Seventeen
games against teams which appeared in postseason play last
season highlight the
University of Cincinnati's 2005-06 men's basketball
schedule.
The Bearcats
will have 11 games against teams which participated in the NCAA
Tournament, five vs. schools that advanced to the Sweet 16 or
beyond, and six from last year's NIT.
UC’s home schedule will feature 2003
national champion
Syracuse, 2005 Final Four
participant Louisville, and West Virginia and Villanova, which
advanced to the Elite Eight and Sweet 16, respectively, last
year.
Also slated for
appearances in Fifth Third Arena are longtime conference rival
Memphis, which reached the Final Four of the NIT, Dayton, Miami
(Ohio), Ohio University and Murray State and BIG EAST foes
DePaul, Marquette, Providence, Rutgers and South Florida. The
Miami game will be played at
U.S. Bank Arena.
UC will have
road trips to 2004 national champion
Connecticut,
Pittsburgh, Seton Hall, Georgetown, and Marquette, in addition
to Syracuse, Louisville and West Virginia, and will play
non-conference road games at Xavier and Vanderbilt.
The Bearcats’
schedule features 18 games against teams which were ranked in
the Top 100 of the final RPI or Sagrin
Index ratings, 10 contests against schools which finished in the
Top 50.
UC men’s
basketball season tickets, which include 20 games at Fifth Third
Arena and one at U.S. Bank Arena, are currently on sale, and
more than 10 percent of the season tickets available have been
reduced in price since last year.
2005-06
Cincinnati Men's Basketball
Schedule
Thu.
Nov. 3
Hillsdale
College
......... exhibition
Sat. Nov. 12
Northern Kentucky......
exhibition
Sat. Nov. 19
Murray
State..................................
Tue.
Nov. 22
Illinois
State...................................
Fri. Nov. 25
Holy Cross.......................................
Tue.
Nov. 29
Dayton...............................................
Sat. Dec. 3
Memphis..................................
ESPN
Sat. Dec. 10 at Vanderbilt.........................................
Wed. Dec. 14
Ohio.....................................................
Sat. Dec. 17
Tennessee
Tech.....
Las Vegas Cl.
Mon. Dec. 19 Ark.s-Monticello....
Las Vegas Cl.
Thu.
Dec. 22 vs.Dayton........................
Las Vegas Cl.
Fri. Dec. 23 vs.LSU...........................
Las Vegas Cl.
Wed. Dec. 28
Miami
(Ohio)............ U.S. Bank Arena
Fri. Dec. 30
North Carolina
A&T......................
Wed. Jan. 4 DePAUL*...............................................
Sat. Jan. 7 at
Marquette*........................................
Mon. Jan. 9 at Connecticut*..........................
ESPN
Sat. Jan. 14
SYRACUSE*.........................................
Thu.
Jan. 19 at Xavier....................................
ESPN
Sun. Jan. 22
RUTGERS*...........................................
Wed. Jan. 25 at Louisville*.............................
ESPN2
Sat. Jan. 28 at Georgetown*........................
ESPN2
Tue.
Jan. 31 SOUTH FLORIDA*...............................
Sat. Feb. 4 at West
Virginia*....................................
Mon. Feb. 6 LOUISVILLE*...........................
ESPN2
Sun. Feb. 12 at
Pittsburgh*.........................................
Wed. Feb. 15 at
Syracuse*..........................................
Fri. Feb. 17
PROVIDENCE*.....................................
Thu.
Feb. 23 VILLANOVA*............................. ESPN
Tue.
Feb. 28 at Seton
Hall*........................................
Sat. Mar. 4 WEST VIRGINIA*....................... ESPN
Wed. Mar.
8- BIG EAST Conference Tournament
Sat. Mar. 11 at Madison Square Garden
*BIG
EAST Conference Game
