The Cincinnati Bearcats tip off their basketball season Nov. 9 against Evansville, and their schedule will feature plenty of tough opponents with several individual players who have pro potential.
The Bearcats will face their usual tough American Athletic Conference schedule as well as non-conference foes including Georgia, the Hall of Fame Classic where they'll play Illinois and either Arkansas or Kansas State and, off course, the Crosstown Shootout against Xavier.
UC will have a pair of tall tasks, literally, as they will face arguably the two best centers in the nation – Illinois' Kofi Cockburn and Memphis' Jalen Duren.