An inside have a look at UC sophomore Dan Skillings Jr.’s rise to stardom for Bearcats
ANOTHER BIG 12 UPSET TOMORROW AFTERNOON. 15TH RANKED OKLAHOMA. THE SOONERS COMING TO TOWN TO FIFTH. THIRD ARENA ALL READY. SOLD OUT. AND TONIGHT WE GO BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE BEARCATS TEAM WHO BELIEVES THEY BELONG. SOPHOMORE DAN SKILLINGS, JUNIOR WITH AN INSIDE LOOK AT WILD WEEK AND HIS UNLIKELY JOURNEY TO UC TEXAS HAS COME IN. TCU HAS COME IN DAN POST GAME. WE’VE HEARD THE SAME THING THIS PLACE ALREADY RANKS NEAR THE TOP BIG 12 ATMOSPHERES. NOISE LEVEL. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? IT’S A IT’S AMAZING MAN. LIKE IT WAS. IT WAS REALLY GOOD LAST YEAR AS WELL. BUT THIS YEAR THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT IT MAN. THE BIG 12. ALL THESE TEAMS COMING IN HERE. TOP 25 TEAMS. MARCH MADNESS TEAM. IT GETS LOUD. AND I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE IT. LIKE THIS LAST GAME WAS THE LOUDEST I EVER HEARD IT. AND IT’S LIKE RINGING YOUR EAR. IT’S LIKE YOU GOT TO SCREAM TO YOUR TEAMMATES. BRING ME INTO OVERTIME, TCU. YOU’RE ON THE WING RIGHT HERE. TIE GAME. GO TO YOUR LEFT BUCKET. TURNS OUT TO BE THE GAME WINNER. SKILLINGS FIVE TO SHOOT DRIVES LEFT HAND TOUGH SHOT. GETS IT WITH 22 SECONDS TO GO MAN IT WAS A IT WAS A WILD GAME MAN I, UH, AFTER THOSE TWO MISSED FREE THROWS AIN’T GONNA WE AIN’T GONNA DENY THAT. UH, AFTER THOSE TWO MISSED FREE THROWS I WAS LIKE, AH, WE GOT TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO WIN, MAN. WHEN I HIT THAT LAYUP, THE CROWD WENT CRAZY AND IT WAS JUST SO LOUD. I WAS JUST LIKE, YEAH, BABY. CINCINNATI BASKETBALL MAN. YOU POSTED RECENTLY TURNING DREAMS INTO REALITY. YOU HAVE A UNIQUE STORY. I DON’T KNOW IF EVERYONE IN CINCINNATI KNOWS IT JUST YET. WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW FAR YOU’VE COME IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT? DAN, I DIDN’T BELIEVE I WAS GOING TO GET A DIVISION ONE OFFER WHEN I WAS A JUNIOR FOR IN IN HIGH SCHOOL, STUFF LIKE THIS, JUST LIKE BEING IN THE BIG 12 AND PLAYING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, VERY, VERY BLESSED. LIKE I LOOK AROUND EVERY DAY LIKE, THIS IS CRAZY. PHILADELPHIA PLAYER OF THE YEAR, SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. YOU GOT A UC BEARCAT WHO MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME ON HIS HANDS. NOW JASON KELCE, LEGENDARY EAGLE CENTER. HOW DO YOU GET KELCE OUT TO A GAME DAN HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THAT WOULD BE DOPE MAN. THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE SUPER DOPE TO SEE HIM ON THE SIDELINES I MIGHT HIT A THREE AND THEN PROMOTE AND GET A LITTLE GET A LITTLE PICTURE, YOU KNOW, PUT UP ON MY WALL. BUT I DON’T KNOW IT’LL B
An inside have a look at UC sophomore Dan Skillings Jr.’s rise to stardom for Bearcats
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The Cincinnati Bearcats males’s basketball group is in the midst of an important week on their schedule, defeating No. 19 TCU on Tuesday with No. 15 Oklahoma coming to Fifth Third Enviornment on Saturday.A key piece of the Bearcats’ 13-4 begin to their first Large 12 season is sophomore guard Dan Skillings Jr.The 6-foot-6 Skillings was a rotational piece for Wes Miller’s UC group final season, scoring 5.3 factors per recreation in simply over 14 minutes per recreation.This season, nevertheless, has featured Skillings’ rise to stardom has been a key piece of the Bearcats’ offensive assault.The sophomore is second on the Bearcats in scoring at 11.8 factors per recreation, third in rebounding with 6.2 boards per recreation and has additionally been a key defensive piece for a Bearcats group going in opposition to stiff competitors in one among school basketball’s deepest conferences.This week, Skillings sat down one-on-one with WLWT sports activities anchor Charlie Clifford, discussing his particular person success and the way the Bearcats are turning heads of their new convention.See the total story with Skillings within the video participant on the prime of the story.
The Cincinnati Bearcats males’s basketball group is in the midst of an important week on their schedule, defeating No. 19 TCU on Tuesday with No. 15 Oklahoma coming to Fifth Third Enviornment on Saturday.
A key piece of the Bearcats’ 13-4 begin to their first Large 12 season is sophomore guard Dan Skillings Jr.
The 6-foot-6 Skillings was a rotational piece for Wes Miller’s UC group final season, scoring 5.3 factors per recreation in simply over 14 minutes per recreation.
This season, nevertheless, has featured Skillings’ rise to stardom has been a key piece of the Bearcats’ offensive assault.
The sophomore is second on the Bearcats in scoring at 11.8 factors per recreation, third in rebounding with 6.2 boards per recreation and has additionally been a key defensive piece for a Bearcats group going in opposition to stiff competitors in one among school basketball’s deepest conferences.
This week, Skillings sat down one-on-one with WLWT sports activities anchor Charlie Clifford, discussing his particular person success and the way the Bearcats are turning heads of their new convention.
See the total story with Skillings within the video participant on the prime of the story.
