Kansas State 3/5 7:00 ESPN+

[Carthage World]

UC remains in 12th place this morning, though a win would put UC in a tie for 10th with Kansas State and Utah.

10 plays 15 (as of now Arizona State, a near lock for this position)
11 plays 14 (as of now UCF or Oklahoma State - who are tied and play each other tonight)
12 plays 13 (as of now UCF or Oklahoma State - who are tied and play each other tonight)

ASU on neutral = Quad 2
UCF on neutral = Quad 2
Oklahoma State on neutral = TBD (currently 99 in NET, 100 is cutoff for Quad 2)

The highest we could finish appears to be 9th place.

UC (7-11) needs to beat KSU and Okla St

TCU (9-10) needs to lose their final game at Colorado (UC holds the head-to-head tiebreaker if both teams finish 9-11)

Kansas State (8-10) needs to lose to us then to Iowa St at home.

Utah (8-11) needs to lose at BYU.

If multiple teams finish with the same record, the first tiebreaker is record/winning percentage in head-to-head competition followed by each team’s winning percentage versus the team occupying the highest position in the final regular season standings, and then continuing down through the standings until one team gains an advantage.

[GoBearcats31]

UC remains in 12th place this morning, though a win would put UC in a tie for 10th with Kansas State and Utah.

10 plays 15 (as of now Arizona State, a near lock for this position)
11 plays 14 (as of now UCF or Oklahoma State - who are tied and play each other tonight)
12 plays 13 (as of now UCF or Oklahoma State - who are tied and play each other tonight)

ASU on neutral = Quad 2
UCF on neutral = Quad 2
Oklahoma State on neutral = TBD (currently 99 in NET, 100 is cutoff for Quad 2)

[Carthage World]

Bearcats are 9.5-point favorites.

[bearcatbret]

Senior night - Men's Basketball Hosts K-State for Senior Night; Fans Wear Red - University of Cincinnati Athletics

[GoBearcats31]

Nice write-up on CJ Anthony

https://gobearcats.com/news/2025/3/4/mens-basketball-cj-anthony-four-years-as-a-bearcat.aspx

[swilsonsp4]

Fans attending should wear RED

And show up early. Too often, the Senior Night events are conducted in front of a small crowd. The game tips at 7:00. The ceremony starts at 6:30. Get your concessions early and find your seat. If you're a high-roller who is prone to schmoozing right up to and often past tip-off, you can break it off just once.

[GoBearcats31]

Fans attending should wear RED

[red_n_black_attack]

The Bearcats will be celebrating CJ Fredrck, CJ Anthony, Aziz Bandaogo, and Simas Lukosius on senior night, per Cincinnati Men's Basketball FB page. I'm fairly excited to get DayDay for another season, and hope Connor gets his medical hardship waiver.

[swilsonsp4]

Per Chad Brendel, both CJ's, Simas & Aziz are walking.

[GoBearcats31]

@Knickoson42: Wes Miller says Day Day Thomas and Connor Hickman will not walk on senior night, "the hope" is they are back at Fifth Third next season. "I think they both want to be here. But, we won't get into semantics." Thomas gained another year with the Diego Pavia ruling and Connor Hickman is working through a medical hardship waiver.

[Carthage World]

6'6 wing Mobi Ikegwuruka, who had been averaging 13 min/game off the bench over his last 7 games, missed the Colorado game with an injury. Tang said in his post-game presser that the injury wasn't "season-ending" but that the player was still figuring out to what degree he could play through it.

[sedz]

Hawkins has been their best player in conference per BPM. Top defender and often used as a point forward. Big loss.

[swilsonsp4]

@KellisRobinett
Jerome Tang says Coleman Hawkins is improving and rehabbing 24/7 to try and get back on the floor this season. "I don't know when he will be back, but he is working hard to be back."

I saw Tang's postgame comments in which he stated the above. He also reiterated that, while he'd like to have Hawkins back, he's not going to put Hawkins' future in jeopardy.

A K-State podcaster said that Hawkins' knee problem is chronic and doubts that he'll play Wednesday night.

[GoBearcats31]

@KellisRobinett
Jerome Tang says Coleman Hawkins is improving and rehabbing 24/7 to try and get back on the floor this season. "I don't know when he will be back, but he is working hard to be back."

[leeraymond]

What UC players should move on (to give opportunities to new players) and what players should stay (because they can help UC win)?