Beware the Bulls

South Florida will arrive at Fifth Third Arena on Wednesday night with a 2-11 record in the Big East and 39 losses in 45 games since joining the league. But the Bulls also have one of the best players in the league - 6-9, 270-pound Kentrell Gransberry.

Gransberry is coming off a monster performance - 26-points, 15-rebounds, 6-blocked shots in USF's last-second loss to UConn on Saturday. Before that, he scored 23 points with 9 rebounds in the Bulls' win over Syracuse. He leads the league in rebounding at 11.0 and in double-doubles with 14. He's seventh in scoring at 17.2 and shoots 54.1 percent from the field.

Last year he scored 21 points with 15 rebounds in USF's 74-59 win over UC in Tampa, a win that was so devastating that it moved Cedric McGowan to tears afterwards.

Of course, last year UC had no one who could physically match up with Gransberry. This time, with Adam Hrycaniuk, Anthony McClain and Kenny Belton they can throw three big bodies and 15 fouls at him. But that might not be enough.

Yes, the USF game is one UC should win and it helps that it's at Fifth Third because the Bulls have never won a Big East road game. But the presence of Gransberry alone should be enough to keep the Bearcats from taking this game for granted.