Remember when Cincinnat basketball could pretty much sell itself on the program Bob Huggins built? Guess what - even when he’s gone, it can do the same thing.

We noticed this in Monday’s edition of The Cincinnati Enquirer:

The ad calls for seven games at a total of $172. The first game on the list? West Virginia coach Bob Huggins’ big return to Cincinnati. But read the fine print further for what else you have to buy:

Yep, six more games, against powerhouses like Coastal Carolina, Western Illinois, Arkansas Pine-Bluff, Eastern Kentucky, Charleston Southern, and South Dakota.

True, as the UC program rebuilds, there’s no reason I’d want to pay money to see any of them (save WVU). But it’s amazing to see the pull Huggins still has on this program and city.