Two teams on opposite sides of the bubble meet in a Big 12 clash Wednesday night when West Virginia hosts Cincinnati in Morgantown, W. Va.The Mountaineers (15-10, 6-8 Big 12) have lost two straight and three of four, with the most recent defeat on Saturday, a 74-71 overtime loss at Baylor. Free throws contributed to West Virginia’s setback. The Bears went 27 for 32 from the line, while West Virginia converted 11 of its 17 attempts.”We’ve got to figure out how to do a better job of keeping people off the free-throw line,” coach Darian DeVries said. “When you give a team 27 points and they shoot 32 free throws, it’s hard to win.”The Mountaineers also could do a better job getting to the charity stripe. In conference play, they rank last among the 16 teams in both free-throw attempts (184) and makes (124).Senior guard Javon Small leads West Virginia and the conference in scoring for all games, averaging 18.6 points per contest. He scored 22 in Saturday’s loss to Baylor.Despite the Mountaineers’ sub-.500 record in Big 12 games, bracketologists from ESPN, CBS Sports and The Athletic still expect DeVries’ team to make the NCAA Tournament. Those analysts, though, do not expect the same for the Bearcats (15-10, 5-9).Cincinnati saw its three-game winning streak snapped on Saturday when it lost 81-70 to then-No. 10 Iowa State on the road. The Bearcats led 48-45 with 15:06 minutes remaining, but the Cyclones responded with a 10-0 run to pull away.