TicketsCINCINNATI — The Cincinnati men’s basketball team hosts Green Bay at 7 p.m. Thursday at Fifth Third Arena. 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 now won its last seven season openers after a 64-56 defeat at Ohio State in the 2019-20 lid-lifter. The Bearcats have won their last eight home openers.
- Bearcats’ first-year head coach Jerrod Calhoun sits two wins shy of 300 for his career. Calhoun won 124 games over five seasons at Fairmont State, 118 in seven seasons at Youngstown State, another 55 in two seasons at Utah State and a 79-53 win over American in his Cincinnati debut.
- The Bearcats’ roster averages almost 60 career games played and 30 starts. MJ Collins Jr. leads the Bearcats with 135 career games played (82 starts), Amani Lyles has played in 117 games (42 starts) and Myles Colvin has appeared in 103 games (33 starts). Riley Allenspach has made 100 appearances (35 starts), while Tyler Tejada has played in 94 games (84 career starts - most of any Bearcat) and Tylen Riley has seen action in 90 contests (52 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.
- Several Bearcats have career statistical milestones within reach after their first game in a Cincinnati uniform. At 1,374 career points, Tyler Tejada is 126 shy of 1,500 for his career. Riley Allenspach (891 points), Amani Lyles (880 points) and Tylen Riley (827 points) are all within reach of 1,000 for their career.
- The Bearcats and Phoenix are meeting for the first time Thursday night at Fifth Third.
- Green Bay, led by third-year head coach Doug Gottlieb, was picked third in the Horizon League preseason poll behind Wright State and Robert Morris as forward Marcus Hall was selected to the Preseason All-Horizon League First Team after averaging 13.9 points and 5.2 rebounds per game a year ago. In a 94-51 season-opening win over Lawrence Monday night in Green Bay, Ne’Quan Brown led the Phoenix with 14 points in 15 minutes off the bench, while Hall added a dozen.
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.