South region No. 6 seed Cincinnati (29-5, 16-3 in AAC) faces a No. 11 seed - the winner of Tuesday's play-in game between Wake Forest and Kansas State - Friday at 7:27 p.m. in the NCAA Tournament first round in Sacramento.
The Bearcats will know their first-round opponent late Tuesday night, after the Demon Deacons face the Wildcats on Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio, at 9:10 p.m. on truTV.
The winner advances to a second-round showdown with the winner of the UCLA-Kent State first-round game.
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