TicketsCINCINNATI — The Cincinnati men’s basketball team welcomes Patriot League preseason favorite American to Fifth Third Arena in the Jerrod Calhoun-era opener at 7 p.m. Monday. The contest will be streamed live on ESPN+ and broadcast on 700 WLW and the TuneIn app
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- The 2026-27 campaign marks the 126th season of competition for Cincinnati men’s basketball. 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 has won its last six season openers after a 64-56 defeat at Ohio State in the 2019-20 lid-lifter. The Bearcats have won their last seven home openers.
- Bearcats’ first-year head coach Jerrod Calhoun enters his first season in Clifton three wins shy of 300 for his career. Calhoun won 124 games over five seasons at Fairmont State, 118 in seven seasons at Youngstown State and then another 55 in two seasons at Utah State.
- The Bearcats’ roster averages almost 60 career games played and 30 starts. MJ Collins Jr. leads the Bearcats with 134 career games played (81 starts), Amani Lyles has played in 116 games (42 starts) and Myles Colvin has appeared in 102 games (32 starts). Riley Allenspach is a game shy of 100 appearances (35 starts), while Tyler Tejada has played in 93 games (83 career starts - most of any Bearcat) and Tylen Riley has seen action in 89 contests (51 starts).
- Seven Bearcats earned all-conference honors a season ago. Trevian Carson was an All-Summit League First Team selection, Amani Lyles was an All-Mid American Conference First Team pick, MJ Collins Jr. earned All-Mountain West Second Team laurels, Tyler Tejada is a two-time All-CAA honoree, including 2024-25 CAA Player of the Year honors as a sophomore. In addition, Tylen Riley was an All-American Conference Second Team pick, Eric Mahaffey garnered All-MAC Freshman Team honors and Riley Allenspach picked up All-Atlantic 10 Second Team honors.
- In addition, seven members of the team have appeared in an NCAA Tournament game, including Trevian Carson, MJ Collins Jr., Myles Colvin, Adlan Elamin, Amani Lyles, Eric Mahaffey and Elijah Perryman.
Purchase Season Tickets
The best way to guarantee your spot at every game at Fifth Third Arena is with 2026-27 season tickets. A variety of ticket packages are on sale now at https://am.ticketmaster.com/bearcats/mbb. Need assistance? Contact the Bearcats Ticket Office at uc.tickets@uc.edu or call 513-556-2287.