Crosstown Shootout

The Crosstown Shootout is an annual men's college basketball game played between the University of Cincinnati Bearcats and Xavier University Musketeers. The two schools are separated by 3 miles (4.8 km) in Cincinnati, making the archrivalry one of the closest major rivalries in the country. The game was first played in 1927, and has been played every year since 1946. In recent years, the game has been sponsored by Skyline Chili.

Crosstown Shootout
Xavier Musketeers
SportMen's basketball
First meeting1927
Xavier 29, Cincinnati 25
Latest meetingDecember 9, 2023
Xavier 84, Cincinnati 79
Next meetingTBD
Statistics
Meetings total91
All-time seriesCincinnati leads 51–40
Largest victoryCincinnati: 30 points (1964–65)
Longest win streakCincinnati, 12 (1956–1967)
Current win streakXavier, 5 (2019–present)
3km
2miles
Xavier
Cincinnati
Locations of Cincinnati and Xavier

Throughout its history, the game has been played at six different venues including the Armory Fieldhouse and Fifth Third Arena on the UC campus; and the Schmidt Field House and Cintas Center on the Xavier campus. However, the majority of the games have been played at two other sites—Cincinnati Gardens and US Bank Arena. The Gardens has served as the regular home court for both schools at different times, and was even shared by both teams from 1987 to 1989. US Bank Arena was UC's home court from 1976 to 1987 when it was known as Riverfront Coliseum.

From 1989 to 2011, the game alternated between the schools' on-campus arenas. After the 2011 Crosstown Shootout brawl at the Cintas Center, the series was moved to US Bank Arena as a neutral site for two seasons before resuming as an on-campus series.

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