the 2022 Cincinnati Bearcats football season could be where Luke Fickell puts his stamp on the program, if he hasn't already. While the Cincinnati Bearcats are on a five-game losing streak entering the American Athletic Conference tournament, Alex says reminds everybody that the season starts over once conference tournament play begins. Alex then shares the other conference tournaments he is looking forward to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adcho...
Mar 09, 2022•26 min•Ep. 58
Alex’s WiFi wasn’t working Monday at his new apartment. Yay! But he was able to record an 11-minute segment on his thoughts on the upcoming American conference tournament. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 08, 2022•11 min•Ep. 57
Cincinnati Bearcats quarterback Desmond Ridder and wide receiver Alec Pierce both shined at the NFL Scouting Combine this past weekend. Alex says Pierce reminds of him of a wide receiver who most likely will wind up in Canton one day. Spring Practice got underway for the 2022 Cincinnati Bearcats football team Saturday, and Luke Fickell acknowledged that this Spring will be the most important of his six seasons at Cincinnati. Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball will be dragging a five-game losin...
Mar 07, 2022•39 min•Ep. 56
Alex talks about what the expectations should be surrounding Cincinnati Bearcats football in 2022. Then, because it's March 4th, Alex gives his top four NCAA Tournament games, upsets, teams, plays/moments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 04, 2022•37 min•Ep. 55
Alex give his thoughts on the Cincinnati Bearcats scouting reports- as provided by NFL analyst Lance Zierlein- heading into this weekend's NFL Scouting Combine. In addition to football, Alex believes Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball also has an important season coming up next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 03, 2022•35 min•Ep. 54
Alex talks about one position nobody else is talking about when it comes to Cincinnati Bearcats football ahead of Spring Practice: the kicking game. Alex then shares why the subjectivity in college sports can ruin the fun of it. The new Big 12 will show how college athletic conferences are shifting from regional-based to more nationwide-based and.. should Gonzaga join a Power Five conference? Or, at the very least, the American? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...
Mar 02, 2022•42 min•Ep. 53
Alex explains why this is not a rebuilding year for the Cincinnati Bearcats football program; it's a reloading year. What if former Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball head coach Mick Cronin had not left for UCLA? Where would the program be? Alex then gives his thoughts after it was announced that the College Football Playoff will not be expanding before the current 12-year contract expires in 2025? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a c...
Mar 01, 2022•31 min•Ep. 52
Alex goes over his top storylines ahead of the start of Cincinnati Bearcats football Spring Practice and the eight Cincinnati Bearcats from last year's team invited to the NFL Scouting Combine. Alex then shares his thoughts from another frustrating night on the hardwood for the Cincinnati Bearcats as they fall to USF on Senior Night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 28, 2022•39 min•Ep. 51
Alex recaps the Cincinnati Bearcats loss to Central Florida on the hardwood Wednesday night, and he voices his frustrations for a team and program a far cry from where it once was. One way that Cincinnati sports teams can become a model of consistency? Learning from their biggest rivals. Alex then unveils his top 10 players from the Bob Huggins era of Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go...
Feb 25, 2022•35 min•Ep. 50
Alex overviews details included in Cincinnati Bearcats football head coach Luke Fickell's contract extension. Alex then asks if you would take the Bearcats making the College Football four straight years but losing in the semifinals each year? Finally, Alex explains one thing he likes about the Cincinnati Bearcats joining the Big 12 from a basketball perspective. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use p...
Feb 24, 2022•36 min•Ep. 49
The University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees has approved Cincinnati Bearcats football head coach Luke Fickell's contract extension. Alex talks about what that means as it relates to his thoughts on University of Cincinnati Director of Athletics, John Cunningham. Alex then explains why Cincinnati Bearcats football is now what Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball used to be. Former legendary Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball head coach Bob Huggins is a finalist for this year's Basketball Hal...
Feb 23, 2022•32 min•Ep. 48
Alex explains why he hopes the Cincinnati Bearcats football program becomes a model of consistency beginning in 2022 and as they move to the Big 12. Yancy Gates's punch in the Crosstown Shootout Brawl remains in infamy. But Alex explains why what Michigan men's basketball head coach Juwan Howard did Sunday was worse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 22, 2022•43 min•Ep. 47
Alex highlights the important games on the Cincinnati Bearcats 2022 Football schedule but also shares why he doesn't love the schedule because there are not many opportunities for signature wins aside from the season-opener at Arkansas. The Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team continues to struggle, and Alex it says it's because there's no identity with this team. Alex then recaps a wild season-opening series for Bearcats baseball. Today's episode is brought to you by BetOnline. BetOnline h...
Feb 21, 2022•36 min•Ep. 46
Alex talks about the hope that the success of last year's Cincinnati Bearcats football season will breed more of it in 2022 despite losing a lot of talent from last year's CFP team. The Cincinnati Bearcats did break through last year by making the CFP as the first ever Group of Five team, and while they weren't supposed to beat Alabama and win a national championship-- Alex wonders if not this year, will the Bearcats ever win a national championship? Cincinnati Bearcats baseball starts tonight! ...
Feb 18, 2022•31 min•Ep. 45
Alex talks about the importance of Cincinnati Bearcats football head coach valuing relationships with his assistant coaches when negotiating his contract extension. This was a breakthrough year for the Cincinnati Bearcats football team, and it was fun as a fan to live through it. Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball has a crucial matchup tonight against Wichita State. While they're barely in seventh place in the American Athletic Conference right now, Alex is holding out hope for a late season r...
Feb 17, 2022•34 min•Ep. 44
Alex talks about Cincinnati Bearcats football head coach Luke Fickell being awarded a new contract extension and what it means. The Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team lost a hard-fought game with Memphis on the hardwood Tuesday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 16, 2022•25 min•Ep. 43
Alex recaps the Cincinnati Bearcats inexcusable loss to Tulsa on the hardwood Saturday night and looks ahead to tonight's home hardwood matchup with Memphis. Alex conjures up similarities between the Bearcats CFP loss and the Bengals Super Bowl loss and gives the one thing he wishes the Bengals would do that the Bearcats have. And a proverbial question: if not now, when? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com a...
Feb 15, 2022•26 min•Ep. 42
Alex conjures up similarities between the Bearcats CFP loss and the Bengals Super Bowl loss and gives the one thing he wishes the Bengals would do that the Bearcats have. And a proverbial question: if not now, when? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline..net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines tha...
Feb 14, 2022•20 min•Ep. 41
With Super Bowl Sunday just two days away, Alex talks to Locked On LSU host Caroline Fenton on Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase's LSU Tiger days. What makes their connection so special? What role did LSU head coach Ed Orgeron play that lured Burrow to LSU instead of the Cincinnati Bearcats? When did Caroline know Joe Burrow was built different? How did Ja'Marr Chase make such a big leap between year one and year two at LSU? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Feb 11, 2022•39 min•Ep. 40
Alex recaps the Cincinnati Bearcats 70-59 win over the USF Bulls Wednesday night on the hardwood. Then, a tweet from 700WLW's Lance McAlister Tuesday that Alex found really interesting and worth discussing in the third segment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 10, 2022•34 min•Ep. 39
Alex previews the Cincinnati Bearcats matchup against the USF Bulls on the hardwood tonight. Cincinnati Bearcats football landed a recruit for the class of 2023 in tight end Khamari Anderson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 09, 2022•34 min•Ep. 38
Alex was struck by a comment by a Cincinnati Bearcats Instagram fan account from the game Sunday night. He talks about how it relates to what last year's Bearcats team did not have in former head coach John Brannen's final season and why it's crucial for the program to reestablish under Wes Miller what they didn't have under Brannen. Alex then explains why this city of Cincinnati could still be a baseball town. He doesn't think it is anymore, but he sees an argument to be made that it could stil...
Feb 08, 2022•38 min•Ep. 37
Alex recaps the Cincinnati Bearcats dominant loss to the Houston Cougars Sunday night on the hardwood and gives his takeaways from the game. The big takeaway for Alex from the Senior Bowl is that it can be expected that the Cincinnati Bearcats football program sends multiple players each year to events like this and see them go high in the NFL Draft each year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Feb 07, 2022•34 min•Ep. 36
Alex previews the Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team's big matchup with the sixth-ranked Houston Cougars Sunday night. Houston is so good in so many areas that Alex wonders if the Cincinnati Bearcats have a player who can step up and be an alpha in this game. Then in this week's extra point, Alex explains one way Joe Burrow has changed the Cincinnati Bengals culture and how the culture for the whole Cincinnati sports landscape has changed. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar ...
Feb 04, 2022•33 min•Ep. 35
