Chuck Machock, longtime UC Bearcats radio analyst, dies at 82

Chuck Machock, a former Cincinnati Bearcats basketball radio analyst who also played at UC and served as an assistant coach under Bob Huggins from 1989-92, has died, the school's department of athletics confirmed. He was 82.

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A few reactions via Twitter:

Machock gave way to Terry Nelson as the Bearcats' color analyst during the 2017-18 season.

"I've done this for almost 26 years," Machock told The Enquirer in 2018. "I don’t need to do much more. I enjoy what I'm doing now."

During the 2003 NCAA Tournament, Machock was ejected from the Bearcats' first-round game - a 74-69 UC loss to Gonzaga in Salt Lake City - shortly after the head coach, Huggins, was ejected. Machock and play-by-play announcer Dan Hoard joked about the incident on the air for years.

In 2016, Machock was inducted into UC's James P. Kelly Athletics Hall of Fame as a contributor.

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