Assessing Cincinnati’s Non-Conference Men’s Basketball Slate

Photo by Ian Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe Cincinnati Bearcats men’s basketball program has a diverse non-conference slate in the fall semester of 2021.

Cincinnati faces off with a number of legitimately strong major conference opponents including arch rival Xavier, Georgia, and Illinois as well as a number of less heralded teams from weaker conferences. Cincinnati also spends most of the early season either at home or very close to home. Cincinnati’s longest trip is a tournament weekend in Kansas City.

Let’s take a first look at the Bearcats’ non-conference opposition this Fall:

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