The undisputed primary and most intense rivalry for the University of Cincinnati men's basketball team is against the Xavier University Musketeers, with whom they contest the legendary annual "Crosstown Shootout." Separated by just a few miles within the city of Cincinnati, this fierce matchup is widely regarded as one of the most passionate, hard-fought, and electric local rivalries in all of American college sports, drawing massive national television audiences and dividing the entire region every season.