The long, winding, uncharted and unprecedented road that has been the offseason for University of Cincinnati women's basketball coach Michelle Clark-Heard will finally come to an end Wednesday night.
Clark-Heard and the Bearcats will tip off their 2020-21 season against Northern Kentucky University at 6 p.m. at Fifth Third Arena. The game will air on ESPN+.
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It will mark the official start of Clark-Heard's third season at the helm at Cincinnati.
Year No. 3 comes after Clark-Heard led the Bearcats to back-to-back 20-win seasons and an appearance in a conference (American Athletic Conference) tournament final, both of which hadn't happened since the 2002-03 season.