UC is looking at its shortest betting spread of the season on Saturday. The Bearcats are 3.5-point betting favorites over Arizona as of this writing. The point total is set at 147.5 points. UC has been favored in every game it's played this season and this marks a tie with Dayton for the lowest spread they've had to cover yet against an Arizona team rated higher than them in the NET and on KenPom.

This will be another crack at a Quad 1 win for the Bearcats who hope to leave their conference-opener sluggishness in 2024 in Manhattan as they greet the new year.

CINCINNATI — A 2-0 weekend emphatically ended the Bearcats non-conference basketball slate successfully and has them moving up the AP Poll heading into the holiday. Cincinnati jumped from No. 19 to No. 17 on Monday and sits at No. 18 in the NET rankings (their highest slotting since losing to Villanova).

Cincinnati Bearcats basketball embarks on their Big 12 schedule when they face Kansas State Monday night in Manhattan, Kansas.

Wes Miller's Cincinnati Bearcats wrapped up the non-conference schedule Sunday with a win over Grambling State. Here's what we learned.

Shortly after the Kansas State men’s basketball team closed out the nonconference portion of its schedule with a humbling loss against Wichita State, Jerome Tang said it was time for the Wildcats to hit the reset button. “We are 0-0,” the K-State coach said.

Wes Miller and the Bearcats are trying to bounce back this weekend and get to 1-1 in Big 12 play with a win over the Arizona Wildcats at home. AU rolls into town for the Saturday tip-off at 2:30 p.m ET on ESPN2.