The Big 12 Conference is coming. The University of Cincinnati is set to join the ranks of the Power Five conferences in less than nine months, when it heads to the Big 12 on July 1, 2023. But that's down the road for the Bearcats.
Cincinnati's immediate future includes the 2022-23 college basketball season, its last in the American Athletic Conference.
The Bearcats on Thursday, 25 days before both the men's and women's teams open their seasons (Nov. 7), sat down for their final session of virtual AAC Media Days. Men's basketball coach Wes Miller, whose team was picked to finish third in the conference this season behind preseason favorite Houston and projected second-place finisher Memphis, said success in his second campaign at Cincinnati will depend on how much his players are willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team.