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CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Nineteen games against teams which appeared in postseason play last season highlight the University of Cincinnati's 2006-07 men's basketball schedule.
The Bearcats will have 13 games against teams which participated in the NCAA Tournament, six vs. schools that advanced to the Sweet 16 or beyond, and seven from last year's NIT.
UC's home schedule will feature games against Georgetown and West Virginia, both of whom reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, and NIT semifinalist Louisville.
Also slated for appearances at Fifth Third Arena are North Carolina State from the Atlantic Coast Conference and BIG EAST foes Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Seton Hall, Notre Dame and St. John's.
UC will face the Fighting Irish and Red Storm for the first time in BIG EAST play as both rotate onto the Bearcats' schedule this year.
Mick Cronin will make his debut as UC's head coach on Nov. 1 when the Bearcats host Northern Kentucky in a preseason contest. UC will also have a tune-up exhibition vs. Ottawa on Nov. 4.
Cincinnati opens the regular season on Nov. 10 hosting the Jim Thorpe Association Basketball Classic. UC will face High Point, Howard and Tennessee-Martin in the three-day affair. The Bearcats have home contests vs. Central Michigan (Nov. 25), Oakland (Nov. 29) and UAB (Dec. 2) before facing Temple in the Lenape Trail Classic at Atlantic City, N.J.
UC will be matched up with Ohio State for the first time since the two teams played in the championship game of the 1962 NCAA Tournament at the John Wooden Tradition on Dec. 16 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
The Bearcats will host rival Xavier in the Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout on Dec. 13. North Carolina State invades on Dec. 23. UC will face Miami University on Dec. 27 at U.S. Bank Arena. The team will face Ohio at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on Dec. 30 and closes the non-conference portion of its schedule on Jan. 4 at Memphis.
Cincinnati opens BIG EAST play at home on Jan. 7 vs. Rutgers. The remaining home BIG EAST games are West Virginia (Jan. 20), Pittsburgh (Jan. 24), Louisville (Jan. 31), St. John's (Feb. 4), Notre Dame (Feb. 18), Georgetown (Feb. 21) and Seton Hall (Feb. 29).
The BIG EAST road schedule begins with a trip to USF on Jan. 14 and continues at Syracuse (Jan. 17), Georgetown (Jan. 27), Providence (Feb. 6), Rutgers (Feb. 10), Villanova (Feb. 14), DePaul (Feb. 24) and West Virginia (Mar. 3).
Cincinnati is still negotiating to find another home non-conference game.