TicketsCINCINNATI – The Cincinnati men’s basketball team travels to Michigan for an exhibition contest at 6 p.m. Friday at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor. Tip is scheduled for 6 p.m. with the game to be streamed on B1G+.
B1G+ is offering an exclusive offer to fans looking to stream the event. The network is offering a one-time pay-per-view option at $8.99 for fans who do not wish to purchase the annual B1G+ subscription. The offer is available for purchase on WEB ONLY and cannot be purchased in the B1G+ app, though the game itself will be available to stream anywhere B1G+ is supported, including bigtenplus.com, Android, iPhone, Roku, Amazon Fire Stick, Apple TV, Xbox and Samsung Smart TVs.
Bearcat Bits
- The 2025-26 campaign marks the 125th season of competition for Cincinnati men’s basketball, and the Bearcats will commemorate the milestone with a year-long celebration honoring the program’s rich history, iconic players and cultural legacy. Cincinnati men’s basketball, which was named a top-10 program in college basketball history by the Associated Press, boasts 44 All-Americans, 41 conference titles, six Final Four appearances and back-to-back national championships across its history, which dates back to the 1901-02 season.
- Cincinnati is coming off a 19-16 record a year ago, going 7-13 in Big 12 play.
- Cincinnati head coach Wes Miller enters his fifth season at the helm of the Bearcats and his 15th overall as a head coach. Miller has posted a 267-194 career record, including 82-59 at Cincinnati. His teams have won 20-plus games in seven of the last nine seasons.
- Graduate guard Day Day Thomas has averaged 10.3 points and three assists in 67 career games at UC. He’s coming off a season in which he averaged 10.2 points, 2.7 assists and 2.7 rebounds per contest.
- Cincinnati’s six scholarship transfers (Jalen Celestine, Sencire Harris, Jalen Haynes, Kerr Kriisa, Baba Miller and Moustapha Thiam) come to Cincinnati averaging 80 career games played at the college level. The Bearcats welcome a total of 12 newcomers to the roster in addition to three returners from a year ago.
- Michigan, in its second year under the direction of head coach Dusty May, was ranked No. 7 in the preseason by the Associated Press. The Wolverines went 27-10, including 14-6 in the Big Ten, a season ago.
- Cincinnati also has an exhibition contest scheduled at Arkansas Oct. 24. Tipoff is slated for 8 p.m. ET.
- The Bearcats, who open the regular season against Western Carolina Nov. 3 at Fifth Third Arena, will face seven NCAA Tournament teams from a season ago in their non-conference schedule and seven more in their Big 12 Conference slate, including national runner-up Houston to open league play.