Saturday's matchup will mark UC's second regular-season game against a Big 12 opponent this year. The matchup also follows the news that Bryce James, the youngest son of Ohio native and star NBA player LeBron James,

Wes Miller and the Bearcats are trying to bounce back this weekend and get to 1-1 in Big 12 play with a win over the Arizona Wildcats at home. AU rolls into town for the Saturday tip-off at 2:30 p.m ET on ESPN2.

Kansas State basketball plays Cincinnati on Monday in the Big 12 opener for both teams. Follow along here for live score updates.

Wes Miller's Cincinnati Bearcats wrapped up the non-conference schedule Sunday with a win over Grambling State. Here's what we learned.

CINCINNATI — A 2-0 weekend emphatically ended the Bearcats non-conference basketball slate successfully and has them moving up the AP Poll heading into the holiday. Cincinnati jumped from No. 19 to No. 17 on Monday and sits at No. 18 in the NET rankings (their highest slotting since losing to Villanova).

Cincinnati Bearcats basketball embarks on their Big 12 schedule when they face Kansas State Monday night in Manhattan, Kansas.

Here's what we learned from the University of Cincinnati Bearcats win over the Dayton Flyers at Heritage Bank Center.

Shortly after the Kansas State men’s basketball team closed out the nonconference portion of its schedule with a humbling loss against Wichita State, Jerome Tang said it was time for the Wildcats to hit the reset button. “We are 0-0,” the K-State coach said.

It didn't take long for Big 12 basketball to deliver chaos. On Monday, Kansas State (7-5, 1-0 in Big 12) upset Associated Press No. 16 Cincinnati (10-2, 0-1 in Big 12), 70-67, in the first day of conference play.